Rare Western Train...

[Hobbes]

And how do you now this young Hobbet?

Simple logic, old pirate: There was "Slogan A", now there is "Slogan B". This is fact. We also know that "Slogan A" was here before "Slogan B", so one had to "end" for the other to "start". Like in "1+1=2". Or, in other words, I just wanted my 555th post to be something excessively meaningful...

[WesternOutlaw]

I still love 'em. Catalog pages like the following are still heaven to me:

1978 NL Page 8 and following (at least to page 14) *wub*

I have to agree with you Hobbes. I love looking at these old sets. I would have loved to had this old western train, or any of the other sets in this catalogue. They bring back a lot of my vision of what Lego is all about (the slogans mentioned above). The 1st time seeing these sets is really a neat feeling. I'd still take any of these sets and enjoy building them.

[snefroe]

I still love 'em. Catalog pages like the following are still heaven to me:

1978 NL Page 8 and following (at least to page 14)  *wub*

I have to agree with you Hobbes. I love looking at these old sets. I would have loved to had this old western train, or any of the other sets in this catalogue. They bring back a lot of my vision of what Lego is all about (the slogans mentioned above). The 1st time seeing these sets is really a neat feeling. I'd still take any of these sets and enjoy building them.

we call this "nostalgia" :P

when i was going thru the catalogs of the last 30-40 years, i was surprised to see so many great sets and ideas, not just in the catalogs, but also in the idea books of the 70's when minifigs weren't even around....

[Dragon King]

The old days of legos were the golden ages. This train backs it up even more.

[Hobbes]

I have to agree with you Hobbes.  I love looking at these old sets.

I just noticed why I like those sets so much. This shows it quite well:

The sets were small, thus affordable, and they didn't take so much space. You could fit a building on the "9-stud-border" of the road plates and a bigger building on the borders of two adjacent roadplates and it didn't look all too crammed. Sure, the proportion/scale MF-buildings-cars was pretty unrealistic, but to me that was the charm of it :)

I do like the new city sets, make no mistake, but they do need a lot of space - and I will have a problem with that :/

[WesternOutlaw]

They definately take more space. I recently bought the large airplane. The runway needed for this set would be longer than the length of my entire city.

[Mister Phes]

Do you think taking up more space also represents better value for money?