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Finnancial advise to newbies and experienced modellers!
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It seems to be a case specific thing. Overall, I disagree with Pavariangoo but there are some nice sets to begin with. The majority of sets I've seen are junk and the good ones are not likely to be found at Walmart or Kmart. Sometimes you have to have the junk to appreciate the good stuff. I remember when I was new in the hobby, I too wondered how in the world did such and so get their engines to run so quietly and smoothly. At the time I was running junk. The number of awful sets so outweighs the number of decent sets that if you tell a newbie to go out and buy a set, its a better deal; he has a far far greater chance of buying junk for just a little less than the price of decent equipment. I tell newbies to ask me if they aren't sure. I bought the junk in the beginning and can point it out. They could benefit from my experience. Or, they could just do what I did and learn from personal experience buy buying the junk until they finally figure things out. In other words, they can learn the hard way. Neither approach is always the right approach. As a GENERAL rule, you get what you pay for. You have to use a little common sense and consider who you are buying for. It doesn't make good sense to buy the top of the line for a seven or eight year old. Many toys they are thrilled with for a few days only.
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