Hello, I am looking for three cars to complete my son's Lionel North Pole Central set.
6-25296 Dome Car - Vixen
6-35134 Full Done Car - Cupid
6-35173 Coach Car - Blitzen
I would be interested in all three or any of these you may have.
Thank you!!
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Hello, I am looking for three cars to complete my son's Lionel North Pole Central set.
6-25296 Dome Car - Vixen
6-35134 Full Done Car - Cupid
6-35173 Coach Car - Blitzen
I would be interested in all three or any of these you may have.
Thank you!!
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Yea, have been looking for Cupid and Blitzen as well. Cupid is usually on eBay but they want $440+ for it. I will pass at that price.
Three Cupid cars and two Vixen cars on eBay, but not for the faint of heart. The last Blitzen sold for 160 $
[quote="TonyH"]Yea, have been looking for Cupid and Blitzen as well. Cupid is usually on eBay but they want $440+ for it. I will pass at that price.[/quote]
Yea, same here Tony. I guess if I have to, I could custom paint them, but would prefer to buy them done. Was hoping someone here had some sitting in stock somewhere.
@Brian Schmidt posted:[quote="TonyH"]Yea, have been looking for Cupid and Blitzen as well. Cupid is usually on eBay but they want $440+ for it. I will pass at that price.[/quote]
Here's another for the faint of heart...
We (LHS) had a Cupid car when they first came out, MSRP ($44.99) stickered. Went through the Christmas season...no sale. Sat on the shelf until March. Dept. mgr moved all the seasonal stuff upstairs. The following Christmas season...around mid-November...the Christmas displays were again set up, all the stuff upstairs included...
Except for Cupid. Someone overlooked it, so it went through ANOTHER Christmas season w/o being sold.
That summer, the boss had the store inventoried. Cupid was re-discovered...dusty, forgotten. Boss not happy about 'lost' items like Cupid.
Around Labor Day that year a guy came in early shopping for "Christmas stuff". Boss happened to hear his inquiry, sez "How about a Lionel Cupid car?" Guy said 'Naw, that's not what I had in mind.' Boss: 'I'll make you a deal you can't refuse!', and fetches the dusty box. Guy looks it over, obviously still not eager to bite.
Boss sez..."Half Price!"
Customer..."Well........OK."
Hey, we can only hope that his $22.50 (plus tax, of course) purchase of a Cupid car has been duly rewarded.
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Be patient, though. Back when MTH was selling Rail King flatcars with 2 die cast autos attached, one of their first offerings, a flat car with two 1952 Caddies, rose to similar heights. By the time the 2-auto flats became a collectible run for many enthusiasts, that Caddy flat was HOT! At a 1997 train show in Maumee, OH, there were a couple....at $400+! Checking the current Sold's on Ebay....$25-$40 is about what they're currently going for.
I’ll keep an eye open.
my wife thought I was crazy when these first came out and wanted all the cars.
Now who’s crazy?
well. I still am, but hats not the point!
they’ll show up somewhere.
Lionel just needs to rerun the whole set.
Well, good news. I have found 6-25296 Dome Car - Vixen and 6-35173 Coach Car - Blitzen.
Now I just have to find 6-35134 Full Done Car - Cupid at a reasonable price. Not $400+. Amazing they can ask that much for this car.
Good for you, where did you find them?
Can't seem to find the Blitzen car either...but noticed the Prancer car is the same is there anyone
on the forum that can take the Prancer name off and put the Blitzen name on for me? Don't want to spend $400 either for a car that was selling for $45 a few years ago
That's a great set. I ran three of those cars with the 0-6-0 dockside switcher on my Christmas layout.
Well the listing on EBay has been there for a while and the price has come down. It will be interesting where it ends up. Still looking for two.
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