Yes the village is amazing. When I got back into this hobby in my early 20's it was because I found some old 1/72 ww2 figures with some h.o building and some h.o scale tanks in a old box I had as a kid. Several weeks of playing with them on the coffee table sparked the interest back in marx playsets and that led to the OTSN for my first time.
Every time you set these up George, it brings me back to that simple box with 50 or so unpainted figures, a few buildings and a few tanks.
It's why I love the hobby and people in it.