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Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« on: July 26, 2008, 07:20:41 PM »
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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2008, 07:30:17 PM »
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And I'm sure it is no where near the correct body type  ;)
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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2008, 10:06:30 AM »
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which only proves that some people have more money than sense  ;D

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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2008, 08:03:45 PM »
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75cents shy of a 130 bucks.Somebody definitely has more money than sense. ???
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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2008, 08:35:31 PM »
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Am I missing something here, is that car really worth something?  Wow, some people are crazy.
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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2008, 02:11:50 AM »
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"Holy Crap !"  Even if Michigan Central did have similar cars nothing is worth that much. and I thought N Fantasy cars were getting out of hand.                                                                                         Nate Goodman (Nato). Salt Lake, Utah.
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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2008, 02:46:45 AM »
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I've seen the same car sell for $9 before...
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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2008, 07:33:14 AM »
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The Micro-Trains collecting mentality is alive and as strong in Z as it is in N. If a Z scale car was made before 1997, it's worth many times its weight in gold, especially the gons since M-T stopped making them in 1999 (I think). That Michigan Central gon was made in 1995. It was a reprint of one made in 1987. Can you imagine what the latter one would go for, if the newer one went for $130? List price was $11.95.
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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2008, 12:04:18 PM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on July 26, 2008, 07:30:17 PM
And I'm sure it is no where near the correct body type  ;)


Micro-Trains isn't the only one that does that:

http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?t=100290

AZL has the wrong paint scheme on one of their cars, but they get a pass ???
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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2008, 12:35:13 PM »
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Quote from: Kisatchie on July 28, 2008, 12:04:18 PM
Quote from: Chris333 on July 26, 2008, 07:30:17 PM
And I'm sure it is no where near the correct body type  ;)
Micro-Trains isn't the only one that does that:

http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?t=100290

AZL has the wrong paint scheme on one of their cars, but they get a pass ???

Actually, most manufacturers are guilty of any number of foobies. AZL came closer to the mark with the Railbox car than some have; at least they spelled everything right, and they're made in Europe, unlike a certain American manufacturer...

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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2008, 03:03:40 PM »
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Quote from: David K. Smith on July 28, 2008, 12:35:13 PM
... and they're made in Europe, unlike a certain American manufacturer...

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I don't know if 100% of the cars are done in Montoursville, PA, but I do know that a significant portion of AZL's cars ARE made there. I talked to the manf doing the cars myself at NTS.

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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2008, 04:01:30 PM »
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Quote from: TrainCat2 on July 28, 2008, 03:03:40 PM
Quote from: David K. Smith on July 28, 2008, 12:35:13 PM
... and they're made in Europe, unlike a certain American manufacturer...

 ???

I don't know if 100% of the cars are done in Montoursville, PA, but I do know that a significant portion of AZL's cars ARE made there. I talked to the manf doing the cars myself at NTS.



Point taken. AZL is still a Swiss company, and I find it interesting that they're dancing rings around M-T in terms of accuracy, for the most part.

Did the fellow from Montoursville indicate if they also did the design work, or were they just doing the production for AZL?
« Last Edit: July 28, 2008, 04:04:33 PM by David K. Smith »
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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2008, 04:31:31 PM »
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Based in Europe might be correct, but I don't think anything is 'made' there.
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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2008, 04:32:20 PM »
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Montoursville, PA is Bowser. They do the FT hoppers and PennZee reefers/hoppers. Both the hoppers and reefers blow MT away as well.
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Re: Bidding war on a tiny piece of plastic
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2008, 04:52:11 PM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on July 28, 2008, 04:32:20 PM
Montoursville, PA is Bowser. They do the FT hoppers and PennZee reefers/hoppers. Both the hoppers and reefers blow MT away as well.

Mold work is good, painting and printing isn't quite there.  The AZL coalporter tooling was cut by Bowser's toolmaker.  Believe final assembly and printing was Ajin until a recent move to a new factory.  I think now that tooling is out of Bowser's hands also, so the parts are molded overseas. 
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