My eldest son didn't like it; it was too loud. Not only is it too loud (even after covering the speaker with layers of duct tape), but it doesn't stop either. If there was at least a button that he could use to run and growl and then stop after a minute or 15 steps or so, that would be a lot better. This thing literally walks around making a piercing roar until you turn it off. He rests quietly in my son's room; Too bad nobody plays with him.