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Originally Posted by sinclair:

... I still need to pay off my Big Boy.

You and a bunch of other folks too!!!  Which is why next year may be void of a Vision Line offering.  Not saying there won't be other goodies that tempt you, but I'd be surprised to see Vision Line in 2015  -- at least not a locomotive.  Rolling stock would be welcome though. 

 

David

Last edited by Rocky Mountaineer
I been holding out on a visionline allegheny . I really would love that . I don't understand vision line f3s. Every visionline made was diecast so then everyone would ***** about 1600 Santa fe f3s .Besides spinning roof fans and sound in both units would that be worth all that extra money? Let's also not get going on if they made the passenger cars to it take 2 years to get them.
Last edited by jojofry
Originally Posted by jojofry:
I been holding out on a visionline allegheny . I really would love that . I don't understand vision line f3s. Every visionline made was diecast so then everyone would ***** about 1600 Santa fe f3s .Besides spinning roof fans and sound in both units would that be worth all that extra money? Let's also not get going on if they made the passenger cars to it take 2 years to get them.

It could be VL without costing an arm and a leg. I could go for a DIECAST SF F3 ABA with all the goodies that could be included. Don't need the passenger cars, there are thousands out there to satisfy everybody.

 

keep the price under $1200 and you have a winner.

 

 

Originally Posted by david1:
Originally Posted by jojofry:
I been holding out on a visionline allegheny . I really would love that . I don't understand vision line f3s. Every visionline made was diecast so then everyone would ***** about 1600 Santa fe f3s .Besides spinning roof fans and sound in both units would that be worth all that extra money? Let's also not get going on if they made the passenger cars to it take 2 years to get them.

It could be VL without costing an arm and a leg. I could go for a DIECAST SF F3 ABA with all the goodies that could be included. Don't need the passenger cars, there are thousands out there to satisfy everybody.

 

keep the price under $1200 and you have a winner.

 

 

Maybe plastic f3s for 1200 ..If one diecast es44 was 850 and lionel has raised there prices look at the last catalog. Diecast f3s would be 1600 street price..

I would say the Vision Line tends to favor steam engines. Lionel uses Vision Line to show off Gee Whiz features and Diesels tend not to be very Gee Whiz

 

The two Vision Line diesel engines so far are nice (I own them both) but a bit dull compared to the steam engines. Sure the flashing lights on the Hybrid are cool, but MTH has done that to death and that no longer is leading edge tech. The switchers with independent stacks is OK (when it works) but no "Gee Whiz"

The reason I mentioned the Turbine is that they could do transitions between the yard diesel motor and the Turbine at speed. Be cool to hear the jet roar.  However the Turbines have been done a lot by MTH so that market may be full.

I don't think adding spinning fans and detail, which I am not sure what detail is missing from the latest F3's, is enough to support a Vision Line version. Then again hopefully Jon and Rudi prove me wrong

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