When it comes to toys, Massachusetts doesn’t play games.  Nicole Estaphan recently had the opportunity to chat with Michael Slaughter of Bicycle Playing Cards. You likely have a deck of their cards at home or you certainly played with them. After all, they’ve bene around for more than 130 years.  Then, it's off to the Museum of Science where visitors will find a layout of several trains riding past recreations of Boston landmarks, this year the iconic Custom House joined the display. Nicole spoke with the model maker behind this year’s addition, Hollywood Model maker John Goodson, whose credits include blockbusters from Transformers to Disney’s Mandalorian.

This episode was produced by Nicole Estaphan, Ramen Cromwell, and Ellen Fleming. Ellen also edits the podcast. Chronicle's managing editor is Julie Mehegan and our Executive Producer is Nneka Nwosu Faison.

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