Chris Zizzo wrote: 

>Now here's where I get in trouble with you guys. I have not been a 
>fan of starter sets. 

<snip for brevity> But, I will say that there was nothing that 
>filled the bill for me in getting a modern day kid into toy trains 
>within this gauge. As nice as they are, Don's SHS starters are too 
>tame for a kid. They don't have sufficient play value for the five 
>year old of 2002. 

<snip again for more brevity>
>Caleb doesn't know too much about trains. <more brevity snippage> I 
>had to find a set of trains that would connect to his world. I did 
>find it, too.

<another snip> Maury Klein, who shook Calebs hand, and who liked his 
>nickname, has been building trains relevant to kids. 


Chris, during that starter set discussion we had here recently, you 
asked a very pertinent question that went something like: "What do 
you guys want?" I think you saw the general idea of what we want 
(albeit in the wrong gauge/scale.) You bought it for Caleb. Wouldn't 
it have been great if that K-Line play value was available in S? 
That's what S needs, and what many of us want.


>This weekend, I did my job. I started the process of passing the 
>torch. I got K onto all the catalog lists. <snip> If you want to 
>pass on "The World's Greatest Hobby" you're going to have to
>do it one kid at a time.

Very true. If only we could pass on The World's Greatest Gauge at the 
same time.


Chuck F.



 



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