Come in retail box,and we will wrap the retail box with styrofoam to protect it from being damaged badly. Dinosaur needs 3 AA(1.5v) batteries which is very common in our daily life,and batteries are not included in the box You need to prepare the batteries,cause batteries are not allowed to be shipped by air Dinosaur is sounding ,flashing ,and moves automatically after turning it on like below Note:some parts of the body need to be assembled,and it is very easy