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[quote]Originally posted by orsonroy [] 1) this has NEVER been a "poor man's hobby". In 1960, paying $65 for a brass 4-6-0 was a whole lot more of a stretch for the "average worker" than is paying $109 for a BETTER 4-6-0, made by Bachmann in plastic. If the average teenager cam plunk down $70 for a Gameboy game, he can plunk down $75 for an engine. If you can't afford the prices of "average" equipment, shop around online, go to swaps looking for used stuff, of learn to make the toy train set junque run better. I take a fence to you comment the normal worker at say to your local Walmart worker that wants to get into to stay in the hobby with a say small family $75. is a lot of money I know I was there. and my buying was on hold. a $20 box car was 3 months of saving if I was lucky. As for a $70 game boy LOL my kids were lucky if we had the money at X-mas for that. I do not see how the normal working man or woman back in the states are making it now with the price of gas and every thing else! Even with the income I have now my hobby is on hold. You talked about the prices just going up with time I agre with you but give me a break $44. for a Trix caboose Show me were the $44. worth of plastic is and we know it is not in labor In Iraq the average worker makes $6. aday not a hour and that is on a american base O and buy the way since I got my walters book I have looked at it every day The lower end you talked about is the same Junk that we all stated with back 30 years ago I do buy on line mostly ebay over here NOT a lot of swap meets in Baghdad. Or at least that I'm willing to go to.
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