And to think, you could barely even say the words “choo choo” when we started this endeavor.

You barely had any idea what a train was, much less what it did or why it needed track to get from here to there. A lot of people told me I was a fool to think you’d ever find fun and excitement within the two storage drawers large enough to hold all the pieces and keep the play area tidy, but I knew better. I could see in your eyes the grand destiny that awaited you in those 100 pieces including a three-piece train, helicopter, spiral track and mountain tunnel. It was only a matter of time.

Now look at you, with the entire city of the Airport Express Train Set and Table at your fingertips. Not only are you happily navigating the train around gas pumps and street signs, you’re using the deluxe airport and tall control tower with antennae all on your own. I can see now you don’t need me to help put it all together anymore. You’ve made it. You’re finally the playtime conductor I always knew you’d be.

No, no, buddy, I’m not sad. I’m just proud. Really, really proud. I wonder if Ringo Starr felt like this when he passed the conductor’s hat to George Carlin.

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