Plasticville Christmas

[oldhippy]

 

[Didereaux]

Wellllllll okay i guess you could say 'They tried'.

 

[bribrius]

works great with the entire creation of the santa image by the retail industry and all the marketing with the imported plastic toys. I wouldn't say they tried, i would say they nailed it.

 

[Rick58]

Hey, We got a family up here who's entire front yard becomes a graveyard during Halloween, so why not..Tis the season

 

[sleist]

Nothing like a hot-pink Christmas pig to get me in the mood - er, holiday spirit.

 

[Rick58]

Excuse me, but that's NOT just an ordinary hot pint Christmas pig...ok? That happens to be THE hot pink SANTA pig...ok?...Geez
...and as far as getting you getting "in the mood" you should see it in the summer in a bikini

 

[Didereaux]

works great with the entire creation of the santa image by the retail industry and all the marketing with the imported plastic toys. I wouldn't say they tried, i would say they nailed it.

Probably a bit more accurate to say that OldHippy 'Nailed it'.

 

[Didereaux]

I do believe that set up could win the 'Holiday Yard Decoration Award' in Bugtussle, Tennessee!

 

[bratkinson]

The thread-name rings a bell for me...For those that never had Lionel O-scale trains as a kid...Plasticville was the brand-name of a line of buildings and structures marketed by Bachman company from 1948 on that were made to 1:48 scale, the same as O-scale model railroads. After WWII, plastics 'came on the scene' and everything was being made of plastic...from dishware to plastic models.

By the '60s, even Christmas decorations became mostly plastic due to the low cost of oil used to make plastics. Even in the 1967 movie "The Graduate" staring Dustin Hoffman as a recent college grad, he was told where to make his fortune...'plastics'.

In short, the 'execution' of the Plasticville scene very well depicts the toy-like quality of the Plasticville models. Even the vinyl siding (plastic) on the house fits the scene. Fortunately, they could be glued back together quite easily if needed.

 

[oldhippy]

The thread-name rings a bell for me...For those that never had Lionel O-scale trains as a kid...Plasticville was the brand-name of a line of buildings and structures marketed by Bachman company from 1948 on that were made to 1:48 scale, the same as O-scale model railroads. After WWII, plastics 'came on the scene' and everything was being made of plastic...from dishware to plastic models.

By the '60s, even Christmas decorations became mostly plastic due to the low cost of oil used to make plastics. Even in the 1967 movie "The Graduate" staring Dustin Hoffman as a recent college grad, he was told where to make his fortune...'plastics'.

In short, the 'execution' of the Plasticville scene very well depicts the toy-like quality of the Plasticville models. Even the vinyl siding (plastic) on the house fits the scene. Fortunately, they could be glued back together quite easily if needed.

Spot on. Thanks. Ed

 

[Rick58]

Yep, anyone interested in model railroading would certainly recongnize "Plasticville"

 

[Rick58]

Hey Ed, here's the missing piece to your plasticville Christmas! I ran into this yesterday outside St Michaels Md. This guy has a full size model steam locomotive in his front yard complete with smoke! I wonder where he stores it the other 364 days a year