My two cents is rarely worth a minus 2 cents on this board, but I'll chime in anyhow. I only did a quick browse through the on-line catalog. The price increases and $100 for a cheaply molded boxcar are ridiculous in price IMHO. All the catalog prices told me I have enough trains to last a lifetime! I have the UP turbine still on order, and 2 of the Mohawks on order - the gray version and the pacemaker version.
I will order the base 3, just for to keep up with technology. I did not notice a DB-9 based serial port, which I felt was essential. Perhaps I skimmed through the feature set too quickly. I like the B-6's from MTH with Legacy in it. I always am a sucker for the sound cars. I would hope the pig palace set has a better sound set than the battery operated pig palace had. That car sounded like a skunk smells! I still have to look more slowly through the catalog. I do prefer browsing through and marking up the printed catalog with my wants.
It is a full catalog with lots of neat stuff, but in my opinion, $2,000.00 engines are not in most train operator's budgets. Like many retired train folks, I am on a fixed income, that doesn't grow just because a I see things in a catalog I like.
I also very much dislike Lionel's practice of saying "all new product" or "all new tooling", when the reality is the tooling came from elsewhere, is just reused after a long time absence, and is not ALL new.
Lionel has forgotten product lines they used to make, even under comic book man. I would like to see product offered in the Polar Railroad, as I have a sizeable investment in that product line.
Lionel has also forgotten that they used to make an awesome combination of a talking caboose that interacted in real time with a talking engine. Can't beat that for stereo sound! Dave, try out an old set (engine and caboose) and get a few new ideas how to incorporate those features with Legacy!
That's part of the problem when your product director, and head of engineering are so young, and have very limited exposure to Lionel's product history.
So please bring back Polar Railroad, and quit making fake Polar Express freight cars!
I'll close with prices for these trains, with limited competition, is really starting to blow the roof off the market! I don't think the increased prices have any base in the current inflation rates. Banks aren't giving us 7% interest. Still below 1%! If I decide I want lots of items, I will have to be like the Jesse James train gang! Cash in my gold! 
