Hroth Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 37 minutes ago, Sjcm said: Oh dear. No loco deserves this A non-runner because its given up in shame? 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 38 minutes ago, Sjcm said: Oh dear. No loco deserves this Oh dear at the price too! Also Have Hornby used the Tri-ang moulding that dates from just after the English civil war for that model? 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: Oh dear at the price too! Also Have Hornby used the Tri-ang moulding that dates from just after the English civil war for that model? Actually I have an old one to hand and it seems identical. Obviously the handrails and lights at the front are new so put on by someone else? I thought this could be a ringer judging by the quality of the handrails fitting, but maybe Hornby's QC really is that lousy😂 Edited September 7, 2023 by Sjcm 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 9 hours ago, The Johnster said: Hats, and nowadays Rails increasingly as well, are obsessed with the condition of boxes and will charge top dollar for any old wreck in a decent box. This means that sometimes, only sometimes mind you, one can find an unboxed bargain... Then there is the TTTE factor. TTTE stuff commands insane prices, and I think I know why, or at least one of the reasons. Imagine you have a couple of anklebiters, and these anklebiters want Henry, because they like Henry or because he was in the last book read to them or the last video they watched. So you go out to buy Henry, but he isn't in any of the local shops, Meanwhile, the anklebiters don't quite understand; you had no trouble getting Daisy when they wanted Daisy, what's so different about Henry? We want Henry, daddy, Henry, Henry. Anklebiters are what pays marketing guys' mortgage. They've got you over a barrel, and nothing will do until you perform your fatherly duty and go out and get them Henry, and there will be no peace until you do get them Henry, in the box, properly. Jake's dad got him a Henry. So you go online, where there are plenty of Henrys. Overpriced, but available, and the anklebiters have been at it for over a week now. So you pay way over the odds for a 2h Henry in a reasonable box, and peace returns. Then they see a video with Murdoch in it... 'rolls in, rolls in, my god how the money rolls in, rolls in'... The horrors of kiddie 'pester power'!? And we think we've got problems with Mr G, et alia! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 3 hours ago, Sjcm said: Oh dear. No loco deserves this Tut tut! Unboxed!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 7, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2023 That Awdry bloke sure has got a lot to answer for! Mike. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted September 7, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2023 13 hours ago, The Johnster said: Hats, and nowadays Rails increasingly as well, are obsessed with the condition of boxes and will charge top dollar for any old wreck in a decent box. This means that sometimes, only sometimes mind you, one can find an unboxed bargain... And talking of mutton dressed as lamb, here's a prime example from an auction I was browsing yesterday. Decent box (for its age) filled with random junk. Not surpised the auction house says "not tested for working order". Or that it got no bids, especially as it had a reserve sale price! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2E Sub Shed Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 On the Hattons "Top Dollar" theme, Hornby Dublo Signal Box 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 5 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: That Awdry bloke sure has got a lot to answer for! Mike. He was indeed a VERY naughty boy! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted September 7, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2023 20 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: He was indeed a VERY naughty boy! Sounds like Monty Python there.... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 32 minutes ago, 2E Sub Shed said: On the Hattons "Top Dollar" theme, Hornby Dublo Signal Box But it's the R@RE!!! one with the green roof and the box is very good.... 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted September 8, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2023 18 hours ago, RFS said: And talking of mutton dressed as lamb, here's a prime example from an auction I was browsing yesterday. Decent box (for its age) filled with random junk. Not surpised the auction house says "not tested for working order". Or that it got no bids, especially as it had a reserve sale price! But it apparently hasn't travelled far! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PeterStiles Posted September 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9, 2023 Ok... 120 quid for two coaches... n gauge coaches. With the same running number? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204455280309?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=yOKo-Wc5Q-a&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=v6cpl3kbqqi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY This must be a mis-placed decimal yes? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted September 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, PeterStiles said: Ok... 120 quid for two coaches... n gauge coaches. With the same running number? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204455280309?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=yOKo-Wc5Q-a&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=v6cpl3kbqqi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY This must be a mis-placed decimal yes? Actually, that is less than the going rate, upwards of £75 each they are fetching at the moment. These are probably the most sought after coaches of the aircon Mk2 family and were sold out within seconds of hitting retailers shelves (those few that made it that far that is) as some people pre-ordered these in the tens and there were probably only 500 to a 1000 actually made. Edited September 9, 2023 by John M Upton 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 8 minutes ago, John M Upton said: Actually, that is less than the going rate, upwards of £75 each they are fetching at the moment. These are probably the most sought after coaches of the aircon Mk2 family and were sold out within seconds of hitting retailers shelves (those few that made it that far that is) as some people pre-ordered these in the tens and there were probably only 500 to a 1000 actually made. Then its obvious insanity on the manufacturers part, the pre-orders should have warned them that they were wanted. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PeterStiles Posted September 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9, 2023 1 hour ago, John M Upton said: Actually, that is less than the going rate Ok Nonetheless if you have two with the same running number, sell them separately please... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted September 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9, 2023 1 hour ago, PeterStiles said: Ok Nonetheless if you have two with the same running number, sell them separately please... Probably get more for them separately ironically, probably sold to the same buyer mind!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9, 2023 1 hour ago, PeterStiles said: Ok Nonetheless if you have two with the same running number, sell them separately please... Buy them both and sell one of them on at a profit. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 5 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Buy them both and sell one of them on at a profit. 'A great addition to your collection!' 😎 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 28 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: 'A great addition to your collection!' 😎 What is? The profit ? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Michael Hodgson said: What is? The profit ? A Gostism! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 VERY RARE. It's very a lot of other things too. None of them good. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364464486882?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=h4usgotntxc&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=3qkTzGg7QRS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Elvis H Christmas, this is even worse: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364464478463?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=h4usgotntxc&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=3qkTzGg7QRS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted September 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 10, 2023 (edited) Surprised to see the old Hornby Thomas stuff lunacy is still going. Have they not heard of the much better Bachmann versions now fairly widely available? Edited September 10, 2023 by John M Upton 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted September 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 10, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, John M Upton said: Surprised to see the old Hornby Thomas stuff lunacy is still going. Have they not heard of the much better Bachmann versions now fairly widely available? 8 hours ago, MrWolf said: Elvis H Christmas, this is even worse: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364464478463?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=h4usgotntxc&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=3qkTzGg7QRS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Sadly it seems there are lunatics who will pay these prices, like this one. And this one is even sillier - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145220302860 Presumably will not be bought for kids to play with! Edited September 10, 2023 by RFS 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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