If yoiu're a LCCA member, have you ordered this special PolarExpress observation car?

It is very nice. I  signed up for mine at the LCCA convention. I held it in person, its very well made. Hope you enjoy it too.. It also does include a 1 year  membership.... Bob

cabinet Bob posted:

It is very nice. I  signed up for mine at the LCCA convention. I held it in person, its very well made. Hope you enjoy it too.. It also does include a 1 year  membership.... Bob

Bob, do you recall whether the hobo/boy figure was plastic or metal and did it seem to you as fragile as it appears in the photo?

ogaugeguy posted:

cabinet Bob posted:

It is very nice. I  signed up for mine at the LCCA convention. I held it in person, its very well made. Hope you enjoy it too.. It also does include a 1 year  membership.... Bob

Bob, do you recall whether the hobo/boy figure was plastic or metal and did it seem to you as fragile as it appears in the photo?

I'm sorry, I didn't look that close. It was there at the last day of the  store being open for the convention.  I was pretty busy helping other customers at the store, but what I recall the figure was plastic and had a firm wire.. Bob

I am an LCCA member and yes, I did order the car.

I ordered mine at the Chicago convention, it came with a 1 year LCCA membership.

I ordered this too.  Pretty sure the description said it swings back and forth as the train moves.  Got a one year extension on my membership too.  Now that really was a great deal.  BigRail

Don't know about you all, but I am about "Polar Expressed-out" at this point.  Couldn't see ordering this, when it would have to run in place of an observation car I already have.  In the prime of the old Lionel Railroader Club (overtaken by the LCCA a few years ago), club offerings were made at very moderate prices (compared to the time).  That isn't the case, today, in my opinion with $80 & $90 Christmas boxcars & the like.   You can't go home again.

Yeah, this is a tough one.  We all have the observation cars already.  Although I supposed this is no different from the first PE set where people were buying the replacement tender in order to have the sounds.

But in this case, I feel like you could either find figures and paint them yourselves or have them 3d printed.  I know the cost of this is to support the club though and because of that, I have no complaints about the price.