Back on topic here...
The best toy train deal I've seen in the past several years occurred right here on the forum when Walter had a tremendous "New Year's" sale on his fabulous RMT Ore cars for about $10/each. I think that was 2 or 3 years ago, and I've gotta confess I still have a few ore cars still in their shrink-wrap boxes awaiting their inaugural run on my soon-to-be-started new layout this year. $10/each had to be the closest pricing I've ever seen to late-1960's pricing in modern times!
David