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 Posted - May 02 2018 : 9:18:29 PM
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Did Tyco really make trees for model railroads? If so, are they hard to find????
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Posted - May 02 2018 : 9:27:50 PM
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A most interesting Tyconic question. I really have not a clue.
Love to know!
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Posted - May 02 2018 : 10:00:43 PM
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I do not believe so
I do know they reissued MRC Powerpacks
The crossing Gate was originally based on a Revel design
The closest TYCO did was the Scenic Boards
Lionel HO sold Lifelike products and Plasticville
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Posted - May 02 2018 : 10:01:48 PM
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| I do not believe so. Tyco wasn't really into scenery products like grass and trees.
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Posted - May 02 2018 : 11:19:18 PM
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Okay, that's what I thought. Thank you all for confirming.
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Posted - May 03 2018 : 10:34:03 AM
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| No Tyco trees were made. Life-Like made many different ones and Bachman has nice ones now. Not sure how far Bachman trees date back...
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Posted - May 03 2018 : 2:41:06 PM
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Hmmmm....just wondering, what are these trees then? Are they Tyco "Slot Car" accessories....or merely plastic trees that this seller thought matched Tyco slot car stuff??
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Posted - May 04 2018 : 12:42:16 PM
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| Oh my, those trees are crazy.
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Posted - April 09 2019 : 10:26:39 PM
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quote:No Tyco trees were made. Life-Like made many different ones and Bachman has nice ones now. Not sure how far Bachman trees date back...
Originally posted by walt - May 03 2018 : 10:34:03 AM
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I know Bachmann used to have crappy Plasticville "trees," maybe dating back to the 50s or 60s.
Then in 1978-1979 Bachmann started their own line of model railroad landscaping products...
Closest I know TYCO ever did for landscaping was the elusive "decorated layout mat" and a plain green grass variation, to be used with their "Layout Expander System." I suspect if they were even made, they did not sell well, as most consumers and modelers most likely preferred to do their own landscaping, and thus would look more realistic. I can't blame them; using AHM "See-nicks," Life-Like and Woodland Scenics landscaping materials back then would've definitely looked better than TYCO's "decorated layout mat." I DO know the Layout Expander System manuals provide some tips and information for landscaping, mentioning that such materials can be found in hobby stores.
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Posted - April 10 2019 : 12:16:10 AM
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| I'm not sure who produced those trees, RP. I think Plasticville made some corny looking trees and obviously more than one company did...
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Posted - April 10 2019 : 10:06:20 AM
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Yeah, I was just wondering, since most of the other HO manufacturers at that time (such as LifeLike) had a line of scenery products - whether they were realistic or not. It's a shame Tyco never made any trees for their train sets....
But, perhaps if I do some digging, I will find some of Tyco's Super Blocks trees! It seems they, much like Lego, made trees to go along with their building block sets -- these would be perfect for RETRO TYCO.
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Posted - April 10 2019 : 10:35:20 AM
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quote:
when I got those I found out the Tyco bricks were a brick & a half bigger than Lego bricks
I like the funny & odd trees though
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Posted - April 10 2019 : 5:02:54 PM
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quote: quote:
when I got those I found out the Tyco bricks were a brick & a half bigger than Lego bricks
I like the funny & odd trees though
Originally posted by microbusss - April 10 2019 : 10:35:20 AM
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Do you, by chance, have any of those Tyco Super Blocks trees, busss? Trade? 
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Posted - April 11 2019 : 3:08:22 PM
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| nopes Sold them long time ago
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Posted - April 11 2019 : 7:08:43 PM
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Posted - April 12 2019 : 1:15:48 PM
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I likes the funny trees
even though they are so not to scale & prototypical
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Posted - April 12 2019 : 10:27:15 PM
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quote:I likes the funny trees
even though they are so not to scale & prototypical
Originally posted by microbusss - April 12 2019 : 1:15:48 PM
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That's what makes 'em awesome.
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