Bob Bubeck posted:Rusty Traque posted:Bob Bubeck posted:Rusty Traque posted:Roundhouse Bill posted:I think the $900 Legacy steam engines are a thing of the past. Why should Lionel pay for the expensive tooling of a $900 engine when they can do a Berk style engine and sell a lot of them for half the price.
Maybe a new Atlantic would be fun!!
Right, any new Legacy steam locomotive would be north of $1200.00. Any newly tooled FlyerChief steam locomotive will probably be $50-$100 more than the Berkshires.
Rusty
You are both guessing to a degree on pricing. I suspect ( I can guess a bit, too) that a Legacy Berk (based heavily upon existing tooling) after discount would come in under what either of you are estimating.
Respectfully,
Bob
Bob, I usually discuss these kind of things as MSRP.
It's the price that will appear in the catalog and the only way to set a baseline and make any kind of valid price comparison. Discounts can vary depending on the dealer, and if taxes or shipping costs (if any) are included also affects the over all price paid.
Now, I may be high (or low) on my guesstimates, but the only way we'll know for sure is if something is actually announced.
Rusty
It's the actual purchase price that matters.
Bob
Maybe so, but it's not the price reflected in the catalog. While dealer cost is the baseline dealers use for discounting, the MSRP is what customers compare against to see how good a "deal" they got.
(It's also what causes the O gaugers to clutch their chests whenever a new catalog comes out. 
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And if it's something like the O scale brass hybrid 2-8-2 only available direct through Lionel, MSRP is the price one will pay, assuming Lionel doesn't offer an early order discount.
Rusty
