jbmccormick posted:I saw some the old boxes. all the Athearn HO I had were in the blue boxes that they were using into the 1980s at least. I built many many a kit as a kid. I loved doing that.
Same for me. My first new trains were Athearn Blue box SF GP 35 and F7 in 1972. Before it was my dads Marx and after it was Lionel . Now it is a mix of everything.