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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith The first I remember was a battery operated double-cab European prototype set called the "red comet" I got when I was 6 or 7. Dont remember much except that it didnt work! When I was 10 or 11, I got a Marx trainset that was pretty good for its time. Kind of a poor mans Lionel set. I remember playing with it like Gomez Addams played with his trains on the Addams Family, its amazing they survived as long as they did! [/quote] In case you're interested I can tell you a bit about that first set of yours. It was a Japanese-made copy of a Tri-ang Big Big train. Tri-ang (known for making OO Briti***rains) made a line of O gauge plastic battery powered trains geared toward younger children called Big Big trains from 1965-1972. Later a Russian company called Novo made these trains from '75-80. Today these are collectors items and are worth big bucks. That Japanese set is quite rare. I once saw a boxed set on ebay a couple years ago and it sold for almost $200. Having heard that I bet you wish you still had it. Incidentally, the engine is a model of a Hymek diesel locomotive. There's some pictures of the set at www.tri-ang.co.uk/BigBig/Red%20Rocket.htm .
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