I picked up this "Where The Wild Things Are" boxcar last week as a Christmas gift for one of my nephews. I have a little tradition where I gift each of the boys a train car and begin to build their collection of cars starting at a very young age. Based on my experience, there's just a handful of years to capture a boy's attention in electric trains - and even if you are successful, and you get the kids to like trains - their attention will eventually wane as they hit the teen years. That was the story with me. My dad tried SO HARD to get me to be into his vintage trains. I was...then I went away from them. Now I'm back.
So...one of the traditions here is to try to find a train car that 'means's something to each of the boys. This one, is aimed at a special guy and will hopefully appeal to him (and his parents!) and build on his collection of cars. At some point, he's going to need a locomotive, too!
But, this car is an 'aquarium car', so the inside is illuminated and there's a series of cells that move along as the car moves, so this really comes to life. Should be fun to see it around the track.
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