Paul_Sterling

Same for me, the staff at locomotion Gather it will be here in Feb. I went for the LNER livery. Very expensive (i guess the years i've waited for one got the better of me), and I think locomotion were ambitious on the volumes, as to me, for that price, you would expect some exclusitivity, and second, for those volumes, the cost should have been more in line with the other NRM association models B'man have done, as they were (all variants considered) much smaller volumes. nonetheless, very excited about that loco arriving. Latest loco to arrive was 34067 Tangmere, which the Wife got me for Christmas. the last of my Great Goodbye collection arrived too, No.9, which the parents bought me when I ordered the full set, so all are now sat round the Turntable at Cornforth MPD! Bought a Dapol Western just before Christmas, and that had to be replaced due to circuit failures. also bought a used Dapol Terrier "Stepney" around the same time. the replacement Western is much better. Paul.

Bachmann 3MT and WD Austerity and a kit Built "plant" with Tenshodo motor bogie. hoping to get hold of one of the Dark Blue/Purple A4 "Merlin" soon though. Paul. S

walkingthedog said: Maybe I'm wrong but I was under the impression that this was a set of six, not six individual locos. As they're special edition I guess they will be more expensive than ordinary A4 models. Do they actually exist as individual locos? There are a lot of people willing to spend a lot on locos. On another thread there's a discussion about a set of seven OO coaches at £345 + vat each. no WTD, very much six separate locos, in their own boxes, buying all six gets you nothing more than the ticket to buy the case to display them. Paul.

walkingthedog said: I'm confused, it was The Great Goodbye, not Goodbye an A4. Of course they wanted to sell them as a set. As for 'Hornby are now only out to make money' what's that supposed to mean, they a business not a charity. Heaven forbid that a company should dare to make money. They have to pay wages, buy materials, pay tax etc. If they don't make money they won't exist. I think you will find the blue box version was even more. valid point WTD, but we arent all in a position to spend the kind of money that all 6 cost, I bought SNG from the great gathering, and decided to buy 3 more from the great goodbye set, but could i justify or indeed afford all 6? absolutely not! I agree that Hornby make an incentive to buy all 6 in the offering of the display case, and that is the difference, you should be able to buy separately or as a set, I very much doubt that hornby would sell all of them if it was "six or nothing" but sadly the impression i'm led to belive is that is exactly what Hornby are going to do. Paul.

Ok, that worries me, as I was kind of getting the same response from Locomotion when i was there for the "great Goodbye Exhibition" but put it down to the person on the desks stupidity in trying to sell all 6 on the day when they didnt even have them. so has this impacted the retailers, and hence caused Hattons email to me>? Paul.

Hi Chaps, I've briefly browsed the forum to make sure I'm not duplicating a thread. But has anyone heard what is going on with the 'great goodbye' orders, I've pre-ordered 3 of them, and Hattons have cancelled, so rang CMC and they've said they don't know what's going on either. What's going round the mill? Paul