08-31-2017, 12:26 AM
(08-30-2017, 10:18 PM)f350ca Wrote: REALLY hate to admit it but I was pre Lego,
(Silently waiting for comments from Mayhem...)
Yep, Erector sets, Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Chemistry sets, playing cards in the spokes of your bicycle (until you got upgraded to a Mattel "V-RRoom"), the "Visible V-8", Revell model kits of all kinds, Cox .049 line control airplanes ..... <sigh>
Most of all I remember the Lionel Train set that was huge! I don't remember the gauge but I remember the engine & cars were long and heavy. The controller unit was basically a quad variac that must have weighed 20 lbs. Wow - what that set would be worth today if I still had it.
And yes, back when I was a kid Japanese cars were considered junk. In my teens I was strictly a "Chevy man". Swore I would never be caught dead in an "import". As an adult I ended up working for two different Japanese car companies that were outselling American cars like crazy at the time. Go figure.
Willie