Here's another ad. This time the perpetrator is Lionel itself:
Get a load of that kid's face! Straight out of Reefer Madness.
As one commenter on the other site said, "The kid's face clearly indicates he's got his sister's doll tied to the tracks."
Enjoy.
Steven J. Serenska
Sure. Why else would a grown man's kid want to play with trains? 
Updating my own post once again with a new ad from the same online group.
Hey, kids – it’s the cigarette train!
Once again, I am updating my own post with another ad from the same online group. The caption someone added on the vintage advertising group was: "Hey son! Let's climb into our underwear and play trains!"
Steven J. Serenska
Steven J, thanx for starting one of the best threads since DCS came along---or even E-unit reversing
RJR posted:Steven J, thanx for starting one of the best threads since DCS came along---or even E-unit reversing
My pleasure. The Facebook group from which these were taken has 33,000 members and is quite hilarious.
Steven J. Serenska
Serenska - that Winston ad really took me back - the version of that ad kids in my neighborhood used to sing was - "Winstons taste bad like the one I just had. No filter, no flavor, just cotton-pickin' paper."
RJR posted:Steven J, thanx for starting one of the best threads since DCS came along---or even E-unit reversing
Yup, I'm really enjoying this one...and looking forward to more posts!
Mom fixed the constipation problem TOO WELL! Poor Dad is left holding his caboose!
Jon 
Apparently Lionel guys were constipated, not us Flyer guys
lol
Al
When these seven trains hit the switchyard all at the same time...
Serenska posted:Once again, I am updating my own post with another ad from the same online group. The caption someone added on the vintage advertising group was: "Hey son! Let's climb into our underwear and play trains!"
Steven J. Serenska
****, I've been doing it wrong, I'm usually fully clothed. This weekend I'll try your method.
Stu
(1) Does the cigarette train come with a smoke unit?
(2) Beside the fact that they're in their undies, what does the kid have on top of his leg with a wire coming out of that he's staring at with a weird grin? ....it's reminding me of the Addam's family ....is he about to set off the explosives?
ScottV posted:(1) Does the cigarette train come with a smoke unit?
(2) Beside the fact that they're in their undies, what does the kid have on top of his leg with a wire coming out of that he's staring at with a weird grin? ....it's reminding me of the Addam's family ....is he about to set off the explosives?
It looks like the external wire that goes with the Lionel Generator car (the blue and white one).
https://www.tandem-associates....30_operating_car.htm
But, yeah, a strange looking scene. 
ScottV posted:(2) Beside the fact that they're in their undies, what does the kid have on top of his leg with a wire coming out of that he's staring at with a weird grin? ....it's reminding me of the Addam's family ....is he about to set off the explosives?
Well, it is an underwear ad after all. Nothing creepy about that. No different than the bazillion underwear ads we see today in print, online, and tv.
Scotty,
The cigarette train comes with a smoke unit … and, of course, a Light.
Note: Close cover before striking.
On further thought, perhaps the cigarette train should shoot missiles (aka cigarettes, pre-lit of course). 
jay jay posted:Its the Smoke Pellets.
Smoke was good for you back then.
If you need proof that that there really is a ****...
Let's play trains.
these cigarette ads are a hoot. One of my uncle's was a two pack a day unfiltered guy. He died at 93 of a heart attack. My father was 15 years younger and his comment was... "I knew the smoking was bad for him." Heavens! Pass the smoke fluid please!
Robert S. Butler posted:Serenska - that Winston ad really took me back - the version of that ad kids in my neighborhood used to sing was - "Winstons taste bad like the one I just had. No filter, no flavor, just cotton-pickin' paper."
RSB:
Funny, we had a similar version of the song in my neighborhood: "Winston tastes bad like the one I just had. No filter, no taste, just a bunch of paper waste."
In hindsight, it's a pretty well-crafted melody, seeing how it's stuck with us all these years....
Steven J. Serenska
NOT LionelLLC posted:Serenska posted:Once again, I am updating my own post with another ad from the same online group. The caption someone added on the vintage advertising group was: "Hey son! Let's climb into our underwear and play trains!"
Steven J. Serenska
****, I've been doing it wrong, I'm usually fully clothed. This weekend I'll try your method.
Stu
Go ahead - try and drink that visual out of your mind 
Paul
Updating my own post once again with a new ad from the same online group devoted to vintage ads.
This one is a little disturbing. I'm not too appreciative that Lionel was trying to get kids to be this conniving. Given the catalog images, I'm going to place this from in the mid- to late-1960s.
The best comments from viewers of the thread had the father pause to reconsider his words:
...But, for gosh sakes, DON'T tell Mom this is the most fun i've had in years!
and
...Well, the most fun since that weekend last year with Cindy from accounting!
Enjoy.
Steven J. Serenska
@Serenska posted:Given the catalog images, I'm going to place this from in the mid- to late-1960s.
It's the 1966/1968 catalog cover artwork.
Don't know that I'd call that conniving. Seems to me all the twist is in the eye--and minds--of the beholders, especially given the stupid comments.
I seem to recall a cigarette ad featuring a locomotive engineer all decked out in his overalls and hickory striped cap. Please post any railroad related tobacco ads that happen to pop up. Come to think about it, how many remember Railroad Mills chewing tobacco?
...perhaps cough drop ads should be included as well?
From that same Facebook group (I was a member for a while; may still be but I do not follow it anymore) I saved this ad:
Check out the expression on the man in the blue suit:
How about the guy with glasses? What is he looking at?
@LLKJR posted:How about the guy with glasses? What is he looking at?
He looks like he is staring at the woman’s chest. Definitely creepy. The other guy just looks like he is happy to have cake.
Not creepy, just crowded:
To me, it looks like the guy is lusting for the Schlitz. Which would be in keeping with the ad.
Note the guy in back not happy with the way the housekeeper has washed the pot.
Remember when one could have such a get-together, without masks?
Leroof, our posts crossed. I don't know how old your are, but I clearly remember the cigarette ads from the 40's, that 9 out of 10 doctors smoke [brand], and ads saying that doctors promoted smoking to help one relax. I leave it to the reader to draw analogies to what is being touted today as medically beneficial.
Gotta love that fridge full o' Schlitz.
Everybody has a nice Pilsner glass to drink their can of Schlitz.
Check out the time of day, seven minutes past midnight and they are hammering it away with now the food being served. I don't suppose none of these guys were thinking about how they were going to drive home!!
Not so, it's shortly after noon. They started early.
@RJR posted:Not so, it's shortly after noon. They started early.
A starlit sky with a crescent moon at noon?
Good point 
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