Hobby Shop Hop and the Lionel Rocket Booster Set!

Nice set Chris, I have been on the fence about this set, I see they are drying up pretty fast!!! I would be happy with just the booster cars!!!

P.S. enjoy all your YouTube videos!!!

Jeff

Nice set!  Enjoyed the video.

Nice set and entertaining video Chris!  I wish some of these shops had better websites.

There's probably something on the shelves I'd be interested in if I knew what was there.

Nice job CRIS, ENJOY!!!!

Very high quality video, nice narration and general good natured approach!

Great video, Chris. I really enjoy your content.

Nice video, Chris.  That Rocket Booster set is HUGE!

@RickO posted:

I wish some of these shops had better websites.

Agree! For the smaller train and hobby shops I never could understand why many owners have not made a better attempt to upgrade their websites, make better use of social media, or even delve into online sales.  I realize this would come as added labor and cost to the owner (especially using subcontracting)  but better than these smaller shops going out of business.

I also concur with all the above comments praising Chris's video production quality and on-camera demeanor. Even though Chris has a mature layout, he found it necessary to modify it to accommodate one of the cars.   I find this true in my own "old" layout. Just when I think I have everything laid out perfectly, some new car or engine comes along forcing a change to the scenery or track. The fun never ends!

Thank you all for the kind words. I was able to fix the tunnel issues today but it wasn't an easy task. More lessons learned for the next layout!

Hi Chris, I enjoyed the video, reminds me of my monthly Saturday trips to Eastside Trains in Kirkland, Wa, which is about an hour's drive from my house in Tacoma, a trip that is way shorter than your three-hour drive to Toy Trains and Collectables. It's good to support our local shops.   I need to get some of those legacy track sensors.   

I agree this set is selling fast I had done a search and it showed Trainworld had 2 and by that evening they where sold out. I did find Charles Ro had some and ordered it from them they still show in stock if anyone is still interested in it.

Chris, great video, took a while to get to it. Watched it last night, I'll have to check out the other video as well.

@Cmontagna posted:

Thank you all for the kind words. I was able to fix the tunnel issues today but it wasn't an easy task. More lessons learned for the next layout!

Ran into a similar issue with the set, but the support post was more accessible, so it didn't take long to fix it.

Great resolution video ! it helped me to conclude that the engine front truck does not come with the chain despite it has the same fixture points like the back truck, which has a chain.

I still have a question: did you find an owner's manual in the box of the raider car #2227220 ?

Thanks and looking for more quality and instructing videos.

What a neat set, and enjoyable video, Chris. That diesel, SD-90 I think, has nice engine sounds. Your Saturday adventure reminds me of my younger days, when traveling for train-related activities could be done much more easily.

Paul, the locomotive is the ES44AC.