Any reports from those at York as to what the scene was regarding sales of this car ?
There was certainly enough demand, though the line at the back door wasn't bad before the meet.
I got there probably only 20 minutes before the open and there were less than 20 of us there (maybe another 10-15 (estimating) as we got closer to the open).
There were lines of people approaching from other doors too though (possibly they were smarter and knew the guard at the back door near Lionel was going to delay allowing the line in so that people from other lines actually got to the booth before those of us right there - oh well).
Line processing was a little slow due to the Lionel Point of Sale computer, as well as many people paying with credit cards. I was still out of the booth probably by 9:20 or 9:25.
Car came out nice!
I can't comment if the prophecy of people trying to resell it on their table for high markup has come true or not since I was at my table most of the day aside from this early morning field trip. I didn't see any for sale in the few parts of the dealer halls (mostly purple) I visited after 5 PM.
Even though I was a critic of the low quantity they made (still feel that way - wish more people who wanted one could have picked one up from Lionel), I will give Lionel proper kudos for pricing this car. I was figuring standard MSRP for a Made in USA boxcar, around 84.99 (similar to Wonder Woman Boxcar and others). I was pleasantly surprised when they said it was only $50.
-Dave