riogrande5761
Active Member
Actually it was kinda like 9 years ago. The Athearn Genesis cabooses announced 9 years ago in 2011 were 2 cents shy of $100 MSRP for the lighted version. So it's only a 10 dollar increase for the new announced runs after nine years have gone by - not a big increase really.
Of course never mind the street price was $69. I expect these $110 caboose will be around $79 street price.
But the "model train hobby is too expensive" diatribe has been going on for years now, and will continue as regularly scheduled.
I'm not a steam guy but I've heard others complain that plastic steam doesn't hold up as well as brass steam as a rule. One guy had gone through a number of HQ plastic steam engines and eventually sold them off and replaced them with brass after getting an education from Mr. Howard Zane, who used to run the Timonium show.
Of course never mind the street price was $69. I expect these $110 caboose will be around $79 street price.
But the "model train hobby is too expensive" diatribe has been going on for years now, and will continue as regularly scheduled.
I'm not a steam guy but I've heard others complain that plastic steam doesn't hold up as well as brass steam as a rule. One guy had gone through a number of HQ plastic steam engines and eventually sold them off and replaced them with brass after getting an education from Mr. Howard Zane, who used to run the Timonium show.