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[ocelot]

I want to find a source of cheap Thomas/Brio/etc. compatible trains that don't come with track pieces. We have more track pieces than we know what to do with, but the trains themselves are expensive and get lost too easily.

IKEA apparently has a $5.00 four-piece set, but they're very uniformly painted, just plain ugly, and only available in stores. I'll probably end up stocking up on them as filler-trains anyways when I get the chance.

I should find out what the plain trains at the local toy store cost. They have some other surprisingly cheap train stuff, so perhaps they are affordable. Better yet, I'd like to find out who they order from :)

If I could find a cheap source of basic non-buttugly trains, I'd start working on my evil Christmas money-making scheme. Also, blue and green fabric, like the print you'd find on top of a train table, either with or without pre-printed tracks.

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[jabberwokky.livejournal.com]

The tarball makes the trip to IKEA periodically. You could paint them with some young help... which will make them the opposite of uniformly painted and much more personal. Won't help with your evil schemes, I'd imagine.

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

This is true. At the very least, it would be darn simple to make them look like amtrak trains (add red, white, and blue stripes), but I'm sure Leif would have a blast out of painting, too.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

At work, we pretty much go with the Ikea ones. The kids don't mind "plain," they just want "lots."