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 Posted - September 26 2013 : 2:50:25 PM
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WOW, I did not see this price coming!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mantua-Tyco-HO-kit-Heliomalt-2-bay-covered-hopper-new-in-box-/111174144242?autorefresh=true&pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item19e27ed0f2&nma=true&si=9msUdxKwaepy1Z5cup%252Bix9U4PBE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557#ht_267wt_787
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Posted - September 26 2013 : 3:05:00 PM
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| Wow... really? That is just nuts!
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Posted - September 26 2013 : 6:18:49 PM
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Holy Sh!t!!!!!!!!!That's insane!I don't get that, Way to much money, and too little brains!
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Many have tried to, and failed, ya just can't repair stupid... 
Do NOT try to Idiot-Proof anything!!!! God, will simply create a better......IDIOT!
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 Posted - September 26 2013 : 7:06:26 PM
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BUT is it a rare car? 
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Posted - September 26 2013 : 8:00:54 PM
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| One of 500 made for Heliomalt in 1966, for the Swiss market. The Heliomalt Hopper is a knock off of the Holly Sugar Hopper. The hoppers were probably ready-to-run models in Tyco boxes.
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Posted - November 09 2013 : 6:33:52 PM
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Picture for reference.
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Posted - November 09 2013 : 8:29:54 PM
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Also, the item sold for slightly more than $100 USD.
I'm not making this point to any individual, I'm addressing the forum in general. In a couple of months that link will go to nowhere, most likely a page with similar items. Unfortunately this occures more than I would like, there's a lot of threads which are just meaningless at this point. We can correct this going forward.
When posting items such as these it would be good to maybe upload a pic and mention those details which make your point.
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 Posted - November 10 2013 : 12:03:45 AM
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| NYC, are you the one who won this auction? I tapped around $50.
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Posted - November 10 2013 : 1:18:46 PM
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| No, I wasn't even aware of it. One of our other forum members mentioned to me at the Allentown train show that a previously unknown item went up for sale on Ebay not long ago and fetched some good money. I was curious, of course, and did a little research and found this item that sold. I then searched our forums for related info and found this post.
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Posted - November 12 2013 : 9:55:01 PM
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| Mint unbuilt car in a rare name? $100 is probably cheap. I saw a US Army bobber caboose go off for $202.50 in August - not even in a box.
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Posted - June 05 2014 : 9:27:12 PM
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I see Tony L. got a hold of one of these
http://www.goingincirclez.com/FGImages/TycoCollection/RollingStock/332-Z_SugarHop_Heliomalt.jpg
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Posted - June 05 2014 : 11:14:23 PM
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quote:Also, the item sold for slightly more than $100 USD.
I'm not making this point to any individual, I'm addressing the forum in general. In a couple of months that link will go to nowhere, most likely a page with similar items. Unfortunately this occures more than I would like, there's a lot of threads which are just meaningless at this point. We can correct this going forward.
When posting items such as these it would be good to maybe upload a pic and mention those details which make your point.
Originally posted by New_York_Central - November 09 2013 : 8:29:54 PM
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I've had so many situations like what you described there. The people showing the link should at least give the basic information on the Ebay listing like the price, what it is and even post a picture of it so they know what it is.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - June 05 2014 : 11:20:34 PM
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quote:Mint unbuilt car in a rare name? $100 is probably cheap. I saw a US Army bobber caboose go off for $202.50 in August - not even in a box.
Originally posted by lvrr325Â -Â November 12 2013Â :Â 9:55:01 PM
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Ugh, I know I passed up one of those for dirt cheap one time... NOW you tell me 
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