Sorry to give you bad news, but Like Life (not including the Proto lines) products are not worth much. I don't know how much it is worth, but I would guess less than $20 (perhaps less than $10).
Like Like is now owned by Walthers. Walthers only lists two F7s. New ones are $39.00, so one that is probably a couple of decades old would be much less.
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ericsp wrote: Sorry to give you bad news, but Like Life (not including the Proto lines) products are not worth much. I don't know how much it is worth, but I would guess less than $20 (perhaps less than $10).Like Like is now owned by Walthers. Walthers only lists two F7s. New ones are $39.00, so one that is probably a couple of decades old would be much less.
Unless a prospective buyer has a strong sentimental yearning, or if there is a great need from a collector, I am afraid I agree. The product may not have been in the lower tier in its day, but it is a far cry from what is available, albeit at considerably more true-value cost, today.
There are two principal issues: overall appeal (details, looks), and what type of frame/motor, and flange depth it has. The more modern stuff has much finer detail, so more realism, and the flanges conform universally to the NMRA RP-25 guideline for the depth of flanges. Chances are good that your locomotive will not run on Code 83 or Code 70 rail, whereas the RP-25 wheelsets will. Also, you will have a pancake or open frame motor if the engine is old enough, and they require a lot of work to get them running well, if at all.