Hroth Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Just got an email from Hornby advertising their Xmas ephemera..... https://uk.Hornby.com/catalogue/collections/christmas-train-sets?langPath=Hornby-uk&filters[mandatory_filter_by][product_collection]=Christmas&filters[mandatory_filter_by][product_collection_ii]=Christmas&filters[mandatory_filter_by][product_collection_iii]=Christmas&page_id=1781&sort_by=8&page=1 The main email attraction is the 2023 Christmas Wagon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Its insane how the xmas wagon has gone from <£5 to £24. Suspect some of the sets have sat in storage all year. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PeterStiles Posted August 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2023 Technically the Xmas wagon has been advertised since January. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellocoloco Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 They advertised my Christmas present two years ago. Lets hope its under the tree this year...... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) It is only 129 days to go..... 🎅🦌🎄 Some might need to get things early. Some of us start in December! Edited August 17, 2023 by Steamport Southport 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mezzoman253 Posted August 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2023 Does anyone actually buy this type of stuff? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HExpressD Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 5 minutes ago, mezzoman253 said: Does anyone actually buy this type of stuff? Yes. Obviously. Else they wouldn't make them every year 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 And then there will be The Catalogue for 2024. I'll be leaving now . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 6 minutes ago, mezzoman253 said: Does anyone actually buy this type of stuff? Yes. Very easy to mock these things but don't forget that most of the big Continental and US manufacturers have been selling Christmas trains for decades. Just not a market that took off in the UK until recently. They probably make a few million from it and all those Coca Cola trains. However I notice Bachmann don't get knocked for doing exactly the same. https://www.Bachmann.co.uk/product/jingle-bell-express-train-set/00724 https://www.Bachmann.co.uk/product/merry-christmas-express-train-set/24027 https://www.Bachmann.co.uk/product/night-before-christmas-train-set/90037 Full range here. https://www.Bachmann.co.uk/site/search?q=christmas Jason 5 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted August 17, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) 50 minutes ago, mezzoman253 said: Does anyone actually buy this type of stuff? Quite simply yes, to an established collectors market just like the Beatles themed items. Hornby operate in many different market segments, it's just not a segment you are a target of in this instance. Edited August 17, 2023 by Graham_Muz 2 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nightstar.train Posted August 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2023 56 minutes ago, mezzoman253 said: Does anyone actually buy this type of stuff? I do! I bought the Xmas train set in 2019 when my kids were 7 and 3, and they love seeing a wee steam train rattling around under the Christmas tree. I might add another wagon if I can find them at a decent price. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Form a orderly queue for the 2022 Wagon. Why would anyone still want one at full price, or even at a discounted price ?? . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted August 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2023 Hornby would be crazy not to have been planning for Christmas already. If Hornby adverts now it puts ideas in peoples minds even if they don't purchase now. On a side note, apparently the best day for starting your Christmas shopping has already past. On a second side note, I saw an advert for a 100 day Christmas countdown calendar the other day. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 17, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2023 There are christmas crackers for sale in my local cash and carry, I don't think there's much chance of snow this year! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 23 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: There are christmas crackers for sale in my local cash and carry, I don't think there's much chance of snow this year! Mike. There's every chance of it snowing on Christmas day. It is just working out where...... (preferably Lapland) Les 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: It is only 129 days to go..... 🎅🦌🎄 Some might need to get things early. Some of us start in December! Plenty of time to save up for that Christmas wagon then 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 I do have the Santa Express set, bought to amuse my neices when they were younger. Its the one with the closed van with "Reindeer in transit" on the outside. It made me think that they might be in bite sized chunks.... I've also the fizzy pop train. I've never thought of extending the number of seasonal vehicles, though I did run the santa express with a couple of conflats with Triang branded containers, a lowmac with a scratchbuilt sledge and several cattle wagons for the reindeer. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted August 17, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2023 Is it me or does the Christmas tree carrier have two trunks, top and bottom of the tree ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Two trees. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted August 17, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2023 42 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: Two trees. Lump of green mush you mean. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 A 'four candles' wagon would be nice. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HExpressD Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 10 hours ago, adb968008 said: Is it me or does the Christmas tree carrier have two trunks, top and bottom of the tree ? Two trees, one laying in each direction moulded in resin so the clarity isn't great. The all knowing gate keeper of the hobby S**'*T***** failed to notice this too which you would have thought he would have. Maybe he was distracted by the sound of the axe grinding in the background? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PeterStiles Posted August 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2023 Mount on an oval of 6mm ply, backed with green baize, add a polystyrene hill with suitable cut outs for the feet and you have something fun (and full of train) to run round the Xmas tree. Add a Train tech steam unit into the box van and you've got something chuffing happily around the Xmas tree. What's not to love? 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Bah! Humbug! 1 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PeterStiles Posted August 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2023 33 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: Humbug Humbug? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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