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Next Stop, Hogwarts! ( in G! )

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Posted by vsmith on Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:55 AM

Mik, Its not Lionels fault, I'll give them credit for being smart enough to try a G Hogswarts, how long as that stupid series been going on? and NO ONE in large scale has offered a decent scale version while its been done in every other scale? So it will be a crappy toylike Lionel, dont blame them thats what they are doing now, I blame Bachmann primarily, they already HAVE one in HO, they would have been the logical choice to do a large scale version since they already have the licensing agreement, did they do it? Nope, so they lose, Lionel wins, and we get a cheapy battery toy instead, thats called marketing at Big B...Sad [:(]

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:34 AM

I really HOPE that they reconsider, but since there are people will buy because of the "Harry Potter" name no matter how crappy the product, I doubt it......

The coaches have too small, and seriously truncated bodies perched a million miles in the air. Shades of 0-27! (We really need a puking emoticon)

The loco also sits too high and the proportions are so far off it barely qualifies as even a caricature. It's more like a scaled up z scale than anything I would call designed for G. The Hall class engines (the loco in the movies isn't a real Castle) are a very handsome loco.  They have been done well in MANY scales, by comparison Lionel's offering is almost an insult.

 Would somebody PLEASE send the people at Lionel large scale a CLUE? They don't seem to have one. For $140 people should have the right to expect something a bit better than what is found in a $25 New Brite set. The Lionel badge USED to stand for something. I guess it doesn't anymore...sad. (So much for for me ever getting hired to write a review in GR, lol)

 

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Posted by ttrigg on Friday, April 11, 2008 11:47 PM

Full details here:

http://www.lionel.com/Clubs/FindexLRRC.cfm

In the “top bar” point to “products” select “product finder”. In “product search box” insert “7-11080” , one train set appears in the “listings box.” Click on the Hogwarts name and new screen shows the full product listing.

I tried to put in a direct link but this is a page that shows the catalog without changing the URL.

Rechargeable battery optional, Remote control controls forward/backward, sound/bell, says nothing about speed control.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 11, 2008 8:47 PM
Battery operated? Geeez. The Thomas in G was crap, but at least it was electric. Lionel seems to have hit bottom....maybe they should stop digging?
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Next Stop, Hogwarts! ( in G! )
Posted by vsmith on Friday, April 11, 2008 7:03 PM
http://www.wholesaletrains.com/Detail.asp?ID=200507756

Anyone seen this yet, G scale to boot! :D

Well, after the Polar Express dissappointment Sad [:(] , I'll wait, but I do like the British profile!:blush:

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