I was glad to buy this for my son when I came across this. I have a Dyson handheld vacuum that looks almost exactly like this one, and my 18 month old trying to really "help" me vacuum, so I knew when I found it that it would love it. The good thing is that it looks just like my vacuum cleaner and is small enough for my 18 month old son to play with. He loves to push it and pretend to suck behind me. The problem with this vacuum toy is that, as other reviews have pointed out, the sound/suction aspect works sporadically. There is no rhyme or reason as to whether it works or not. I've tried swapping out the batteries, making sure they're all the way in, installed just right, brand new, everything, and the damn thing still works when I want to. The sound is really fun/cute, but my son also has a complete crash when it doesn't work, so I'm frustrated that it doesn't work all the time and disappointed that I even put batteries in it. . Unfortunately sold out so I'll have to wait for new ones to become available so I can replace it. My other complaint/pet annoyance is that the box this toy came in was obviously sealed with tape and had a spot where the shipping label was. cut off from him. This tells me someone else received the item and it didn't work so it was returned. If you receive an item that doesn't work, please return it as DAMAGED/DEFECTIVE so others don't get the same broken junk you don't want. Thanks very much! Update* This item is finally back on sale so I've ordered another one for my son. Brand new came in unopened packaging and still works great! We've had it for almost a week now and the sound hasn't let us down yet. I added a star to my rating for this but still left 4 stars as the first one I bought didn't work.