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<p>I'm not the most amazing modeller in the world, but for trains sets, especially ones being sold for around $100, you should do the complete opposite, and <u>buy everything seperately</u>. There are several good sets out there, but the ones with a good quality locomotive and realistic cars can often go for over $200. Assuming that your friend wants his locomotive to last longer than one month, you should try getting a seperate loco with seperate cars, and a track plan that he might like (try not to buy an oval) with the track brand that seems best to you (if this present is a suprise, than this doesn't work very well). It may come out to be around $150 for the train and from $40 to $200 for the track, but the quality will help it last for years. </p><p>You can start by finding out which railway your friend might like (i.e. if you live in Los Angeles, you could choose BNSF or one of the railways with "pacific" in it), and build off of that. For grand kids who are under 8, try to get HO, S, O or G (With Walthers and Athern, it's HO or O). And good luck finding the perfect package of gifts. </p>
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