Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

I have wondered the same thing , about these high end steam toys . I, like you assume these really nice toys were mostly for men with enough disposable income to afford such things , but come Christmas , it might well be under the tree for some rich kid . It would also make a pretty nice birthday present for a well heeled child . You know , my parents were not at all rich , and I didn't get an allowance , or toys throughout the year , but at Christmas , they really came through . If these things were available and I had asked for one , I might have actually gotten it ! Dang , I wish I had asked for one !

They must have been an expensive purchase, it would have been a Richie Rich type of kid I reckon to have gotten one of these under the Christmas tree.