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 Posted - August 24 2011 : 07:52:03 AM
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i have never seen one of these come up on ebay uk before,boxed or otherwise,its complete and unbroken,i love it,more so as its cnw,ken
not a rivit counter,but the level of detail is much better than the like of modelpower and lifelike so why did they not sell in large amounts,or enough to make ertl continue
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Posted - August 24 2011 : 10:04:05 AM
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Ain't no telling. Don't see too many hangin' 'round these days.Ertl didn't do so well in trains, so they went back to there lil' tractors and partnering with AMT.Now, if that retailed new fer $9 and 'em rivet counters saw that, they'd probaly still make 'em!
" Heck with counting 'em rivets, TRAINS ARE FOR FUN! Not called the Mad Scientist for nothing either!"
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Posted - August 24 2011 : 10:10:12 AM
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Hey Ken:
When I think of ERTL I think metal siecast cars and planes.... Hmmmmm
Nice unit for the price....
-Gareth
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Posted - August 24 2011 : 10:13:20 AM
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| got it for less than the price ticket,about $6 ken
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Posted - August 24 2011 : 1:21:06 PM
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oh I'll tell you why Ertl failed in the train market It was the HIGH prices of their stuff!! 
I saw a HO scale semi-truck with 2 John Deere tractors on a flatbed & it was over $60! 
no thank you, Ertl 
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Posted - August 24 2011 : 1:33:26 PM
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| those prices were not ertls i am sure an evil bay plonker no doubt ken
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Posted - August 24 2011 : 1:34:35 PM
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those prices were not ertls i am sure an evil bay plonker no doubt,the retail for these was around $10,for the detail cheap, ken
http://www.crstrains.com/ho_scale/ertl_ho_scale.html
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Posted - August 24 2011 : 8:13:28 PM
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| nice weathering on the trucks and bottom side
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