Bananas are a tropical fruit with a thick, slippery skin and soft, mushy pulp.
They are not used in the manufacture of toys, nor are they a crucial commodity in the nations which manufacture toy trains. Yet because of bananas, prices on several hobby, model train and toy lines nearly tripled. It all started over importation of bananas into Europe. The European Union has traditionally imported bananas from its former colonies in Africa and the Caribbean. It has ignored the Latin American market.