I would just keep saving till you have enough for a set of your choice. Maybe someone will see that your looking and pass on a deeply discounted set to you. My parents also did not support my train hobby when I was your age, but my grandfather did by keeping my father's set from the late 40's. In fact there is a dublicate of it on ebay for under $200 with even the set box. All you would need is track and transformer, both cheaply had if you go with used track. My MPC era Lionel starter set is long gone, but my dads starter set, 1423w from 1948 still runs to this very day, with its original transformer. My parents only know have come to under stand what the trains mean to me. My autism spectrum disorder was only diagnosed a little over a year ago. Trains are my obsession. Here is a link to the set that is a duplicate of my father's http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL...?hash=item51d74f0124 Good luck on your hunt for a set. Mike
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