Spotted this at Home Goods over the weekend. It has an uncanny resemblance to the vintage Lionel 2 7/8 Derick car. At $25 I couldn't pass it up.
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That's cool! I almost went in there yesterday too.
That is cool! Is it closer to standard gauge or O gauge?
I'd say standard. It's about 10 inches tall an 12 inches wide. I've never seen a real derick crane in person, so I couldn't tell you how close in size it is to 2 7/8.
Well I just got back from the Home Goods store in Franklin Mills in Philly. And after walking through the entire store I didn't see anything even close to that little baby. Oh well If anybody finds an extra in their travels. Let me know and I'd be more than happy to cover all costs to mail it out to me.
-Pat Rolland
Looked in my local Home Goods last night but they didn't have any.
I found mine at the Willow Grove, PA store and there was only the one I bought. I also took a look at Montgomaryville, PA and came up empty as well. I don't know where they get this stuff from, even the web site is sparse regarding product details. Here are the details from the tag, perhaps a web search will reveal something. Dept. 33; Style 578342; Type 2; Cat 1550; Size ANT REPRO; C 0312. The hang tag reads "made with safe paint" with a stock number 55829. If you want I'll post a picture of the bar code.
Yea, I kinda noticed while I was walking around in there that everything on the shelves was kind of a one each and no other stock around. nothing in boxes either. In the nick nacky area anyway. Good find though. 
-Pat Rolland
