Paul H Vigor Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 6 hours ago, John Besley said: And they sold for £77! I don't get it ... You didn't get them - someone else did! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 Maybe someone genuinely wanted to revisit their childhood? Receive expensive present, spend all Christmas day playing with the box... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 Well this item of derision has sold for £4 to a buyer that will appreciate it for the piece of whimsy that it is! Wonder if it’s someone in this very forum lol? I maintain it’s far more steampunk than the so called Hornby steampunk stuff was. If you’re reading this be sure to show us whatever beast it becomes when it’s mounted on a chassis 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 Can't fault it, even if you didn't want to build something freelance, it's worth £4 for the cab or firebox. Surely to be properly steampunk, you have to nail an Edison lightbulb to it ? We made "steampunk" sculptures out of parts from old singer sewing machines which made £65 apiece, the sewing machines were in need of work and got no interest at £10 apiece. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Can't fault it, even if you didn't want to build something freelance, it's worth £4 for the cab or firebox. Surely to be properly steampunk, you have to nail an Edison lightbulb to it ? We made "steampunk" sculptures out of parts from old singer sewing machines which made £65 apiece, the sewing machines were in need of work and got no interest at £10 apiece. Also there is no random half cog sticking out of the body…, 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, ianmacc said: Also there is no random half cog sticking out of the body…, Outstanding, Marine! Is steampunk still "a thing"? If so, what is it? Even if you do manage to sell someone a few bits of alarm clock, it feels either rude or unenlightened to ask.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2021 Just watched the Hornby show on Yesterday and they featured steampunk so its still about. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Outstanding, Marine! Is steampunk still "a thing"? If so, what is it? Even if you do manage to sell someone a few bits of alarm clock, it feels either rude or unenlightened to ask.... It's goggles and a top hat! Funnily enough - I have both! Edited October 25, 2021 by Paul H Vigor 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted October 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2021 39 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: It's goggles and a top hat! Funnily enough - I have both! And the obligatory leather coat? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted October 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2021 1 hour ago, ianmacc said: Well this item of derision has sold for £4 to a buyer that will appreciate it for the piece of whimsy that it is! Wonder if it’s someone in this very forum lol? I maintain it’s far more steampunk than the so called Hornby steampunk stuff was. If you’re reading this be sure to show us whatever beast it becomes when it’s mounted on a chassis Looks a bit crabby 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 54 minutes ago, John Besley said: And the obligatory leather coat? Alas, no. But I do have a posh, long black coat by Armani - £15 from a British Red Cross charity shop! Being a member of the model railway community, I didn't know it was Armani when I bought it. My other half educated me later! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy WD Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 2 hours ago, ianmacc said: Well this item of derision has sold for £4 to a buyer that will appreciate it for the piece of whimsy that it is! Wonder if it’s someone in this very forum lol? I maintain it’s far more steampunk than the so called Hornby steampunk stuff was. If you’re reading this be sure to show us whatever beast it becomes when it’s mounted on a chassis Probably sold to Hornby wanting to copy it for their next Steampunk loco! In my mind it looked like a cross between a Prussian P8 and a Danish R Class. However I'm happy that it sold and that somebody will take enjoyment from it 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy WD Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Paul H Vigor said: It's goggles and a top hat! Funnily enough - I have both! I have a Bowler and welding goggles We could start our own Steampunk group..... (Unfortunately the topper in my pic had to go back to the Wardrobe Department afterwards) 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) If anyone wants to see some brilliant creations including a fair share of steampunk this guy is very creative http://4largescale.com/chris/index.htm Search under Engines and Whimsy. The detail in the fish crates! Behind the madcap creations is genuine skilled modelling… Edited October 26, 2021 by ianmacc Direction 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 On 24/10/2021 at 19:32, Northmoor said: there are some genuinely bonkers prices being asked on eBay but for some it seems to be necessary to laugh and point ay any number of things at listings that they have no intention of bidding on anyway. Now lets not go too far the other way. I don't see that having no interest in the auctions should bar someone from poking fun at scammers, outrageous dealers and gougers. I consider this thread to be not only a very good laugh but very useful in that there are now several e-Bay sellers I won't buy from because of their dodgy reputations (all well-earned by being exposed on here). This thread serves a good purpose - it's like a Which? survey of people you should not deal with. 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmedune Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 On 25/10/2021 at 11:07, Ruffnut Thorston said: Really useful for those with an unboxed set to sell off now the new sets are coming… You can pick up a boxed set for around £150, others have it for £330, but they don't sell. I see individual non-powered units go for £30, and I see people trying to sell the power unit for £150 with little success. There are also a couple of pantographs looking for £50 and not going anywhere. So if they are spending £77 just for a torn box, I can't see them making much profit if they are looking to sell. If they just want to complete their set, then it is obviously worth what they are happy to pay for it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmedune Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 18 hours ago, ianmacc said: Well this item of derision has sold for £4 to a buyer that will appreciate it for the piece of whimsy that it is! Wonder if it’s someone in this very forum lol? That is not a bad job at lining, unless it is waterslide transfers. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 On 25/10/2021 at 11:03, Esmedune said: £77 for two empty boxes... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Empty-Boxes-For-ADVANCED-PASSENGER-TRAIN-APT-amp-HST-125-/313715089356?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=laNsXbzwEZOPoEoYi1ArIhKqEdw%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc#viTabs_0 Imagine if someone did one of those 'unboxing' videos (can't stand them!). Consider the disappointment of those watching, when it was finally revealed - after all the box tapping and build-up - that there was nothing in either of them!? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2021 Not so much the videos that bother me but the thinking that has led to them. If you need to watch a video in order to be shown how to unpack you item without damaging it, then the company that produces the item needs to rethink it's packaging, not to provide you with something so awkwardly packed that you are likely to break it before you've released it from it's bonds. It's sort of symptomatic of a type of modern thinking that curmudgeons like me are bound to be upset by! 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 27 minutes ago, The Johnster said: Not so much the videos that bother me but the thinking that has led to them. If you need to watch a video in order to be shown how to unpack you item without damaging it, then the company that produces the item needs to rethink it's packaging, not to provide you with something so awkwardly packed that you are likely to break it before you've released it from it's bonds. It's sort of symptomatic of a type of modern thinking that curmudgeons like me are bound to be upset by! I don't think it's even about how to unpack an item? It's something to do with the physical process of taking something out of a box? A form of 'box porn'? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 If I had the time, I would make a boxing video… Nothing pugilistic….. Just putting something back into its box! 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2021 I do not advise googling 'taking it out of the box' porn unless you are prepared for the consequences... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 That does sound very wrong.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 31 minutes ago, The Johnster said: I do not advise googling 'taking it out of the box' porn unless you are prepared for the consequences... You didn't, did you!? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted October 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2021 10 hours ago, Ruffnut Thorston said: If I had the time, I would make a boxing video… Nothing pugilistic….. Just putting something back into its box! Pandora? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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