{"id":2789,"date":"2017-12-05T13:53:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T18:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/?p=2789"},"modified":"2017-12-03T14:04:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T19:04:30","slug":"25-days-of-holiday-trainvertising-5-duplo-through-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/05\/25-days-of-holiday-trainvertising-5-duplo-through-the-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Days of Holiday &#8220;Trainvertising&#8221; #5: Duplo through the Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1993 was a good year for LEGO&#8230;I have fond memories of the Dragon Knight sets. Today&#8217;s image comes from the front cover of a 1993 UK Christmas catalog. This one gives Duplo trains some love. Meanwhile, Majisto the wizard has hijacked Santa&#8217;s job this year, complete with a sled pulled by three monstrous dragons. Who needs eight tiny reindeer anyway?<\/p>\n<p>The second image is from a French advertising insert. It is a slight variation on the first, but is void of any trains. Still, I thought I&#8217;d include it for comparison.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2780\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/05\/25-days-of-holiday-trainvertising-5-duplo-through-the-snow\/lego-christmas-catalog-1993\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993.jpg?fit=2477%2C2290&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2477,2290\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon MX470 series&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LEGO Christmas Catalog 1993\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993.jpg?fit=474%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2780\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993.jpg?resize=474%2C438\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993.jpg?w=2477&amp;ssl=1 2477w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993.jpg?resize=150%2C139&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993.jpg?resize=300%2C277&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993.jpg?resize=768%2C710&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993.jpg?resize=1024%2C947&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2779\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/05\/25-days-of-holiday-trainvertising-5-duplo-through-the-snow\/lego-christmas-catalog-1993-no-trains\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993-no-trains.jpg?fit=3081%2C2056&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3081,2056\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon MX470 series&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LEGO Christmas Catalog 1993 &amp;#8211; no trains\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993-no-trains.jpg?fit=474%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2779\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993-no-trains.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993-no-trains.jpg?w=3081&amp;ssl=1 3081w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993-no-trains.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993-no-trains.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993-no-trains.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993-no-trains.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993-no-trains.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993-no-trains.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1993 was a good year for LEGO&#8230;I have fond memories of the Dragon Knight sets. Today&#8217;s image comes from the front cover of a 1993 UK Christmas catalog. This one gives Duplo trains some love. Meanwhile, Majisto the wizard has hijacked Santa&#8217;s job this year, complete with a sled pulled by three monstrous dragons. Who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/05\/25-days-of-holiday-trainvertising-5-duplo-through-the-snow\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">25 Days of Holiday &#8220;Trainvertising&#8221; #5: Duplo through the Snow<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1025,"featured_media":2790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[373,353,372,371,239,354,374,229],"class_list":["post-2789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-373","tag-christmas","tag-dragon-knights","tag-duplo","tag-history","tag-holiday","tag-majisto","tag-vintage-advertising"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LEGO-Christmas-Catalog-1993-crop.jpg?fit=2238%2C1248&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8egNP-IZ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1025"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2791,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789\/revisions\/2791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}