Big_Boy_4005 posted:I only stayed for a little over an hour. I did meet Bob, and saw a few friends. I'm not really interested in Menards' trains because they aren't scale. I never expected to buy anything there so I wasn't disappointed. I didn't spend a nickel. I spent more time driving back and forth than I did inside the show.
Large Lionel and MTH dealers: Not sure, it was an all scale show. Vendors were mostly from within a 100 mile radius. No manufacturers except Menards.
Don't know about the food, I didn't have any. I suspect it was pretty standard.
Personally, I only reminded myself why I stopped attending shows years ago.
There's nothing wrong with this reply. I usually feel the same way. We can go online easily nowadays and get exactly what we're after. Even my girl will point out that many times I have more "stuff" in my basement than was at a smaller show.
We took the youngest grandson to the Big E. I liked it because he liked it. I have to remind myself of the age when I got to go to Sears Roebuck's store and watch a set of WB diesels run around a loop of track. I thought that was everything back then.
So I feel these shows help the hobby greatly. They expose people of all ages to toy trains and that, is a very good thing.
