Has anyone seen a production model of the special edition red? Purportedly, they're on hold waiting for the special edition passenger cars for the set. Since I have the special edition set on pre-order, I now very much want to see the final red version before spending $2k or thereabouts.
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@Paul Kallus posted:Has anyone seen a production model of the special edition red? Purportedly, they're on hold waiting for the special edition passenger cars for the set. Since I have the special edition set on pre-order, I now very much want to see the final red version before spending $2k or thereabouts.
The only thing I've noticed is the pictures in this video(about 30 seconds in), not sure how accurate it is, but the pics make the color look like a dull satin red, different than the preorder pictures I saw where it has a slight lustrous sheen about it with a darker burgundy red.
I thought there was also a separate sale version? Maybe not. Forum sponsor Train World did a Lionel Christmas live event - the replay is now on their YouTube channel. Ken Jr. holds one up to the camera fairly early in the broadcast as Ryan describes it and the other PolEx Berks.
Yes they did a red separate sale, but the special cars only came with the red berk set
@DaddyChooChoo posted:The only thing I've noticed is the pictures in this video(about 30 seconds in), not sure how accurate it is, but the pics make the color look like a dull satin red, different than the preorder pictures I saw where it has a slight lustrous sheen about it with a darker burgundy red.
Yikes, I hope that red one shown briefly is not the production model!
@Rider Sandman posted:I thought there was also a separate sale version? Maybe not. Forum sponsor Train World did a Lionel Christmas live event - the replay is now on their YouTube channel. Ken Jr. holds one up to the camera fairly early in the broadcast as Ryan describes it and the other PolEx Berks.
I did catch the Halloween Trainworld/Lionel and just searched TrainWorld's Facebook but couldn't find that video. I'll try again tomorrow.
The blue plasma version is awesome looking IMO. Lionel's new HO PE Berkshire is neat, too, with the snow/ice on the tender. They should've done that with the black O-gauge version. Thus far, the reviews on the sound sets within the scale Berks are lackluster, possibly the same sound set used in previous versions. If correct, that's very disappointing.
Here's train world video https://www.youtube.com/live/H...?si=4i6J3IYc0qCn62_X
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