Assuming Menard's will begin producing sets of their own, what are the implications? Loco for $150, four freight cars for $80, track and power supply for around $20. $250 for a set, perhaps? About what most LionChief sets go for, give or take, maybe a bit less expensive. About 10 times the price of a postwar set, but incomes are much more than 10 times higher, inflation adjusted, today. So still not a poor person's hobby, but maybe not quite as much the rich person's hobby as in 1955.
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