Best article ever on BMR. Great Article!

Good list. I specifically remember seeing 7722 and 7824 in stores (I think it was Lionel Playworld). Had them in my cart on a 50% off sell but they wouldn’t honor it on the 7722. It was still in stores in the […]

You’re welcome, Holger! We are glad you enjoyed it. LEGO historian, Gary Istok might be a good person do ask. I do have his LEGO history CD and will check what he says.

I do have some resources, which might […]

thats nice

Hi Holger,

Thank you for sharing these great ads. I have seen some of the more common ones, but it seems you have a lot of unusual/rare ones, like the train on a real track rail. Are those ads toy industry […]

yes I guess I wont be picking this one up.

For scale modelers, there are some good parts available, including the straight track pieces. It’s definitely a set marketed toward a different user group though.

Hi Holger. We would love to see the scanned advertisements sometime. I also collect magazine/comic book advertisements, and Europe always had the best advertisements throughout the 1980s. Some products were […]