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Author: | javinda [ Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:08 pm ] | ||
Post subject: | 1940 SEARS CATALOG, BATTERY OPERATED TRAIN | ||
From the 1940 Sears
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Author: | paulrace [ Fri Apr 10, 2015 5:46 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1940 SEARS CATALOG, BATTERY OPERATED TRAIN |
Made by Marx, do you suppose? |
Author: | javinda [ Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:31 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1940 SEARS CATALOG, BATTERY OPERATED TRAIN |
8 out of 10 folks seem to think so but since we have nothing definite--a'la "on paper"--I don't know. Either way isn't it cool! |
Author: | paulrace [ Sat Apr 11, 2015 5:34 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1940 SEARS CATALOG, BATTERY OPERATED TRAIN |
I'm just afraid that the cost of batteries would exceed the cost of the train in about a week. |
Author: | winced36 [ Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:37 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1940 SEARS CATALOG, BATTERY OPERATED TRAIN |
Exactly what I was thinking...batteries weren't inexpensive back in 1940 (comparatively). What's the difference between a dry cell and flashlight cells? Physical size, I guess. Presumably the set was upgradable to a transformer. Paul |
Author: | paulrace [ Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:14 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1940 SEARS CATALOG, BATTERY OPERATED TRAIN |
Well a dry cell lasted much longer in the same application. Of course they cost much more, but one dry cell might, say, cost as much as three sets of D cells and last as long as four. I'm still not convinced this is a cost-effective solution. |
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