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Greenberg Show - Upper Marlboro (My Impressions)

GM Grampy MarcOGR Forum Member

My Impressions: - Greenberg Train Show – Upper Marlboro, MD 3/2/13 and 3/3/13

This Show and locale hold a special place in my heart. This is where I first bought MTH and DCS items. E.g. When I caught the fever!

  1. Nice to have them back – My facts may be off, but it seems that they’ve been away for a while.
  2. Fewer vendors – Main Floor had room for at least 3 scale layouts. In years past they were relegated to the upper levels
  3. Smaller Selection – Very little O Scale (LNL mainly, few MTH). Majority were HO, S and N. I couldn’t even score MTH Track/Parts. BUMMER
  4. Few Toy Vendors – Several Die Cast and Vintage Toy. Their selections, condition and price were not impressive. No GI Joes or eclectic variety of offerings.
  5. Family Attendance – Lots of kids with their folks. That was AWESOME, Hopefully the Club guys helped sell the hobby to the new practitioners. Sorry to see the Lego Train Group missing. I’m sure every Kids Toy vendor had a sale those days.
  6. $7 Dollars to attend both days. Free Parking. Fair Price

 

So I’m hoping as the show continues to return to Upper Marlboro, they will increase in scale (Pun Intended!) and offer more selections and variety

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TrainsRMeTrainsRMeOGR Forum Member

Glad you enjoyed seeing the show return.  It sounds like it was rather different from the Greenberg's in Virginia Beach last weekend (no O-scale that I noticed, but lots of toy vendors).  I went there just for the enjoyment and not expecting to find anything to buy, but did find several items I "needed". 

F ftaussOGR Forum Member

We thought it was fun. Wingman made out like a bandit, again. She loves the Chessie Kitten. Got her a sweatshirt this time to go with the T-shirts, hat and pins. I stumbled across a Kline smoking caboose in PRR as we walked in. Had marker lights and looked unused. Gave up $45 for it. Looks great and the smoke works. And got 2 of the prints, a very busy Pennsy yard and a lovely image of a steamer and a diesel in snow pulling passenger trains, very holiday feeling. I'd seen them at Fredericksburg but couldn't find the fella on the way out. Guy also had CDs of train sounds.

 

I thought there was plenty of O there in proportion to the total. But I collect all 3 so mebbe I'm a bit more off than most. Even had a fella selling lots of Lionel parts, got a crossing sign for my gateman that was gonna cost more to ship than to buy otherwise, so I was happy.

 

More toys than I expected but it was great to see so many families and kids there.

 

 

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