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Got mine today also. Beautifully done, colorful, crisp lettering and graphics. The blinking tail lights are great. It is really a superb value.

Now some very minor Debbie Downer comments....

I received a prototype of this caboose from Menards in 2017, albeit with Santa Fe markings. Even with 2 pickup rollers, there was a good amount of illumination flickering. It would have been easy and cheap just to add an electrolytic capacitor to solve the problem. That was not corrected in the 2023 version. While the caboose's small size and light weight fits it into the toy category and ostensibly be great for child's play, the wire pairs to the trucks are a bit short.  As the trucks are rotated to extreme positions (typically off-track by kids like myself), the wires tighten. After 6 years, three of the four wires have broken (but the car still illuminates on the one surviving pickup wire!). The 2023 version still has the short wires.

That all said, the price is right! It looks great at the tail end of all my other candy-themed consist, especially with the flashing red lights. The caboose gets a 95 on Dick Clark's rating scale.

OGR Publishing, Inc., 1310 Eastside Centre Ct, Suite 6, Mountain Home, AR 72653
800-980-OGRR (6477)
www.ogaugerr.com

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