Hey gang,
Did anyone order the Santa Fe F3 120th anniversary set that was in last years catalog?
Its item 2022120. I was on the fence about it, due to the catalog rendering, I am still thinking of picking one up down the road, but I thought the initial price tag was ridiculous for it,.
Would love to see photos of it, before I decide
Thanks!!!
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Check my thread on the Lionel Products forum...NVISICH posted shots of his
It looks like a nice set in the review above.
Well after watching the video, seems like Lionel got the red wrong once again on the F3's.
Maybe they will make replacement shells like they did on the CC versions.
Definitely not worth the price they were asking....
Interesting. The photos posted on the other had the red looking pretty nice. Looks flat in the video. Nice horn at least. Don’t like the E bell sound however.
From the prices I saw it is way over priced. Hard to tell on the color of the red but the price is not for me.
Dave
@ZWPOWER13 posted:Well after watching the video, seems like Lionel got the red wrong once again on the F3's.
Maybe they will make replacement shells like they did on the CC versions.
Definitely not worth the price they were asking....
@ZWPOWER13 posted:Well after watching the video, seems like Lionel got the red wrong once again on the F3's.
Maybe they will make replacement shells like they did on the CC versions.
Definitely not worth the price they were asking....
Mark,
I watched the video on this set and check out the yellow stripe on edge of the roof and top of sides where the yellow stripe fall in uneven curve. compared with the older S.F. F-3's the stripe curve is off or crooked. I have a Williams S.F. F-3s and the yellow stripes on the roof edge is much nicer curve coming down on sides. Lionel mess up that area on both units. Lionel is using the can motors on this unit not pullmors. How much is Lionel asking for the set anyway ? check it out.
Tiffany
Can attest after seeing it in the Concord Mills store, red is definitely flat and a bit underwhelming. If they had made these in the same shade/style as the 90's LTI release, they would have been a home run. Nose proportions look a smidge squished compared to them as well, I was hoping they were going to be reprints of those with better motors and LC2 tech, at least they got the latter two correct! Here's hoping we get a separate sale release with better paint..I'll be one of the first in line if they do.
I found it a bit interesting that Lionel went against their own tradition by painting the nose handrails and truck ladder steps silver instead of keeping them black as has been the norm for the postwar-style F3s. The flat red paint does seem to give less visual oomph again compared to how Lionel typically does it (Conventional Classics ATSF flat paint F3s notwithstanding). What kind of trucks are on the milk car? Hard to tell, but they look like the die cast generic style roller bearing trucks with all cast-in details that I've seen on a number of modern-era operating cars like the aquarium cars and some cabooses. If so that's a bit of a disappointment as I'd rather at least see postwar-type die cast trucks that they've used on some other modern era milk cars like the 9220 Borden or even more recent examples like the 29855 that were modified to use fast angle wheels if I were to get this set.
no GM decal must be a fake,
Interesting. Is Lionel trying to copy a Post War engine? Match the Santa Fe FT sets? Or make something that can't be mistaken for something else? the tooling appears to be that of the Neil Young F3A's.
Jon 
As mentioned above, price is what finally swayed me on decision to not get this set. Initially, I was all in as soon as I saw the catalog as anything PW-inspired is right in my wheel house. I think I even had it in the to-buy cart before I backed off. The reality is I have all of the rolling stock in their PW versions.
Notwithstanding the color issues for the locos, hope all that bought this one enjoy the new set. 
Wonder if there will a postwar inspired set in the new catalog due out on the 22nd? For me I just want the milk car from this set to complete a set I want to piece meal from previous PWC individual offerings.
Terrance
I would love to see a set including an all black (I say this because Lionel added silver to the 726 Berk in 2017) Lionel Lines 2046 Baby Hudson w/6wheel die-cast 2046 Tender. It can be conventional or LC 2.0, Legacy, whatever.
$900, from Trainland for an F3 A-A and 5 Cars. Made in China. No comment, where are their customers going to come from???
Just way too much for my budget.
Very nice save there - looks great!
So Lionel wants me to pay around $900 for something I pretty much already have? Seems silly. Shhhhhh... just a secret between you and me, but my F3s are Williams. Lol. No fancy sounds or smoke, but they are bulletproof. Not as shiny as postwar, but at least the horns, handrails and ladders are correct.
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