Reply to "New Lionel Catalog goes “live” Jan 20th"

LandsteinerOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

"I don't get why people like the post-war look, looks toyish to me, but that's just my opinion confused . Can you guys tell me why you like it? "

I know some folks take model trains seriously as art and history. But for some of us, they are all toys, some more toy-like than others.

May also be an age and nostalgia issue. If you are under 60 years old you probably never saw a Lionel ad on TV or in the newspaper or ordered their catalog. Same for American Flyer. Those who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s or before knew Lionel postwar as the premier toy for boys in their youth. Those imprints are powerful .

Another example from long ago. My generation (came of age in the 1960s) had trouble understanding our parents and uncles and aunts love of big band music, and so on. They could not fathom the Stones and the Beatles in many cases.

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