American Flyer All Aboard Commercial

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I saw one of those once, in the mid sixties, in a hardware store in Florence Alabama. I was a kid and didn't really appreciate it. Oh well.

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I saw one of those once, in the mid sixties, in a hardware store in Florence Alabama. I was a kid and didn't really appreciate it. Oh well.

 

When I was a kid and saw the TV commercial I was impressed.  Especially since my Flyer layout at the time was a true "Plywood Central".  Unfortunately the sets were too expensive for my dad's budget.

 

As an adult, and a veteran Model Railroader in 3 different scales, I now recognize the limitations of  the sets.  Bot in terms of construction and the rigidty of the design.  In fact quite recently I ran into a gentleman selling a "complete" set of All-Aboard panels at a Chicago area train show, and I passed it buy. 

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Sly for Gilbert it was their "last gasp"   and  a double edged sword though it looked nice it was limited

ex if you aquired s gauge trains made in the fifties  the radius was to tight

No accessories simple or otherwise could be put on it

ERTL mad a similar set in 1995 with its farm play sets line   someone has posted it on another forum

The only place I saw it other then Toy Fair was the general store in Hurley NY