Hey there. Have any of you noticed that trainworld.com is still selling the 10th anniversary Polar Express set (6-81101) for sale! and i've been trying to convince my mom to get me the Lioncheif Polar Express for Christmas. Between the 6-81101 and the 6-30218 Polar Express sets, which one's the better value for your money? the prices are below:
6-81101- $349.99
6-30218-$279.99
(prices according to www.trainworld.com)
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I don't see much difference other than a girder bridge.
The engine and tender have a nice separate hand rail detail in the 10th anniversary edition. It also has the 10 th anniversary logo. I am not sure if they did any upgrades to the engine or if they have any additional sounds. I have the older regular PE set with lion chief.
I have both and run them on different layouts. The 10th anniversary had a more detailed engine with separately applied metal handrails. The 10th anniversary has additional movie announcement besides "All Aboard" and "Tickets Please". One of the announcements is "The First Gift of Christmas". I am not sure the others. The cars are basically the same. I would have to get them out to compare, but they have a 10th anniversary logo.
Other than that, they are basically the same. Both give you the benefits of Lion Chief controls.
Thanks guys! Looks like you have some first hand information.
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