| Toy train sets have been part of childhood | | | | electricity running through the tracks to |
| for a long time. They are the quintessential | | | | power the trains. LEGO trains are |
| Christmas gift and boyhood hobby. What | | | | battery-powered which makes them safer than |
| Christmas tree is complete without a toy | | | | conventional toy train sets. Another unique |
| train steaming around its base?Constructing | | | | feature of LEGO trains is that they are |
| the tracks and playing with toy trains helps | | | | controlled remotely with infrared controllers |
| your child develop their minds, promote | | | | which work similarly to your television |
| critical thinking skills, and, most important | | | | remote!If you're more interested in the |
| of all, it's an activity that parents and | | | | classic sort of toy train set, your options |
| children can enjoy together. Building train | | | | are almost limitless. As you may recall, toy |
| sets is a time-consuming hobby, and it | | | | trains are available in a number of scale |
| demands attention to detail and care from you | | | | sizes. The most popular sizes are labeled HO |
| and your child. It gives you and your a | | | | and N. HO is 1:87 scale. HO is known to be |
| long-term goal that you can work on together | | | | relatively trouble-free and easy to use. |
| periodically. Playing with toy trains will | | | | There are a huge number of products available |
| help your child to learn the importance of | | | | for this size. N scale is another popular |
| making continuous progress, of working hard, | | | | size. It's 1:160. N scale is popular because |
| and watching their efforts come to fruition | | | | it's easier to build really long trains which |
| in a tangible way.LEGO train set kits are an | | | | are similar to the mile plus long trains you |
| excellent choice for a child just getting | | | | see in real life. These aren't the only |
| into playing with toy trains. LEGO trains are | | | | sizes, of course. Scale runs the gamut from |
| big and clunky so they can be easily | | | | tiny trains to train big enough to ride |
| manipulated by clumsy child hands. The first | | | | around your yard! One scale growing in |
| LEGO trains didn't have power. They used kid | | | | popularity is known as Garden Gauge. In |
| power to get around the track. These days, | | | | addition to train scale you need to consider |
| there are electric LEGO trains which can be | | | | track gauge. While scale is the ratio of the |
| almost as complicated and interesting as | | | | size of the toy relative to the real thing, |
| conventional toy train sets. So may kids and | | | | gauge tells you the distance between the |
| adults have gotten into LEGO trains that | | | | rails on the train track.Toy trains are a fun |
| there are clubs being formed around the | | | | way for you to spend time with your child. |
| country. One of the key features of LEGO | | | | They're also educational and encourage your |
| train sets is the variety of set-ups you can | | | | child's curiousness as well as teaches them |
| create with just one set. Due to the nature | | | | discipline and good work habits so they can |
| of the LEGO system, an almost endless array | | | | see their efforts pay off.Gregg Hall is an |
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| feature is that LEGO train sets don't use | | | | |