Last week, I enjoyed my annual pre-Christmas visit to Margate, to hear about Hornby's future plans. Obviously, these are super-secret, but I did bring back a few photos of the festive looking stuff.
The WonderWorks has been Crimbo'd up, with a tree. Trains run around the bottom, and they eshew the traditional baubles for suitable wagons and cars. Not sure this look will catch on, but it's certainly different.
Father Christmas makes and appearance, alongside a polar bear. Presumably he handles those on the "Good" list, leaving the "Naughty" ones to his ursidae companion!
There's a little historical stuff on display in the shop, everything else is in WonderWorks and I didn't have time for that. The signal box in the centre of this shot appears to be a colourway I haven't seen before.
Nice to see some vintage photos, celebrating 70 years since production started in Margate. It's not all in China or India, and I suspect there isn't the family feel of the great days in the 1960s. There certainly won't be a "Miss Rovex" competition!
Did I ask Santa for any model trains? Yes, this one.
Sadly, at just under a hundred quid, the Wallace and Gromit set will have to stay a dream. I haven't got space to display it anyway (like that ever stopped me!). It runs on 12mm gauge TT track though. I wonder if it would be possible to squeeze a motor into one of those coaches. After all, the wheels actually turn...
1 comment:
The tree looks a little half hearted, but like the concept. Perhaps a giant advent calender could work better?
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