Not a train but cool tinplae

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Still does not work for me.

Don't know what I did to screw it up but it just won't work. Any suggestions?

Works for me.  That is cool!

We had a discussion of that set about a year ago.

There is one in the Gadsen Pacific train museum in Tucson.

neat!

 Chuck Brasher, Clyde Easterly and the Smithsonian each have one. Counting the GPD's, mine and 3 sold at auction, I come up with eight pieces, anyone know any more?

Any way, any idea as to why the video did  not upload?

Yes i do know of another , From what I can see of the picture , we have one in our collection . I believe it was made by United Fan or something like that and is 110 volts. ours is packed away at the moment and cant get to it . Gary

Humm .. can't view the video on an iPad.  It looks like airplane?  Ah, the suspense!

TRRR

unclelouiesboy posted:

Yes i do know of another , From what I can see of the picture , we have one in our collection . I believe it was made by United Fan or something like that and is 110 volts. ours is packed away at the moment and cant get to it . Gary

Made by United Electric Aiden Mich. 1927 . 110 v motor in one plane.

AZ TIN posted:

Any way, any idea as to why the video did  not upload?

QuickTime on an MS product or Android? Except for the pocket size, I've considered mine a waste of money. If it's older than a year or two, it's downhill from here too. I haven't ever figured out how to attach with it, but shutting down all shared info to Google,, location, keyboard use, etc., basically anything  "that personalized my experience" helped mine at least function somewhat predictably, and way faster. Luckily I'm not a social site butterfly and don't use 90% of the crap-apps that need it anyhow.

You could post a link. It won't turn blue automatically like it used to, but folks can copy\paste to get there, and often someone will convert it to a link or embed it for you in a reply. Storing online  at a photo or cloud site then link/embed from that works well to.(don't forget to lock up private stuff)

I can't watch 50% of the "blue player" no matter what machine Im on. I think it's QuickTime, Ive never been a fan, even on a Mac,..No I haven't been able to see it either.

If you try it in a reply it seems to work more often, but you did that. ?¿?¿ Update or if you did, wait a day and try again. That hasn't failed me often at all.

OK, lets try this https://youtu.be/wpbpLlyk66o

I THINK IT WORKED!

Yep, it's a good link. Did you use the tool or was it auto once you posted?

I do remember seeing that. Very cool.

I guess that would have been pretty exciting for an action toy in 1927 !

edit: Or maybe it was intended as some kind of promotional display?

I;m not sure that it was originally designed as a toy. The only original ad, states that it runs on 110V and will run for 10 hours with no maintainance. There is no mention of FUN, EXCITMENT, that you would see in a toy ad. This sounds like a pitch for a store display to me, but what do I know.

Jerry

I'm pretty sure that will be ALDEN Mich. A small town on the water N.E. of Traverse City. Even then the local economy was likely based on tourism, great fishing/hunting/scenery and far enough north to make it attractive before air conditioning was around. Buiding them was probably someone's winter gig. Copper would have been dirt cheap around there too. It's right on the edge of copper country really.

Anyhow that would fit the display idea as far as production goes, but at the time I feel the actual ad likely would focus on quality and maintainability vs "fun and excitement" no matter the target. (Those are a bit more modern approaches to advertising.) My other thought to support the display theory is the big cities had electricity, but many rural homes still wouldn't. One look at Alden and you realize that there couldn't have been many places with it there either.

  I'd really like to see the ad. I was a graphics major and the ad holds great interest for me. More than the item really (not to knock it, it's great!, I'm jealous)

It reminds me of Cox airplanes of the 60s and the Whirly-bird helicopter of the 70s (Kenner?)

Adriatic posted:

I'm pretty sure that will be ALDEN Mich. A small town on the water N.E. of Traverse City. Even then the local economy was likely based on tourism, great fishing/hunting/scenery and far enough north to make it attractive before air conditioning was around. Buiding them was probably someone's winter gig. Copper would have been dirt cheap around there too. It's right on the edge of copper country really.

Anyhow that would fit the display idea as far as production goes, but at the time I feel the actual ad likely would focus on quality and maintainability vs "fun and excitement" no matter the target. (Those are a bit more modern approaches to advertising.) My other thought to support the display theory is the big cities had electricity, but many rural homes still wouldn't. One look at Alden and you realize that there couldn't have been many places with it there either.

  I'd really like to see the ad. I was a graphics major and the ad holds great interest for me. More than the item really (not to knock it, it's great!, I'm jealous)

It reminds me of Cox airplanes of the 60s and the Whirly-bird helicopter of the 70s (Kenner?)

One thousand pardons, An antique fan collector told UE was in aiden Mich, and I never verified it. Well he was wrong, The litho sys ADRAIN mich, I can't find any ardain, so I guess it's ADRIAN??? Litho mistake?

give me your email and I'll email the add.

Adrian, lol. Ok that's much further south and a bit larger. I think it may have had a large RR station there back then. It's west of Detroit and I think a bit south of it too. I thought of Adrian, but figured Alden's lower case "L" was a more likely mistake as an "i" than an actual type error on litho.

I think the "high powered motor" is the "fun and excitement" you expected. "Glides gracefully to the floor" assures your hardwood floor wouldn't be chewed up seeing how wall to wall carpet would have been for the wealthy. Note how the quality was emphasized. Much like we are begging to see again today, folks were tired of low quality and would do without rather than bother with crap.

Wording is very important in creating an ad. I do think it was a toy or "down" might have been chosen over "floor". A display would seldom sit on a floor IMO.

Grouping is another factor. The ads around would yield another clue. They look like toy ads from what I saw.

In all I think it was a low key ad pretty much standard of the time for newspaper or magazine use. The "high power" pencil drawn scribble text and arrows are very interesting in they create a "shout out" to the reader in a playful way.

 Sending a copy would be nice. My mail is in my profile if you click the name. I might be able to see it better that way as I'm on a tablet for a while too (I hate it . It's slow, hard to navigate and has a mind of its own typing with finger 3"away one time, tap 20 times the next. I'm almost ready to "do without" )

Toy isn't a great word there, " layout "showpiece ""?