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 Posted - July 26 2015 : 10:21:01 AM
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As mentioned in the "This site or No Site", there was a company named Tico Toys making battery operated trains.
Below are some examples :D
HO Scale
 - Army train
'O' Gauge
Edited by - DanMacK on July 26 2015 10:32:33 AM
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Posted - July 26 2015 : 10:25:38 AM
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on ebay,but no real info about tico toys
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Posted - July 26 2015 : 11:03:07 AM
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i just found this site very interesting,ken
http://www.oldchristmastreelights.com/noma_story_4.htm
/tyco/forum/uploaded/catfordken/20150726110218_3846572_1_l.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74K2D7lKH-Y
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Posted - July 26 2015 : 1:06:07 PM
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Very odd manufacturer. Never heard of them before although the overall idea of cheap battery powered train sets similar to H0 and 0 gauge sizes is quite a common one. I can picture these sets in a 1950's-60's equivalence of a dollar store or some type of grocery store.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - July 26 2015 : 6:13:38 PM
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quote:Very odd manufacturer. Never heard of them before although the overall idea of cheap battery powered train sets similar to H0 and 0 gauge sizes is quite a common one. I can picture these sets in a 1950's-60's equivalence of a dollar store or some type of grocery store.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â July 26 2015Â :Â 1:06:07 PM
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The dollar stores of that era were called "dime stores" or "five and dimes." If you track the Consumer Price Index from then to now, the dime of that time was the same amount of wealth as today's dollar.
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Posted - July 27 2015 : 01:54:43 AM
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quote: quote:Very odd manufacturer. Never heard of them before although the overall idea of cheap battery powered train sets similar to H0 and 0 gauge sizes is quite a common one. I can picture these sets in a 1950's-60's equivalence of a dollar store or some type of grocery store.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â July 26 2015Â :Â 1:06:07 PM
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The dollar stores of that era were called "dime stores" or "five and dimes." If you track the Consumer Price Index from then to now, the dime of that time was the same amount of wealth as today's dollar.
Originally posted by scsshaggy - July 26 2015 : 6:13:38 PM
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Oh, okay, I get it. But yeah, it kinda reminds me of something like that.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - July 27 2015 : 10:03:13 PM
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| That Tico is like Tyco on steroids.
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Posted - July 28 2015 : 1:20:01 PM
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that plastic tanker I has a 2 of but they say Thomas on the insides
& Thomas put odd stuffs on them
Like PA speakers & ladders 
Sometimes at flea markets or antique stores these do have a redonkulous prices on them  
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