Mark,
With the current problems of Chinese manufacturing, we may be entering a 'new 
age' of pricing.  This may be only the beginning (but hopefully NOT).

Al Baker



--- In [email protected], "Mark Mugnai" <mugnai@...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> I'll second that; especially the "Pricey" part.
> 
> Does it bother anyone else that we're looking at $900 steamers,$400 
> diesels,$200 dummies, and $80 cars? 
> 
> These are, after all, geared toward the "toy train" market as much, if not 
> more than, the scale field. If we scalers want one, we're basically paying 
> (top dollar) for a starting point, from which we must then find and purchase 
> additional items just to bring it up to an Athearn "Blue Box" standard.
> 
> I thought the idea of taking our manufacturing abroad was to make things more 
> affordable, as "it costs too much to make things in the USA anymore"....
> 
> Mind you, if there's a market for these expensive toys, then that's great, 
> but I for one just don't get it....
> 
> Mark in Oregon
> 
> --- In [email protected], "Tom Hawley" <t.hawley@> wrote:
> >
> > http://www.lionel.com/products/finder/ProductDetail.cfm?ProductNumber=6-48639&CatalogUID=DDAE43C2-1016-347D-DC5ECF578C58070A&PageID=2075
> > Anybody can change trucks & couplers.
> > Tom Hawley  --  Lansing MI
> >
>




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