Tinplate Art posted:MELGAR: Manor Toys and Hobbies on Jamaica Ave. near Woodhaven Blvd. (probably named after the LIRR Brooklyn Manor depot near by) was a major Lionel and Flyer dealer. There was also a hobby shop further east on Jamaica Ave. named Tex Foster's, who carried a little Flyer and Lionel. And then another toy store further west on Jamaica Ave. from Woodhaven Blvd. that carried Lionel from which I got my ZW and gantry crane. Cannot recall the name.
Tinplate Art posted:MELGAR: Manor Toys and Hobbies on Jamaica Ave. near Woodhaven Blvd. (probably named after the LIRR Brooklyn Manor depot near by) was a major Lionel and Flyer dealer. There was also a hobby shop further east on Jamaica Ave. named Tex Foster's, who carried a little Flyer and Lionel. And then another toy store further west on Jamaica Ave. from Woodhaven Blvd. that carried Lionel from which I got my ZW and gantry crane. Cannot recall the name.
Visited Manor a good many times. My Grandparents lived in Woodhaven on Park Lane South, I lived on 107 St. in Richmond Hill. My vivid memory of Manor was going with my Father when he said it was time to add another locomotive. Asked the salesman for a GG1, "sorry son but we no longer have them but how about a New Haven electric", so I got an NH EP5. (My father also took me to the Lionel Showroom every Christmas time).
Tex Foster's ! Been decades since I heard that name; on about 104 ST. & Jamaica Ave. I remember it as being a some what "fine scale" model store, remember looking at the HO track ballasted roadbed he had set up and thinking, that looks cool.
