I'm pretty pleased at what Lionel's planning in 2012! I am impressed that Lionel is bringing back the Alton Red Train and Southern Crescent (both beautiful trains), but actually surprised they would decide to bring back the Blue Comet from 2001 - I guess this means that "Limited Edition" set (saying that only 1000 will be made) from then will start to go down in value, though....
Technically the same items produced with two different date stamps..plus improvements..are two different items in my opinion.