My mother purchased this for the twins when they were 17 months old. They use it to sit on at this time (they are now 20 months). The garage is large and took awhile to put together. When we put it together my daughter climbed on it and kept wiggling and adjusting the way she was sitting on it. We discovered that she thought the ramp was a slide and she was trying to slide down it.

The garage has several different parts to it. First it has three levels and an elevator to each level. The top of the elevator shaft has markings for a helicopter landing pad. There is a ramp that goes straight down from the top level. It has a knob that you turn to lift a small section of the ramp that allows cars to come down the ramp from the second level. It has a bar like the toll booth bars) that can be lifted to allow cars to pass. It also has a car wash with little rags attached to a bar that the kids can turn. There is a "lift" that allows the car to be lifted to the second level. It has a gas pump, pay phone and little balconies off the elevator on each level. It has stickers to add which makes it look a little like a garage. We received two people with it. There is also a section for batteries I will have to get back to you on what type of sound it makes as we are putting off installing the batteries.

The garage really is for older kids mine just tip it over and stand or sit on it. They do enjoy turning the knobs and pushing buttons. They also make the people dance on the helicopter pad. I believe they will get a lot of use from it as the stress tests they are performing on it are being passed with flying colors. Nothing has broken, however little pieces have had to be put back on when they were knocked off. The pieces are not small enough to choke on though.

When the kids get older and start actually playing with it I will update this review. I would recommend this toy but stress it is for older kids.