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$200.00 a month? Hmm. I look at it over 12 months. Maybe a little track. Let's say a Kato Unitrack Loop. Expensive right? Let's say you got the straights one month, curves the next month and the power system the third month. 3 months, you now have a properly established track, power supply. 3 more months gets you a locomotive (Or two) 3 months after that gets you any number of RTR or KIT rolling stock (Passenger or freight) The final 3 months can be used in scenery, structures, signaling, switch machines, people and vehicles etc etc etc. 1 year from now you can be in the hobby in a orderly fashion. Use the time between purchases to research and decide what you want and make a list. Trust me, taking a month to think about your next purchase is alot better than impulsively buying a junker you might wish you hadnt. The first year will start slow. But the second year you might want to expand or otherwise participate in different ways. Perhaps you got a deisel set and now want to try steam? Etc. It's a life journey not a quick visit to the store once a month. One last thing... dont forget to save what you dont spend each month in a "War Chest" because in today's limited run pre-order you might be able to grab that one special item. Or running an extra trip to the hobby shop the same month to replace that paint you just ran out of trying to finish a kit.
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