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Reply to "Using LionChief controls mounted on the fence for kids to control LionChief trains at shows; how to and animated accessories that work!"

Wow that sounds interesting! The more stuff the kids can do the better. Of note though most of kids that want to run trains at most of my events are 2-5 years old. However of interest during the Polar Express events we get a lot of the older children and teens young adults visiting the event. I have found over several years that teen girls I guess age 12 or so and up, tend to stick around for a long time at the Christmas /Polar Express layout waiting to try out all the trains and animation/ sound buttons, and looking at finding all the many scenic details animations and scenes. So for most shows the simple LionChief controls a few sound and animation buttons keep there interest for a long time (parents wear out and want the kids to move on). 

I have found at the train shows that letting older teens in to run the switching layout they are happy to do something more complex for a half hour or so.

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