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Is the Hobby being priced out of reach?
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Well it depends on what you're looking for... <br /> <br />The brass in my signature (two more pics added as well) costs about $2200 not including insured shipping from Germany and spares no detail, is made in Germany, and is made of Brass, Silver, titanium, and surgical steel... runs off of a faulhaber motor, and has prototypical 4 cylinder operation... only about 100 made period. that's one end of the scale... <br /> <br />Here are two more pics.. <br />[img]http://pic6.picturetrail.com/VOL146/1913657/6653355/95623548.jpg[/img] <br />[img]http://pic6.picturetrail.com/VOL146/1913657/6653355/95623576.jpg[/img] <br />On the other end of the scale, Brawa makes the same model for $119 in DCC... all plastic, sounds like a farm tractor, more than 1000 per week are made in China by a 16 hour/day 7day/week laborer that make $1200/year (and is happy about it!).. <br /> <br />You have many options for inexpensive toy trains... the Bachmann stuff is as cheap as ever, but the "hobby grade" quality stuff is hovering at the top of the price range $400+ for a loc is the entry level for quality these days. <br /> <br />Gone are the days of American made quality locs for $30... for ever :-( <br />
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