Lionel Kiddie City - Christmas Ad

A Lionel Kiddie City ad from Christmas 1989, although this might have aired earlier than that. Completely animated, too - many of their ads at the time were live action. I like how the kangaroo cub is riding in a toy train - a reference to Lionel's previous life perhaps?

Let Lionel Kiddie City turn your frown upside down... oh wait, they've been closed for a decade or so...

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Film & Animation

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• Lionel
• Kiddie
• City
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[Ryokosha]

I know it was my childhood so the comment is probably biased but they just don't make great holiday commericals like this anymore.

[JosephGaffney]

wow- remember when they used to actually put effort into commercials, like this? write jingles? quality animation? man- good stuff. And what people are saying in the comments is right- they did re-air it many times. Nowadays, however, 90s+, companies don't re-air after a year, because that's when royalties kick in, and it costs less to just make a new commercial.

[phillygrl69]

They need to still air these warm commercials!

[grizzleybearz282004]

i remember this stores in north jersey and new york its a shame thay closed up my mother and other members in my family use to take me there it was 100x better then any toys R us store i when to toy R us about 7 years ago looking to see if thay had any nice RTR o gauge train sets thay had nothing but crap there

[Cinemax1980]

I like this commercial,but remember seeing it 86,not 89.Prehaps it was re-aired.

[Cinemax1980]

No it's not biased,It's true.The 80s had some great holiday commercials.Especially compared to today.

[Chuloloc]

Awesome. Classic commercial. RIP, Lionel Playworld and Kiddie City.

[PreviewSubsciption2]

I think they must of reused this commercial,cause I remember seeing this in 85.