Memorial Day here in the States is tomorrow, 30 May so I thought it would be nice to celebrate and honor the day with this little set-up. Memorial Day is our way of honoring those who served in and gave their all for the defense of freedom.
Someone made mention about how I haven't posted many military toys - those along the lines of 'Little Green Army Men'. He's right and quite frankly I don't know why. It's not like I don't have any, just never got around to it is all. Well, for this Memorial Day I decided to at least break out a bunch of Little Green Army Men, specifically - vintage figures and vehicles - capped off by a Marx Trains Military Support Train from around 2001/2001 with train action caught on video. I tried to keep the sizes of the figures and vehicles kinda the same, no real small or real big stuff. Also, I don't have much by way of Navy and Air Force vehicles, the few I have being lost somewhere in The Cave, but I do have Navy and Air Force figures. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina
Someone made mention about how I haven't posted many military toys - those along the lines of 'Little Green Army Men'. He's right and quite frankly I don't know why. It's not like I don't have any, just never got around to it is all. Well, for this Memorial Day I decided to at least break out a bunch of Little Green Army Men, specifically - vintage figures and vehicles - capped off by a Marx Trains Military Support Train from around 2001/2001 with train action caught on video. I tried to keep the sizes of the figures and vehicles kinda the same, no real small or real big stuff. Also, I don't have much by way of Navy and Air Force vehicles, the few I have being lost somewhere in The Cave, but I do have Navy and Air Force figures. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina
To see the Marx Trains Military Support Train click here for the 2016 Memorial Day Parade on The 'Jeep' Layout
Reveille begins the day at the staging area
The staging area
Crowds start to gather
The parade begins
During the parade you'll see Auburn, Ideal, Marx, and Pyro vehicles and Marx figures marching.
It would have been nice to have Navy and Air Force vehicles but they're hard to come by in a size compatible to these.
At parade's end the cleaning crew starts its work.
