You can play with this right away because it comes with Thomas and his vehicles. Only Thomas is a motorized vehicle! Sir Topham Hatt is riding in the red car. As you can see in the layout guide (photo 4), it's torn and tattered. When shipping, I plan to tape the torn parts. The vehicles and tunnel in the third photo are from a Happy Meal, but they are relatively clean, so I will include them. This item does not have a box.