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You would be suprised by the HUGE age spead in this hobbie! Im 25 and felt the exact same way. I dont know of any friends (my age) that are active in the hobbie. Not that they all had no intrest in trains, just not enough to get into the hobbie. A few of them helped me build a table and go to the shows & stores to pickup new toys but they where not buying anything for them selfs. After going to a few shows and a few hobbie shops, I started to relise that there realy is no "age specific" guidelines. The scarry thing I keep finding is that some of these 50+ yr olds are more a "Big kid" then I am! [:p] <br /> <br />I seen and talk to many people in ALL age groups.......Its the kids I worry about. I see them at the shows and the hobbie shops, but it seems that there is less of an appeal to a big noisy machine compared to Playstation 2. tv, & computers (How ironic). Dont get me wrong, there is ALOT of kids that have an intrest to trains. If the parents will take that extra time to see & encourage them, then the the future looks good for this hobbie. I dont want to be the last of a dying breed when I turn 60! YOUR NOT ALONE![^]
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