If anyone is thinking of buying a new Lionel Blue Comet locomotive, then the latest Lionel sale might be of interest. There are quite a few other really good bargains listed too. 
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Hi Nicole,
Thanks for the heads up
, great price !!!!!!!
Alex
That hurts, I paid $1,050. Should never look back!
Wow, that is better than what I paid for it last year! I guess they have saturated the market for Blue Comets and are blowing them out. This is by far my most favorite locomotive for looks, sound, etc on my layout. In fact, it has convinced me to expand my layout and give her and the rest of my small fleet some additional trackage and wider curves.
I you want one, this is an awesome deal.
This is a GREAT DEAL! I just bought mine from Trainworld last month for $931 (President's Week sale).
LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE STABBING THEIR DEALERS IN THE BACK!
My friend will have a PS1 MTH Premier Blue Comet + 5 Madison passenger cars for sale at York for $550. With original boxes. The engine has a BCR in it and runs, sounds and smokes fine. I think he will be in Silver Hall.
Just ordered one this afternoon. The bummer is they get $49.95 for shipping, etc. Trainworld has a decent price for the 4 car passenger set.
Sam
Originally Posted by pennsy fan:
Just ordered one this afternoon. The bummer is they get $49.95 for shipping, etc. Trainworld has a decent price for the 4 car passenger set.
Sam
That's reasonable shipping. When I sent mine back for the "whistle upgrade" (fix) for the 832 of last year, it was about $40.00 in shipping. You still got a great deal!
I don't believe that this was the 'first issue' of the Blue Comet(in this Legacy version). The first one was numbered '832' this is '833'. So if you bought the 832, don't feel so bad, I bought one too.
Surprised to see they also have the UP 9000 on sale.at $1032.00.
They just got these in about a month ago only to blow em out today..
Good job Lionel.
Joe
Originally Posted by JC642:
Surprised to see they also have the UP 9000 on sale.at $1032.00.
They just got these in about a month ago only to blow em out today..
Good job Lionel.
Joe
Are you praising them or blasting them for their sale?
Originally Posted by JC642:
Surprised to see they also have the UP 9000 on sale.at $1032.00.
They just got these in about a month ago only to blow em out today..
Good job Lionel.
Joe
FWIW, it's already showing "out of stock". Gotta move quickly when you see something like that. 
David
Just once I'd like to see something I bought on their website six months later for more than I paid for it. Not gonna happen, of course.
Just the way it goes.
If these ever get down to $600-$700 NIB I might consider buying a second one, to repaint flat black and weather as I did my Southern Crescent - that worked out so well: one of my very favorites now. But with just the one BC now, and so beautiful and detailed paint, I could not bring myself to do that to it.
Originally Posted by Super'O' man:
I don't believe that this was the 'first issue' of the Blue Comet(in this Legacy version). The first one was numbered '832' this is '833'. So if you bought the 832, don't feel so bad, I bought one too.
Great price for a Legacy steamer WITH whistle-steam. 833 also has the correct Blue Comet whistle straight from the factory, so no need to ship the loco in for the whistle-fix that 832 needed.
David
Originally Posted by Doc Davis:
LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE STABBING THEIR DEALERS IN THE BACK!
Times are definitely tough, and there's LOTS of inventory out there. It's quite possible that Lionel offered some of this inventory to the big dealers, but the dealers either turned them down or didn't take all of Lionel's warehouse inventory. I know Charlie Ro has some great prices on a couple of Shays... but now mostly those he has on super-sale are conventional-control. Lionel has ALL their Legacy versions on sale -- even lower prices than the one's Charlie didn't have on sale.
Crazy... I'll admit. But the national dealers are big boys, and they know how the game is played.
David
