The number one item missing from the Lionel catalogs since 2011...

I continue to wait ....

Dang Right,!!! Bring on part 2

In 3D please

Should I ask what watching this was like? Curious if I should track down a copy?

Wait.. I think Marty has some inside information that he is trying to leak, but doesn't want to appear to be leaking

DoctorZW retired in an alternate reality.  He was forever lost in time, but still communicating through the space-time continuum manages to send technology bits to Lionel, his life long passion for the greatest Train toy company in the world.

@SantaFeFan posted:

DoctorZW retired in an alternate reality.  He was forever lost in time, but still communicating through the space-time continuum manages to send technology bits to Lionel, his life long passion for the greatest Train toy company in the world.

Lol!  

We might locate DR ZW if we go through THE TIME TUNNEL?

Looks like Jon gave us the definitive answer

And here I was hoping that the long lost scripts had been found and that the conclusion to the story was going to be acted out live as a two-man play in installments on "The Ryan & Dave Show".

Andy

Come to think of it, has anyone ever seen Jon and Dr. ZW in the same room together

@RamblerDon posted:

Should I ask what watching this was like? Curious if I should track down a copy?

Well as @Jim Sandman always says "If you want to be a cool kid, you have to own a copy of Lionelville"

You can find them online, but don't pay more than a 1.98 

@cbojanower posted:

Well as @Jim Sandman always says "If you want to be a cool kid, you have to own a copy of Lionelville"

You can find them online, but don't pay more than a 1.98

I'm pretty sure Jim's son has an autograph from Dr. ZW.

@MartyE posted:

I'm pretty sure Jim's son has an autograph from Dr. ZW.

Yip Dr. ZW is real ( @SantaFeFan ) - here is a pic of his Autograph on a boxcar for my son several years ago.

There is a letter too.  Have to see if I can find it.

Jim

Found the Letter:

@Jim Sandman posted:

Found the Letter:

That is soooo cool! 

@cbojanower posted:

Well as @Jim Sandman always says "If you want to be a cool kid, you have to own a copy of Lionelville"

You can find them online, but don't pay more than a 1.98

Maybe it is on one of the streaming services.

What amazed me was the fact that the movie revolved around this new advanced train-yet Lionel didn't think it was important to manufacturer one. I thought they wanted to sell trains; I guess I was wrong.

@scott.smith posted:

What amazed me was the fact that the movie revolved around this new advanced train-yet Lionel didn't think it was important to manufacturer one. I thought they wanted to sell trains; I guess I was wrong.

I think it had more to do with the short-lived iPad video game they released around the same time "Lionel Battletrain."  The game never took off (it was kinda fun, tho), iOS updates killed it, and so the DVD series went by the wayside as well.  I guess they thought that the game and DVD series would drive kids' interest in trains, and it just didn't pan out that way.

I remember that for a couple of Yorks, big dealers were offering a free gift with any purchase over a certain amount (about the cost of a bargain piece of rolling stock), and that gift was a free copy of the Lionelville DVD.  I got several copies that way, and eventually was able to give them away.  I kept the one I actually paid for by way of my LHS.  I also witnessed a few people declining these free gifts.  I still occasionally see copies gathering dust on train store shelves.  I would not give them to a kid because of the "Eternal Cliffhanger" / "To (never) Be Continued..." factor.

Andy

I totally forgot about Battletrain.  Yes it was fun