http://www.internethobbies.com/bahosucielra.html Its a Life- Like!
Hot dang! $200 for THAT! Dern, is it a collectors item or something, lol?
2 trains, 2 power packs, two separate tracks, piers.bridges, signs, buildings and details for only $199.
[%-)] Doesn’t seem too bad to me.
Average price for a set like that. I’ve seen them higher.
Its a el cheapo Life like train set with double levels. I have built a double level layout out of books and crossword puzzles and it was better than that train set. BTW, the Life Like train set doesn’t have DCC.
No doubt, but as has been pointed out, this is not an unusual retail price for such a set.
El cheapo or not it’s still two trains, two tracks, two power packs, assorted scenery items. Consider it as two sets for $100 each. And yes, there are suckers out there who will shell out the dough for it.
I use to have something like that, but one was just a circle, and the other was a figure 8. I forget how much it cost, I was probably 5 or 6 when we got it. And yes, people will shell out for that. What’s funny is there’s much better quality out there for a lot less.
If you don’t like the price, why are you posting about it? Do you think Internet Hobbies will suddenly change their price because you think it’s too high? Don’t you have a better way to spend your time…such as working to improve your layout?
Don Z.
Yes, people will pay for such a set. I was just amazed that Life Like produced such a expensive set. You would get a better set with the Bachmann DCC sets that are in the same price range.
I’ve seen a lot less from Bachmann and AHM that cost more. I don’t know what AHM is like now but back in the late 80’s, early 90’s they were Tyco quality and weren’t even worthy of a ‘kid toy’ rating.
What’s your point?
It’s good. It’s bad? It’s too expensive?
There are are more expensive & cheaper made out there… You will get what you pay for. - Certainly PAY for whatever you get.
I wanna know where the caboose is! [:-^]
Tom [:)]
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Where? - In Walthers’ catalog…
Real Train’s stopped running cabooses years ago.
Don:
Yah, I know, LOL, darn it! It’s just that the train-set looked like it was from the period when they were still running them. [:D]
Tom
I dream of paying a price like this. If Atlas ever ships my O scale GP-7, I will be paying $200 for one engine, and it’s not even powered. I will be repowering myself.
The part that infuriates me with this set is the wrong paint job on the geep! [:D]
I’m not sure if the name “Life-Like” is the most applicable.
My lovely wife, a retired brain surgeon [:-^] bought the exact set from Home Shopping over 2 years ago, for about $100 (she remembers something I said 10 years ago, but doesn’t recall the exact price!). It even comes with the genuine steel track!! This year I started seeing the UPS truck at the house every day when I came home!! Thank God she wasn’t buying from Home Shopping again, just having an affair with the UPS driver[:D]
The MSRP of $249.95 is what’s listed for this set at Walthers, though. From that perspective, it’s a bargain. As Casey Stengal used to say, “You could look it up.”
And that was their second mistake…
Johnboy out & Lol.