Limited-edition LGB Frontgate starter set

[Rene Schweitzer]

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

[Curmudgeon]

This is a joke, right?

 

Outfitting America's Finest Homes?

 

I searched the site, nothing about trains anywhere.......

 

 

[livesteam2000]

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

Glen

[gtrainman1]

 

I searched the site, nothing about trains anywhere.......

 

 

Hi Dave,

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

Hope this helps.

[Curmudgeon]

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?

[vsmith]

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?

 

[Anonymous]

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

 

 

[vsmith]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[vsmith]

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.

[Anonymous]

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