Hi, my name is Jason Jeffers, I work in the Lionel New York Office. Some of you may know me from working many of the trade shows.

My Product Showcase experience started out with a road trip. I had the privilege of driving our VISION Line demo and samples to the first road show in Cleveland. I hit the road at about 11 PM on Thursday night; for my 8 hour drive. Somewhere along the way (can’t remember where) I stopped to take a nap for about an hour.

When I arrived at 8 am, I went directly to the International Exposition Center. The World’s Greatest Hobby show was taking place this weekend in Cleveland as well, and I was on hand to begin set up.

At about 4 PM I headed to Cleveland Hobby with Joe Fea and my precious cargo. The Lionel team had a good presence there including: myself, Tom Nuzzo, Mike Reagan, Mike Braga, Rich Grutzmacher and Joe Fea.

There were approximately 60 people in attendance and I feel the show went smoothly and was well received (Joe will have more details on this later). I must also say a special thanks to Mike Pachasa and his staff at Cleveland Hobby who hosted our first show and were so helpful in getting things going.