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Two-Year old chucked Life-Like Santa Fe on floor
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[quote]<i>Originally posted by dave9999</i> <br /><br />Honestly.... if you purchased the Life-Like loco from Toys r Us then you already had inexpensive <br />HO equipment. <br /> <br />A good point! <br /> <br />I wasn't aware that Toys r Us sold individual locos. I know that the sell trains sets, <br />which come with the "toy" quality locos. <br /> <br />Believe it or not when he mentioned the 1980s this took me back about 12 or more years (Im in my twenties). When I was around 5 Toys R Us had Tyco, and Life-like items galore! You could buy buildings (Kits), signage, people, trees, layouts, cars, and engines! <br /> <br />It was cool cause the one near me used to sell already constructed layouts that hung from the celing. <br /> <br />Any ways back to the inexpensive locomotive subject. Bachmann would be the best bet. You could even go with some IHC locomotives. As mentioned by others store some of the moderatly priced ones for awhile, once you notice less wrecks, and a shorter list of repairs. <br /> <br />I had and built my first Athearn Blue Box when I was around 9 or 10. Bought with my own money and built it. I really learned my lesson when I made it go through a curve at a scale speed of 100 MPH and could only watch in agony as it hit the floor. It ran after my dad fixed it though :). <br /> <br />Thank you for my childhood memories post about Toys R Us, and my suggestion. <br /> <br />DON <br /> <br />P.S. I worked for about a week at Toys R Us for Xmas last year, but never got to open a box with life-like trainsets in it.
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