OT Low Tech Holiday

[greg g]

Not quite antique yet (The American Flyer in the basement qualifies) but we thought we'd dust of this set that was our Daughter's 1st birthday gift. No buzzes, no beeps, no flashing lights, no levers, no remote controls. Just your imagination.

Happy Holidays folks.

[Norm's Coupe]

Greg,

Now just who did old dad buy that train for? Little girls usually don't play with that sort of thing, especially as young as your daughter was. They usually want dolls and doll houses.

[Plymouthy Adams]

let the guy alone...mom will get the meathooks in the girl soon enough...my girl got a motorbike for her 4th B-day..go for it..

[greg g]

Actually it was a gift from her aunt, who is a memeber of the NRRHS and the NYOW historical group. It is a signed set that was purchased at the TC Timber factory before they were gobled up by a conglomerate. We have a history of giving legacy type gifts on 1st birthdays. Something to be passed down to offspring regardless of gender. My daughter played with this set for hours on end along with her later aquired Micro Machines and Matchbox toys.

Yes she had Cabbage Patch, and barbie but we raised a well rounded gearhead.

[oldmopar]

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Now just who did old dad buy that train for? Little girls usually don't play with that sort of thing, especially as young as your daughter was. They usually want dolls and doll houses.[/quote']

Still have my wifes train set from when was she was a kid her father had 2 girls but he was a mechanic so whats a guy to do you got to have something to do before as Tim put it "mom get her meat hooks in her"

It worked out well for me when her father passed on I got all his tools

[Norm's Coupe]

I guess I had the best of both worlds. Have a son and daughter. That way I could do the guy stuff with my son, and the wife did the girl stuff with the daughter.

[Dennis Hemingway]

I still have the American Flyer train set that I got when I was a kid.

Dennis