I think the Hogwarts set is fine even though I'm not a big Hogwarts fan but the engine and cars I think are nice especially for the price point. I would like to see it done in something other than a Christmas or Halloween theme. I know they did the Shakespeare "Kinlet Hall" in 2008 which was a nice looking set but it would be nice to have something different.
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I think the Hogwarts set is fine even though I'm not a big Hogwarts fan but the engine and cars I think are nice especially for the price point. I would like to see it done in something other than a Christmas or Halloween theme. I know they did the Shakespeare "Kinlet Hall" which was a nice looking set but it would be nice to do something different.
I was under the impression they did it in Great Western Railway. I guess not. They could also do it in British Railways. I'd be interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...lass_5972_Olton_Hall
http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_hal.htm
I think it would look real good as a Sante Fe red bonnet scheme!
Wasn't the Santa's Flyer II (6-38691) the Hogwarts loco done up for Christmas?
Yes; They did 2 versions that I know of but it would be nice to see something else for the rest of the year.
The nice thing about the Kinlet Hall set is the trucks on the passenger cars and the frame on the tender were diecast, rather than plastic. It also had an electronice English whistle. It would be so easy for Lionel to do these again in Great Western and various British Railways liveries. I wish they would.
It's on my "to-do" list, but I have a Hogwarts engine that I intend to repaint and tweek a little and then pull a set of MTH's LMS passenger cars behind it.
Jim
I have NO interest in HARRY.....but bought one for a good price.....plan to repaint it but have yet moved it into the shop to do so. The MTH stuff is duper nice but my interest in UK trains is not so great as to cover the cost of the MTH product.....but the $100 or so I paid for a Harry set w/o track or power was my level of commitment!!
It's not real?... next thing your going to tell us is that Santa and Easter Bunny aren't real either..
Lionel did the Shakespeare Express Set (item 6-30084) in 2008 which used prototypical paint schemes on the locomotive and cars. The set also had some quality upgrades when compared to the Harry Potter set such as a British sounding whistle, LED headlights, die-cast tender frame/truck, and die-cast trucks on the passenger cars.
I can see Lionel making a remote Gordon or henry with the tooling. The passenger cars and engine would be perfect. They both have six wheel tenders and are a 4-6-0 type engine except Gordon has a trailing truck.
It's not real?... next thing your going to tell us is that Santa and Easter Bunny aren't real either..
OMG. You just ruined everything! 
Lionel did a Halloween version of the engine and cars.
The nice thing about the Kinlet Hall set is the trucks on the passenger cars and the frame on the tender were diecast, rather than plastic. It also had an electronice English whistle. It would be so easy for Lionel to do these again in Great Western and various British Railways liveries. I wish they would.
So would I.
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