New? Train sets

[MyRule1]

As part of a discussion on another modelling forum I was looking to see what exposure the Hornby group had on the High Street this Christmas. Looking at the Argos site I found a "Hornby City Express train set"

 

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9304398

 

a class 395 painted to look like a Cl 800 series.

 

I then looked on the Hornby site to se if this is an Argos only product but found a "GWR High Speed Train Set " at £119.99. 

 

https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/shop/all-sets/gwr-high-speed-train-set.html

 

this is the same price as the Railroad IC-125, From that can we deduce we will see some early Mk3's in the railroad series now that the standard range has been updated to sliding doors?

 

 

 

 

[MGR Hooper!]

34 minutes ago, MyRule1 said:

As part of a discussion on another modelling forum I was looking to see what exposure the Hornby group had on the High Street this Christmas. Looking at the Argos site I found a "Hornby City Express train set"

 

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9304398

 

a class 395 painted to look like a Cl 800 series.

 

I then looked on the Hornby site to se if this is an Argos only product but found a "GWR High Speed Train Set " at £119.99. 

 

https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/shop/all-sets/gwr-high-speed-train-set.html

 

this is the same price as the Railroad IC-125, From that can we deduce we will see some early Mk3's in the railroad series now that the standard range has been updated to sliding doors?

 

 

 

 

Both sets have been listed on the respective websites for a few months now. The GWR HST set was part of the Hornby 2019 announcements. The City Express has also been listed on the Argos website for a few months now, it's a ficticious livery and isn't based on anything else.