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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by TurboOne [:D][:D][:D] Happy New Year Chuck. The future buyers are kids, mine are 9 and 6. My 6 year old is especially excited over trains, he just got 3 Thomas engines that he calls "breakable" Thomas. He is very careful with it and can't wait to start building a layout beyond the tree set up that Thomas is now. Most kids have gotten into the Nintendo type video games and they beg Mom and Dad to get these $50 dollar video games, yes we have some, but mainly older $20 dollar games. I see a lot of those dollars now going to a true family hobby, trains. Tim Train people have more TOOT! [/quote] I have three grand kids, 9 to 11 and a pair of F3s going around the tree and I'm the only one playing with trains. Play station 2 sports 2005 , NASCAR chase for the cup, the Simpsons etc all command their attention. And when you jump in the 4X 4, it's the portable Game Boy Advance SP. These technologies/home entertainment are highballing down a fast track.They do not bode well for the future of MR from my engineer's seat. And then, there's the limited number of railroads to model after and here in Phoenix, there's not even an Amtrak train and only one back home in Grand Rapids. Grandpa Chuck.
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