model train sets

• boredtulan

  5 Jul 06, 15:41

  i wanna get a train set for my nephew. he's just starting to get into such things, those realistic train hobbby sets. google didn't lead me anywhere, too much garbage. any good shops to recommend?
• Lambo

  5 Jul 06, 15:42

  toys r us?
• JennTS

  5 Jul 06, 15:53

  try marklin.
  http://www.google.com/search?q=marklin
  
  pictures: http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~sakakiba/sakakibara/hobbies.html
  http://www.modellrallaren.com/evenemang/hobbymassan/2004/index.shtml
  
  videos:http://www.ilmrc.com/video.html
  
  my mum used to buy my dad these back in the 1980s.
  
  i used to have a lego train set (http://peach.mie.utoronto.ca/people/tsangc/lego-4559-persp.jpg) when i was younger, but when i found my dad's old train set i was really hooked onto it. i mean mine was complete crap compared to his.
  
  still remember how it had small overhead powerlines, which was where the trains got the power from to move.
  
  
• mhcampboy

  5 Jul 06, 16:10

  OooOOoo......i liiike...!!
• boredtulan

  5 Jul 06, 16:42

  tx guys...
  
  yup...JennTS exactly what i was looking for.... that marklin model.
  Any shops you know of here that stocks them?
  
  you know what, screw my nephew. I'm getting them for meself
  
  

  Originally posted by JennTS:

  try marklin.
  http://www.google.com/search?q=marklin
  
  pictures: http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~sakakiba/sakakibara/hobbies.html
  http://www.modellrallaren.com/evenemang/hobbymassan/2004/index.shtml
  
  videos:http://www.ilmrc.com/video.html
  
  my mum used to buy my dad these back in the 1980s.
  
  i used to have a lego train set (http://peach.mie.utoronto.ca/people/tsangc/lego-4559-persp.jpg) when i was younger, but when i found my dad's old train set i was really hooked onto it. i mean mine was complete crap compared to his.
  
  still remember how it had small overhead powerlines, which was where the trains got the power from to move.
  
  

  
• storywolf

  6 Jul 06, 13:20

  Originally posted by boredtulan:

  i wanna get a train set for my nephew. he's just starting to get into such things, those realistic train hobbby sets. google didn't lead me anywhere, too much garbage. any good shops to recommend?

  the best train set is in the building opposite funan IT center. It is a professional shop which all sort of trains . Even sultans and royal families from around the region order from them.
  
  Let me know what is your budget, so that i can give you more advice on what type of trains and where to get it.