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Post by madockawando on Jun 3, 2024 23:30:31 GMT
It's June train gang! If I remember correctly the Lionel summer catalog comes out in July... correct? Any ideas on what's in it?
My guess is a Legacy Central Maine & Quebec AC-4400 because I just got the MTH version that I waited two years for and the Train Gods love Iron(y)
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Post by JDaddy on Jun 4, 2024 0:44:25 GMT
I have no idea, but I believe the Lionel legacy George Washington sets are due in soon...
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Post by rockymountaineer on Jun 4, 2024 3:39:12 GMT
Some enthusiasts really hate to discuss prices. But seriously… Lionel’s Big Book Catalog (volume 1) each year is so large and has so many big-ticket items now, Lionel can do without a Vol 2 catalog… and we wouldn’t even notice.
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Post by Traindiesel! on Jun 4, 2024 4:53:34 GMT
Lionel seems to keep upcoming releases much more secretive than they have in the past. Even catalog release dates.
But regardless of what’s in it or not in it, it’s always fun to page through the catalog. Even though I’m much more selective about what I want to buy I never know if there will be a surprise in there I have to have. (There is always something!). If I do see something I’d like it then begins the evaluation process. Cost, potential reliability, how it fits my railroad, but mostly if I think it’s cool! 😎
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Post by seayakbill on Jun 4, 2024 8:50:21 GMT
Yep, electric train catalogs are always fun & interesting to page through. I miss the catalogs from MTH, Weaver, and K-Line.
Bill
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Post by josef on Jun 4, 2024 10:59:16 GMT
Key word, "reliability". Will it work or will it break down in 2 months?
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Post by runamuckchuck on Jun 4, 2024 11:16:44 GMT
Yep, electric train catalogs are always fun & interesting to page through. I miss the catalogs from MTH, Weaver, and K-Line. Bill Agreed, the and the Volume 1 catalog in the bathroom is getting kind of dog eared. As for MTH, I'm afraid that the laptop might fall into the tub.
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Post by runamuckchuck on Jun 4, 2024 11:23:16 GMT
Some enthusiasts really hate to discuss prices. But seriously… Lionel’s Big Book Catalog (volume 1) each year is so large and has so many big-ticket items now, Lionel can do without a Vol 2 catalog… and we wouldn’t even notice. Discussing prices is not the problem; paying those prices now that is another matter altogether. I used to look forward to the months ahead for the change seasons and the applicable activities that went along with the passing of the year. Now I live with the dread of learning when the next cluster of arrivals from my preorders will be delivered and the effect on my cash flow to say nothing of where I am going to put the new arrivals. June/July looks to be ugly. 
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Post by runamuckchuck on Jun 4, 2024 11:27:20 GMT
It's June train gang! If I remember correctly the Lionel summer catalog comes out in July... correct? Any ideas on what's in it? My guess is a Legacy Central Maine & Quebec AC-4400 because I just got the MTH version that I waited two years for and the Train Gods love Iron(y) Uh oh if we starting when is the Lionel Vol 2 catalog due to arrive thread, can a how many days until York thread be far behind? 
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Post by josef on Jun 4, 2024 13:27:50 GMT
There are so many complaining about high prices on food and fuel and how they can afford them, yet so many model railroaders never blink an eye when Lionel rolls out their new product with inflationary high prices.
But then again I been watching E Bay because I have some items I want to sell and its unbeliavable when I accidently called up a page on Marx figures looking for O scale figures and the prices people are bidding on a single 2-3 inch figure.
A lot of rich people out there.
Me, I happy with what I have and run though (as I have mentioned)been thinking of selling it all and use that to go into HO.
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Post by superwarp1 on Jun 4, 2024 14:49:49 GMT
I'm 99% sure there will be nothing for me.
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Jun 4, 2024 14:56:23 GMT
I'm still waiting for the new Marx catalog . . . been a while now . . . 😒
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Post by dennym57 on Jun 4, 2024 15:27:22 GMT
I just like looking through it.
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Post by madockawando on Jun 4, 2024 17:20:09 GMT
Lionel seems to keep upcoming releases much more secretive than they have in the past. Even catalog release dates.
But regardless of what’s in it or not in it, it’s always fun to page through the catalog. Even though I’m much more selective about what I want to buy I never know if there will be a surprise in there I have to have. (There is always something!). If I do see something I’d like it then begins the evaluation process. Cost, potential reliability, how it fits my railroad, but mostly if I think it’s cool! 😎
Yes, even when I think I have enough trains and wayward off buying something news, I always find something special I “hafta have” in each new Lionel catalog. |
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Post by lionelllc on Jun 4, 2024 19:11:38 GMT
Yes, even when I think I have enough trains and wayward off buying something news, I always find something special I “hafta have” in each new Lionel catalog. ... and sometimes what you find is NOT even in the catalog, but instead an uncataloged custom run. :-)  Stu
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