That's my point exactly. I found myself getting misty eyed. I would much rather watch a show that captures the feel and emotion than worry about how tall the actor should be! This was a great Christmas show. --- Nick
At 03:08 AM 12/17/2002 +0000, you wrote: >________________________________________________________________________ > >Message: 25 > Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 22:02:19 -0500 > From: Chuck Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Gilbert movie > >The movie was accurate to me in that, as a child during WWII, all of us >kids had an Erector set, a Lionel train, Lincoln Logs and a chemistry >set, usually by Gilbert, though Lionel also sold a few. Seeing vintage >Lionel running over Erector bridges looked right to me. If the era was >WWI then I assume the Lionel was std. gauge and don't know about the >vintage accuracy of the particular trains shown. S gauge was almost 40 >years away yet! > >Nick and Becky Colleran wrote: > > > > The Gilbert special was accurate in what mattered. I really don't believe > > that the pole vault > > or the type of trains in the display would have added to the movie as some > > on the O gauge > > group, otherwise know as TCA, would have you believe. It had a good feel > > and was certainly > > far superior to the Gilbert special that they did not run last year, or the > > year before, or the > > year before. No doubt some folks will look for an Erector set to buy this > > year. --- Nick > > > > PS Personally I loved the movie and I can list even more "inaccuracies" > > than have been cited. > > > > At 02:07 PM 12/16/2002 +0000, you wrote: > > >________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > >Message: 8 > > > Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:21:03 -0500 > > > From: "Tim Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Gilbert Special > > > > > >Bravo!!! Spectacular!!! I wouldn't change a thing!!! > > > > > >Tim Brown > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ > > >________________________________________________________________________ S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
