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Post by valenciajim on Jan 4, 2015 12:29:08 GMT -8
There was pretty good cartoon the other day. Elmo, the neighbor's kid asks Dagwood, "Mr. B, when you were kid, what was the best present you ever got?" Dagwood responds, " I guess my very favorite was an electric train, Elmo." In the next panel, Elmo says, "Sweet!" In the final panel Elmo asks, "How many robots did it transform into." Blondie cartoon Jan 2, 215 |
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Post by dhs12001 on Jan 4, 2015 14:07:01 GMT -8
I got a kick outta that. Times have certainly changed. I remember the Sears Christmas catalog with pages of O scale Lionel sets and the "obvious" lesser quality O-27 offerings. Oh to go back then.
Dave Street
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Post by mlehman on Jan 5, 2015 0:22:17 GMT -8
Yes, enjoyed that one very much. I did get some odds and ends of trains as a kid, even though I know I asked for trains virtually every year. I barely remember a wooden one that would let you load up kegs or something and then discharge them. That was when I was maybe 4 or 5. My first serious train was simply a hand-me-down from an uncle - a spiffy Lionel Santa Fe PA freight set. I don't remember passenger cars. Not Xmas related, but to me it was better than anything I'd ever gotten for the holidays even though I technically had to share it with my bros and sister. They soon grew tired of it. I, on the other hand, took a certain perverse interest in it and the rest is, as they say, history  |
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Post by riogrande on Jan 5, 2015 7:10:11 GMT -8
I thought that the whole transformer TV series was a children's show, which was out long after I was out of college IIRC, so I actually didn't even bother seeing any of the transformer movies when they came out. Eventually my wife said they were pretty good so we finally got the DVD's and watched them. The battle scenes were kinda long an over the top so it was a bit exhausting to watch - but I'm an old fart, what can I say!
As for Christmas. Yes trains were a part of my Christmas since I was a toddler. When I was 4 years old, I got a 4x6 board painted green with a loop of Lionel track and an inner siding with a 4-6-4 loco which I still have but it's worse for the wear and just a piece of sentimental history. Some wheels are missing and the tender I think is missing too. The rest was sold off when I was in the 4th or 5th grade. I remember seeing my first HO trains around that time and liked them much better being more realistic and less toy like.
Interesting with the major resurgence of Lionel trains in the past 15 years, I have never had any interest in them as I've always preferred realistic since a young age. But I understand many middle aged or older men have fond childhood memories of Lionel, hence the popularity.
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