my first train set was the "Smokey Joe" train set from hornby when i was about seven

I used to have an early design of a bullet train along with a virgin train. they dissapeared

I WANT ONE SO BAD i never got one when i was little :(

I remember my first Train Set as 9-10 year old on Christmas day and I loved it so much. One day I will get another large set and will enjoy the experience just like a child all over again!!!

Im a woman and even i think train sets are interesting , those women were abit shallow :-\

Hornby invented Meccano too? Wow.

Now if he wanted to really torque the collectors, have the girls throw the box away and shove the trains in your pockets while they are standing there waiting to get their trophies!!!

12 people hate trains D:

James may is brilliant. He could talk about anything and make it interesting.

Blue Pullman lovly one i own my grandads in its origional box ans yes it is well used had to be overhauled last month , i also own hornby dublo yet again well used, basically james may is wrong you keep the box keep them int he box but use them

Now that I saw this I'm going to go play with my 4-8-8-4 Big Boy some more, such an expensive but addicting hobby Model Railroader for life

Although I drive all my trains regularly I would never throw any of the boxes away.

im a kid and i play with hornby. basically ive just proved james may wrong

Lol, I can't believe James tossed the packaging away.

great i have a full size set up

i brought home something good to watch fred dibnahs age of steam

haha, gotta love that smirk at the camera when he outbids everyone.

i love james may, hes awesome. perfect job, and hes like a normal man!

you know what he would like wunderland! worlds biggest most realistic toy train layout!

@tango909 i suggest u use that to ur full advantage, lol

watching this video makes playing with trains more fun! i'm not going to store mine away in their boxes! i'm only going to put my worn down ones on a display case! model trains are very fun to play with! if you buy them to just look at them in storage then why don't you but a magazine and look at pictures of them instead?!?

brilliant! great stuff from James haha. aren't we all just that 7 year old at heart? i always loved playing with toys and especially trains and i still do!! haha great upload :)

I think im going to go out and buy a trainset tomorrow...

j-i-n-g-l-e bells!

@tango909 harharhar, that is just hilarious