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MTH Electric Trains, formerly known as Mike’s Train House, is an American toy train and model railroad designer, importer, and manufacturer based in Maryland.Mike Wolf, the MTH founder, started assembling and selling trains in 1973 at the age of twelve. When he was twenty years old, he opened a toy train mail order business in a bedroom of his parents' home.Today, we’re in the golden age of model railroading, with more product choices than s...

The Chicago Toy Soldier Show is in three days! The show is on Sunday the 22 from 10am to 3:30pm at Hyatt Regency Schaumburg, 1800 East Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173. We'll be set up in room 4206 - come visit us! We're so excited to be there and would love to chat with you about trains and toy soldiers. Swing by room 4206 for high quality toy soldiers and to enter our raffle for a Hartland Locomotive Works ready-to-run G Gauge train set. Visito...

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Take a video tour of the Chicago Toy Soldier Show, happening Sunday, September 22, from 10am - 3:30pm at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield in Schaumburg, Illinois. General admission is $10; kids, VFW, and American Legion are admitted for free. The Chicago Toy Soldier Show is one of our favorite events of the year, and Trains and Toy Soldiers is a sponsor of the show. Visit us in Room 4206 and register for the free drawing to be held on Sunday, Septembe...

It's September, which means the Chicago Toy Soldier Show is only two and a half weeks away. The annual Chicago Toy Soldier Show is the biggest and oldest show dedicated to toy soldiers. It started 39 years ago and has continued to grow and involve into a gathering of collectors worldwide. The show is always on the third Sunday of September. This year's annual Chicago Toy Soldier Show will be on Sunday, September 22 at the Hyatt Regency Schaumberg...