Limited-edition LGB Frontgate starter set

Garden Railroading
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LGB is offering a limited-production starter set in the holiday Frontgage calalog (p. 60). Frontgate Item 23807 Price $595.00 plus shipping Complete starter set includes 2-4-0 steam loco and tender with sound and smoke, low-side gondola carrying load of trees, caboose, circle of track and power supply. Website: www.frontgate.com I don’t have a photo to post. Jack, if you’re there, do you have one? Rene

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This is a joke, right?

Outfitting America’s Finest Homes?

I searched the site, nothing about trains anywhere…

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I did a simple search on the front page for “train” and it comes up.

Glen

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Hi Dave,

Need a little help :wink:
www.frontgate.com/jump.jsp?sort=-1&itemID=5744&itemType=PRODUCT&AS=1&keyword=train

Hope this helps.

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Yeah, I did a search and found it.

It just isn’t listed where one would think.

Imagine.

Six hundred bucks, and look at the expander set for $165.

Also, good ASW programs will dump the window if you try to open just the picture:

http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/6062/6h/s7ondemand1.scene7.com/is/image/frontgate/23807A?

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http://www.frontgate.com/jump.jsp?sort=-1&itemID=5744&itemType=PRODUCT&AS=1&keyword=train

HOLY BUFFALO BISQUITS!!!

$600 ?

Dam those are expensive Christsmas trees in the starter sets gondola!!!

Lets see, thats a $300 dollar starter set with about $20 worth of new decals, that just leaves those trees in the gon…Hmmm…thats 10 trees divided by $280 bucks…Dam…thats $28 bucks a tree!!!

I think I’ll just go to Micheal’s, and buy them at 10 for a $1 and use some of my Marshalls Blow-out cars…Oh wait a minute…I did that three years ago!

http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Xmas%20train5.jpg

OK I’m being sarcastic, but at an asking price of double a starter set for only a custom paintjob and some POS Made in China trees…I mean…Fer Pete’s Sake…do I have to spell out how much this illustrates a recent issue we’ve been discussing???

Oh well, what PT Barnum say about one being born every minute?

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Vic;

Its not like you to be uncharitable? I thought it all sounded pretty good particularly if you can get one thatin DCC controlled.

Rgds ian

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Ian, theres nothing in the description that says anything about DDC. As I see it this is a simple DC set, like what I run, only at double the price for “collector” status seakers, maybe thats what rankles me about this set.

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Have to agree it seems expensive especially compared with Aristocraft or Bachmann offerings - Ok so they are not LGB but its still not worth the extra - Personally i would rate my Aristo Rodgers against any LGB train of similar type on the basis of reliability, pulling power and quality.

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Maybe, but the Rogers HAS to be the most visually challenged (read UGly) loco on the market! Maybe it was just the one I had but the quality on mine was nowhere NEAR LGB, or even the Lehmann Toytrain, as well. ALL the Aristos I’ve had were pretty good, but not outstanding

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At least the Rogers is based on a REAL locomotive, however ugly, unlike the NKP (No-Known-Prototype) 2-4-0 from LGB, BTW adding a fuel bunker to the cab does wonders to the Rogers looks.

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Agreed adding a bunker does - did that to mine tho i need to do some reworking . i still feel the original point made was that the set in question is not good value for what it comprises given it needs a repaint unless your name is S Claus