Guest bluesrule9 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Wondering if anybody still does train sets for Christmas. I have a vintage (late 50's) Lionel set passed on to me by Great Grandparents. Used to put it around the tree, but I have a new location in a new house that allows me to put up the old train encircling a Chrismas Village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenseye Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Trains are a very popular item around the holidays still. I work in a hobby shop where we deal with this all year :) Lionel is still a decent name brand, unfortunately as with most hobby products, they are no longer made in the USA. I totally trust their quality controls though, as we have had few, read: under two, returns of any of their products in the 5 years I've been with this shop. The other brands we deal with on a regular basis are Bachmann, and Life-Like. Both are pretty good products. The downside is that they market most of their sets, which include lower quality trains in them, for the holidays specifically. Meaning that they assume that the train will be used for, at most, a few weeks a year. If you were to set up a permanent layout, I would suggest looking at something of a little higher quality just to alleviate a little bit of the maintenance that goes along with it. I have a few layouts that I've built in my time so far, and I've thoroughly enjoyed the process :) -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gporter34 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I want one for around the tree, but I don't like the Christmas ones that I have seen lately. They look cheap and awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenseye Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 www.walthers.com this is where you can find good trains at a decent price :) -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamy36823 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I want one but could never bring myself to pay for one. Im a cheapy! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huseboy Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I wanted the Toy Story one they sold at the Disney store but I kept waiting for a sale and they sold out. So no train for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefbart Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 also wantone but to cheap to buy itto much outher stuff takes prioty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momof5plus1hubby Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I was just going to post this, but I found yours LOL. Yep we are looking for a train to put under the tree. Boscovs has Thomas the tank for 50 bucks, but I think we are looking for one that we could use every year. The kids will eventually grow out of Thomas LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atigersrose Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I am in the market for a christmas train as well this year. I want one that will go around the tree. I did find one at Sams Club . It has a train plus a trolley with its own track, so a 2 in 1. It's a little bit more money than I wanted to spend so I'm going to hold off for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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