@ed h posted:The color video screenshots are from the History of Lionel VHS, which came out in 1990. I believe the video was listed in the catalogs in that time frame. I don't believe this video was ever released on DVD. I had the video but wound up borrowing a VHS player to get the screen shots.
The black and white photo I found online quite some time ago. I was able to obtain some mid 1980s LCCA Lion Roars / Toy Fair Reports. In one of these issues there are very similar photos to that of the black and white layout, so its safe to assume that layout did in fact appear at the Toy Fair.
What I haven't had time to find is some LCCA Lion Roars from the 1970s, curious to see if there were any Toy Fair reports that show the layout on the brochure cover. I've researched TCA Quarterlys from that same time frame and found no info regarding the layout on the brochure cover. If you are a member of the TCA, the Quarterlys are all available online.
Photo is what the VHS cover looks like.
There's one of these for sale on eBay right now. I could not get Roger Carp interested in helping us pursue this lead & in MPC-era display layouts in general (for whatever reasons.) Maybe just not enough interest in MPC-era, in general, either by writers or readership?
