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In lugnet.trains, Ben Fleskes wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Teunis Davey wrote:
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Being this , was any AFOL planing to start making some new steam train
wheels? In RED,BLACK & GRAY. As I would like to get some . I’m guessing that
they won’t be cheap. As A mould would have to be made. Perfect design BEN !!
Many thanks , Teunis.
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To answer your question, Yes. Based on some ‘inside’ information, somebody
is making train drive wheels. I’ve heard they will be available for purchase
certainly before christmas.
It leaves me wondering, how much would you pay? What is a fair price?
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I’ll toss out a number: $10 for a pair of them...
Of course that means I’d be paying $60 for enough of them to rebuild my
Challenger! :-)
Whatever, it’s only money. I’ve already spent a bunch on other BrickLink orders
for parts, why not spend some more for wheels?
JohnG, GMLTC
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach wrote:
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I’ll toss out a number: $10 for a pair of them...
Of course that means I’d be paying $60 for enough of them to rebuild my
Challenger! :-)
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Oh yea, and another $40 for the 4-8-4 #261 I’m working on... ;-)
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I’ll toss out a number: $10 for a pair of them...
Of course that means I’d be paying $60 for enough of them to rebuild my
Challenger! :-)
Whatever, it’s only money. I’ve already spent a bunch on other BrickLink
orders for parts, why not spend some more for wheels?
JohnG, GMLTC
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This seems a pretty reasonable price (from the market point of view, I don’t
know about production costs) especially when compared to the price of the large
spoked wheel. On bricklink at the moment the cheapest is $4 for a pair and the
average is $7.30 and these are in limited quantities + only in red!
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPriceGuide.asp?P=35&colorID=5
Tim
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John Gerlach wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Ben Fleskes wrote:
> > In lugnet.trains, Teunis Davey wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > Being this , was any AFOL planing to start making some new steam train
> > > wheels? In RED,BLACK & GRAY. As I would like to get some . I'm guessing
> > > that they won't be cheap. As A mould would have to be made. Perfect
> > > design BEN !! Many thanks , Teunis.
> >
> > To answer your question, Yes. Based on some 'inside' information,
> > somebody
> > is making train drive wheels. I've heard they will be available for
> > purchase certainly before christmas.
> >
> > It leaves me wondering, how much would you pay? What is a fair price?
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> I'll toss out a number: $10 for a pair of them...
With such prices I'd only buy those I'd need right away, and certainly none
to stock "in case"
If OTOH it would be around $5 per pair, I'd easily buy 20-30 pairs, just to
make sure I don't run out. (Somewhere in my head I've got plans for a
German BR43 and BR50 class, as well as a Dutch 1000 series electric engine)
--
Jan-Albert van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/
Brick Piles | Santa Fe B-unit
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> This seems a pretty reasonable price (from the market point of view, I don't
> know about production costs) especially when compared to the price of the
> large spoked wheel.
I don't think that the fair price for an item that can be produced in almost
unlimited quantity (and in fact will have to be produced in large quantity
to create return on investment) can reasonably be compared to the price for
a collector's item that is long out of production.
That is not to say, I wouldn't pay $10 per pair (as I posted before), but at
least in my case, the ROI would be higher with a significantly lower price.
Avaiability in multiple colors (black being my next favorite) will probably
also help with that matter ...
Greetings
Horst
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