BEST PRICE Polar Express 10th Anniversary Scale Gold-Edition Berkshire

Now that's what I call aggressive pricing.

i went to order the engine and its charging me $25 dollars shipping?

THANKS HAMA

Holy cow thats less than the Black one!!!!!!! Now what to do mmmm?

One good thing is Lionel is going to make these to order instead of a flat 200 pieces.

Thanks

Pat

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Does anyone know if these passenger cars are going to be metal? Plastic would be a deal breaker for me.

Does anyone know how these are plated/dipped? The Millenium offerings from Lionel and MTH were 18k gold plated, but there is no mention of this with these . Is it laquor finish or plated, I wonder how gold it actually looks along side an 18k plated model? Anyone from Lionel able to advise?

I was hoping the Gold Edition would be different. There is just something about the heft and feel of metal. I have three heavyweight sets and I must say they are very very nice. (Blue Comet, Southern Crescent and SP Daylight.) I was thinking of two Gold Editions one for my son and one for me.   I may end up purchasing the gold for my son and possibly the black for me.  

I would really appreciate if someone with a Lionel connection can clear up the unknowns surrounding the Gold edition.  It's a lot of money to spend for something we have never seen a picture or prototype.  It would be bad for Lionel to not clear this up and have a people order it only for it to be of a different finish than they had anticipated.

Why not contact Lionel via email?  

Had the same question. I inquired to the powers that be, "What is the nature of the gold finish on the ‘scale PE’ trains on pages 16 and 17? Is it gold plate, as has been done in the past, or a gold paint with a clear coat? The catalog is not too specific and the illustration suggests gold paint."

The answer back is, as of two days ago:

"While the original intention was gold plating, we will be doing these engines as gold paint. We were not specific in the catalog because it hadn’t yet been determined."

Gold paint.

Bob

I was afraid it was going to be gold painted, think I will pass

Interesting, I asked the same question about Gold Plating vs Gold Painting of Lionel today and got the following reply from customer service:

"When we introduce items in our catalog they are very often in the design phase. At that point a mock up sample or artist rendering will be depicted to show the concept offered. Until we have a sample of this product, we do not have more information at this time"

I also pre-ordered this thinking it would be Gold Plated, not Gold Painted. Looks like we will still have to wait and see.

How can u order something if you don't know what it is made of? Maybe L is not saying, so they will make it 'gold plated' and create a market frenzy? Lucky u if u buy in the blind.

I know what ever method Lionel uses to decorate these engines, they will be excellent.

Hello, All

Here we go, I can now take orders for the Polar Express 10th Anniversary Scale Gold-Edition Berkshire and cars. Our price will include free shipping to the lower 48 states and these items are now posted to our Website. Please note the Free shipping is for the Engine only. We do require a $50.00 deposit per-engine. Please note when you order the engine shipping will be generated by our site, I will remove the shipping once the order is placed.

Thanks

Pat

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