Hello everybody,

I can't help noticing the abscence of the good old fashioned Christmas
trainset from the toy shops. Oh sure there are various plastic things
from Taiwan that would only be a source of disappointment to any
child, - and then there are various H0/00 trainsets around all of
which are $$$$$ for what they are; - but where are the good old chunky
large locos of good character with child friendly wheel standards?
So far I've only seen one, - a 'G' scale American tender loco, frieght
car and tramway styled coach with an oval of track; - it's all in
sturdy plastic, - looks like wot it supposed to look like and it costs
$NZ49.00. I'm thinking about getting one actually to run a model
maker's eye over, - should be fun :-) ...... But where are the other
good old fashioned Christmas trainsets ....... are they a dying breed?

Anne.