HOW MUCH for the the roundhouse??????!!!!!

[trolleyboy]

Wow I think I'll stick to the atlas roundhouse I've already got.I agree with trevoyg my layout hasen't cost that much yet either to build. I wouldn't want to guess what i've spent on the stuff to go on the layout yet though. Rob

[Anonymous]

I can't imagine buying something and then not using it. I collect a lot of things...for instance, comics...every book that I've bought has been handled and read by me. Otherwise what's the point? I used to collect action figures, after seeing how much some of the older StarWars figures went for in their original packaging...but then I thought where's the fun in that? It's a toy, play with it or pass it on to someone who will enjoy it more than me.

I can't imagine buying a kit for that much and not actually using it. I know of people who do this, but it is very strange. The original creator of this kit put the effort into making a product people will enjoy. How can you enjoy it when it's sitting in a box on the shelf? What's the point? Why not just sell empty boxes to those who don't want to actually build the model...I'll gladly take the innards off their hands.

[Anonymous]

That's insane...my whole layout hasn't cost that much .....yet...hehe....


Trevor[:D]

[CNJ831]

If this item was being offered as a finished model, done by a master craftsman, I'd say maybe it's worth the money. The amount offered by the winning bidder in no way indicates he is a skilled modeler and actually capable of completing the model in any reasonable fashion and thus making the expenditure worthwhile. Then again, our hobby has seen an influx of people with more money than brains in recent years!

However, what I expect is even more likely is that this kit has been purchased not to build at all but rather to put up on a shelf as a collectible or even for pure speculation purposes. On the Yahoo FSM site it's been kicked around that fully half of all of George's kits go to collectors/speculators and are never built. I suspect the same holds true for SRMW and I have to say that I find this aspect of the hobby very strange indeed.

CNJ831

[Anonymous]

I found a 6 shed roundhouse kit for $85.99 at my locoal hobby store !

[Bikerdad]

hmmmm, 5 stall roundhouse, let's say you put 5 brass locos into that puppy, at $1k+ each..., makes sense to me. Stunning scenery is its own reward, although in this case, it could be a curse. After all, who want their roundhouse to be putting their cheapo IHC locos to shame, eh?

Of course, I doubt if I'll ever pay that much for an HO scale roundhouse, but then again, I don't do HO.

[tstage]

Archie,

Those were my very thoughts last night: "Whoa! How many BLI's could I buy for $1400+?"

Tom

[Anonymous]

Yeah, sorry to go offtopic...just wanted to give you a bad time, tstage. :)

Back on...I've been eyeballing heljan kits for a while, sad that I got into the hobby this late in the game, it's crazy how much money people want for some of this stuff now.

[camarokid]

This guy paid over 3 times the amount of a product that was made only 6 years ago. Granted it was a limited run, but for that kind of money you can buy a few BLI's for that roundhouse on your layout that looks just right to you. Correct? 'Nuff said.
Archie

[tstage]

I stand corrected. For those of you interested, see link below:

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html

Thanks, actionplant! Sorry for the divergance from the topic.

Tom

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tstage

QUOTE: Somethin' about a Roundhouse being born every minute... or something like that

QUOTE: Will Rogers quote?? Would that be about the sucker???

Oregon trail & enduringexp,

That's the one.

Tom

And here I thought, "there's a sucker born every minute," was said by David Hannum.

[Anonymous]

Well, the high bid quoted works out around the same as a good brass O-scale steam loco kit over here, including wheels, motor, etc to complete. You'd get a large 4-6-2 tender loco for this sort of sum and it would have a similar level of detail. In G scale this would buy you one of the LGB RhB electric locos - again, gorgeous model, will buy one if I ever have the money, currently financially restricted to their smaller models!

I guess it's not such a crazy sum when considered compared to these items. If you only model HO and plan for this to be the centrepiece of your life's work, and have the disposable income needed, then it makes sense. Personally I wouldn't pay this much for scenery, but that's just my personal tastes - I prefer to spend money on locos, stock, etc. I'm a little surprised the manufacturer hasn't re-introduced this kit as the demand is clearly there.

[MidlandPacific]

QUOTE: so the guy who bought it MUST be single , right ?

If you're going to sleep on the couch for a week, it should be for something that includes the words "Crown" or "Precision Scale."

[tstage]

QUOTE: Somethin' about a Roundhouse being born every minute... or something like that

QUOTE: Will Rogers quote?? Would that be about the sucker???

Oregon trail & enduringexp,

That's the one.

Tom

[ereimer]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rripperger

I've tried to imagine in the past what might provoke my gentle, loving wife to violence, and until now, I've never found anything that fit the bill. But this.....

so the guy who bought it MUST be single , right ?
[:D]

[MidlandPacific]

I've tried to imagine in the past what might provoke my gentle, loving wife to violence, and until now, I've never found anything that fit the bill. But this.....

[Anonymous]

And here I am worried about paying $40 ish for the Roundhouse I want for my layout, and then looking at the Walther's site and seeing one there for $159 and thinking why would someone pay that much for a 3 bay Roundhouse? LOL!

This E-bay kit must have been something else!

Way beyond my meager means!

Chris

[davekelly]

Wow. Wish I had bought a couple when they came out. But then, I would probably end up building the things lol. I remember buying two of the Walthers tugboats right when they were discontinued and lamenting he fact that I paid about $50.00 a piece when I could have gotten them for about $45.00 a few months earlier. Just saw one go on e ebay for about $130.00. Could have more than doubled my money!! But then I wouldn't had the joy of building/painting/detailing them and putting on the names "Jerri K" (wife to be - we're getting married this Saturday) and "David III" (my son).

[Anonymous]

Will Rogers quote?? Would that be about the sucker???

[Anonymous]

Somethin' about a Roundhouse being born every minute... or something like that.

-OT

[Jetrock]

QUOTE: 2) Will Rogers quote still holds true

Which Will Rogers quote is that?

[Anonymous]

I hope with some of the limited editions we see in this hobby, we don't start to see the scalping I've seen in the collecting hobby.

It really sucks when someone buys a bunch of things only to turn around and immediately sell them at a higher price.

Rob

[twhite]

Holy crackers!!! Wonder how much I could get for my six-stall Heljan from 1989?
Tom[:O][:P][;)]

[cjcrescent]

These kits retailed for $425.00 in 1999. The price is on the box if you look. SRMW kits really are phenomonal. They seem to make the other premium kits look amateurish. Here I'm referring to the amount and quality of the castings present. They had a waterfront kit that I believe had over 700 castings to it.

[Anonymous]

Simon,

It went for about $350.00 new, if memory serves me correctly. These kits are getting pretty insane. I'm sure the castings are great but at $1400.00, there are a lot of nice kits one could own. Heck you might even get Banta or Yorke to build you a custom kit at that price....Funny thing is that if it was built up it might fetch two or three hundred....Reminds me of 50's Stratocasters.

[tstage]

Does anyone know how much one of these roundhouse kits went for originally? (Sorry, Simon. Just realized you asked the same question.)

Well, I only have two statements to make after viewing that:

1) For that weight and cost, I hope that it came with REAL bricks
2) Will Rogers quote still holds true

Tom

[Anonymous]

Never will I pay that much for anything related to HO no matter how desirable.

I'll take one of those 50 dollar walthers roundhouses thank you!

[simon1966]

QUOTE: Originally posted by FundyNorthern

It will probably never get built. The winner will keep it as a collectable and/or offer it again later at a higher price. Just like the FSM kits - I wonder what percentage of them actually get built, rather than kept for future sale?

Bob Boudreau

Bob is likely to be correct here. Unfortunately, when any hobby gets an "investment" element, then the ordinary participant loses out. Just look what happens every decade or so in the classic auto market! Just out of curiosity, does nayone know what this retialed for in 1999?

[timthechef]

If I ever spent that much for a building kit on my railroad it had better be big enough to live in because my wife would throw me out!!!!