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25 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:
Ah, you young uns! Back in the day there were no easily obtained overdrafts, credit cards, spare money trees etc, you bought what you wanted with the money you had in your pocket, and that meant having patience, unlike the current me, me, me and I want it now attitudes which seem to prevail.
Indeed. If you couldn't afford it you either saved up for it or did without. And if you did without there was no stigma attached, unlike today where, if you don't have the latest gadget in this year's colour, you're cut out of people's lives and shunned.
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1 hour ago, Sjcm said:
Yeah that was my thoughts but a Google search and the brush springs and magnet look wrong. I know one of these has passed through my hands in the last 5 years as I remember servicing it but the only trix I can remember was an old 3 rail GWR tank ?
You're right. This is from the http://www.trix.co.uk/ site...
The motor is quite different from the one in that pug.
It looks like it might be a Romford...
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43 minutes ago, Sjcm said:
It's not an X04. It's bugging me as I've seen those brush springs before. Some sort of chassis taken from a HO loco?
I recognise them too. Something tells me it's from a loco made by British Trix?
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1 hour ago, Nick C said:
Though I'm sure it'd be possible to make a car that complied and still looked good, if they really wanted to...
Good design costs money and since the mighty dollar is God, the car makers aren't interested. Mind you, it can still happen and penny-pinching trends can be bucked. The MOB in Switzerland recently took delivery of these rather attractive dual gauge trains. Designed by Pininfarina and built by Stadler. Seriously expensive but presumably they thought it was an investment worth making.
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40 minutes ago, Hroth said:
I'm not a fan of the DS, though I appreciate that some people like them!
However, a "modern" interpretation of the DS might end up like the Ami Electric.
Original Ami 8
Ami Electric
A really horrific vehicle with a range equivalent to an asthmatic ant...
Chri$t that's ugly. What is it with car designers these days? Are they all blind or followers of Picasso? That abomination reminds me of the blue Pullman double ender which sat on one bogie we saw on this thread a few weeks back. Just as stupid and pointless.
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14 hours ago, MrWolf said:
I'd buy one if it looked exactly like this:
No redesigning with stupid margarine tub bumpers, Fisher Price chunky steering wheel or goofy headlights that make it look like a chihuahua having a particularly difficult time reverse parking its breakfast....*
*Like everything else on the road.
I've got a photo somewhere of one of these sitting beside a wooden bodied hex dash Glasgow tramcar in 1955. The contrast in styling was akin to placing the starship Enterprise next to a Sopwith Camel.
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On 15/05/2023 at 09:39, PhilJ W said:
Kermit in a blender.
Then there's the second half of that joke...What changes from green to red at the push of a button and whistles?
Kermit in a liquidiser pretending he doesn't care.
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On 12/05/2023 at 15:10, TinTracks said:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314575557524
He says he's not going to make any more of these so best get your bids in asap.
That's someone trying to jump on the bandwagon but without the skill to do it to any kind of decent standard.
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7 hours ago, MrWolf said:
Probably dragged off a farm as scrap metal:
The description is downright illiterate!
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Not quite Ebay madness, but madness nonetheless. Are there no depths of embarrassing crassness that capitalism will not sink to? A loco that plays "God Save the King" as it trundles round your layout?
Get me a bucket!
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1 hour ago, Scottish-Exile said:
Just done an eBay search of selling prices for the Hornby Class 800 Paddington Bear ltd edition set, as I have an unopened one that I'm considering selling. Strewth, if they go for this much then I think I can just about afford to retire!
That's BONKERS!
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On 28/04/2023 at 14:21, papagolfjuliet said:
I honestly can't make up my mind whether I like this or not. It's quite fun in a way. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256054571138?hash=item3b9e0ab082:g:yzIAAOSwcoBkRuzJ
And the point of it is...?
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On 28/04/2023 at 13:09, Weeny Works said:
There isn't a Lima loco anywhere or in any condition that's worth this much!
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On 27/04/2023 at 20:00, Hroth said:
If you want a humdinger of Mazak Rot, then this item from Hattons will make your eyes water.
And they only want £73 for it. Apparently the bodyshell finish is pristine and its been tested and runs fine. There is some damage, both cosmetically and internally, but most importantly, its got a GOOD BOX!
What are these guys on? Is the box what you couple up to the coaches and is therefore more important than the wrecked Brush Type 4 wot's in it?
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On 25/04/2023 at 18:30, Paul H Vigor said:
Must admit to not liking Crystal Tips and Alistair at the time. Sounds a wee bit druggy today??
I used to work beside someone with hair like Crystal Tipps and it earned her the nickname from those of us old enough to remember the character. The reference was completely lost on the girl who was in her mid twenties. She actually thought it was charming!
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16 minutes ago, MrWolf said:
I'm no royalist either (I have evidence that a number of my ancestors fought for Cromwell in fact) nor am I fashionably anti royal either daaahlings....
I like tormenting people who say things like: "We should abolish the monarchy and become a republic with a president!"
Wot? Like Donald Trump perhaps? Or would you prefer Kim Jong Il? Putin?
They go off in a huff. Winding up middle class marxists is easier than shooting at tin cans and it's free!!
But that purple train really is tat, it looks like one of those plastic pagodas behind the counter in a Chinese takeaway.
It's cashing in, in whatever way possible on the public, as in gosh, we haven't targeted railway enthusiasts who are big fans of the late Queen etc...
The Sam's Trains review of it on YouTube is hilarious and shows it up to be the spectacularly awful junk it seems and which is worthy of an instant visit to the plastic recycling bin. The cynicism in its construction is solid gold in that it's not even pretending to be a relevant prototype. It's just some American garbage that looks like a rebranded refugee from a Casey Jones merchandising deal that went t!ts up. Also, to call it hand crafted and painted is a lie right up there with Trump's finest!
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23 hours ago, PieGuyRob said:
£450 for something that doesn't run?? This boy's a fool!
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1 hour ago, Type 2 said:
I think you need to go lie down in a dark room, its only a toy train.
No one is forced to buy it so how is it robbery?
And I think you're missing the point of this thread. Faux outrage is its M.O.
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On 25/04/2023 at 16:29, PieGuyRob said:
How about this....
That is probably one of the most diabolically cynical marketing rip-offs I've ever seen. That thing is an utter pile of sh!t and doesn't deserve to exist at all. Whoever dreamt this garbage up should be in the Tower: I'm no royalist but that carp is definitely disrespectful to the Queen's memory, created as it was by people who cared nothing for anything but the cash opportunity afforded them by her death. The description of this junk is actionable under the Trades Description Act and the price is nothing short of robbery!
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11 minutes ago, kevinlms said:
Just think how fast the motor probably revs, useless for hauling trains!
And only in one direction too!
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1 minute ago, Bucoops said:
The way that is worded, if I was dumb enough to buy it and only received one, I would be kicking up as it says (10) in the title and in the wording states it's for 10 as well.
Agreed. Except for that little box, it does read that way. He's clearly a chancer.
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Afraid not. He has (or at least he had ten of them, now he's down to two), but they're $144 each. There's a tick box just above the price to indicate how many (!) you want.
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That thing's hideous. There's no way I'd pay anything like £1,500 for it!
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EBay madness
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Posted · Edited by Swissrail
We've got friends who have wholeheartedly bought into the consumerist nightmare, sorry, dream and spend every penny they earn in order to keep up with the Joneses and their rich friends...and they are up to their top lips in debt to have it all right now. The instant some money is freed up, they find something else to spend it on, usually very expensive hi-fi, a bigger car or yet another kitchen remodelling. It never occurs to them to salt it away or put it into their stratospheric mortgage in order to kill it early...that wouldn't produce something tangible the husband in particular could point to and brag about. The upshot being they have a beautiful house full of all the latest top-of-the-range gizmos, a BMW X6M in the driveway and three fancy holidays a year. The problem is that none of it is really theirs...it all belongs to banks and finance companies. On the other hand, we own everything, house, car etc., outright and we're paying for the new extension from our savings. They look better off than we are but they haven't a bean in the bank and are actually, in real terms, broke. If either of them were made redundant, they'd lose everything, house included.