@John Korling posted:...and you could just as easily find someone else that has had the same childhood experience as you but not be inclined to pay Santa Fe anything. And even if everyone shared your desire and commitment to repay Santa Fe (now BNSF) for the enjoyment you got from a toy/model with Santa Fe markings, there is not a legal way they could accept any monetary compensation for the enjoyment gleaned from it, unless the repayment is in the form to perhaps become a prominent shareholder.
and your point would be what? That I should be responsible for someone else's experience? My point is that early experiences influence later in life behavior. Try this one. At fourteen I purchased a 1933 Ford three window coupe for $75.00 and drove it home. Within a year it was channeled and had a DeSoto hemi under where there used to be a hood. Also used to have fenders. Later in life I purchased a lot of Fords starting with a 65 Mustang. Still have the 33 coupe.
