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Miniatures Adventure => Railway Wargaming => Topic started by: white knight on January 31, 2009, 09:54:52 AM
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Always having regretted never buying the goldlok western express set when I had the chance and only finding this wholesale distributor, I was wondering if one of the many friendly miniature or terrain manufacturers on these boards couldn't be interested in stocking a carton of these and selling them on to the rest of us (at a small profit of course).
It's the first one on this page:
http://www.toydistributor.com/goldlok.htm (http://www.toydistributor.com/goldlok.htm)
(http://www.toydistributor.com/images/9668E.jpg)
Would there be any interest from the membership on the 'customer' side? :)
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Would there be any interest from the membership on the 'customer' side? :)
Yes.
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As a side note: There are three versions of the FastLane/Goldlok train sets.
In the U.S. the Western toy train set shown here was available this past Christmas at Toys R Us for $24.99.
Meanwhile, the "modern" version (1950s) was available in Walgreens' drug stores for $10.00 (but with fewer cars and less track).
The "middle" version, appropriate for 1900-1930 wasn't found anywhere.
The scale works out to 1/48 and uses American O Gauge track (you'll need more track).
All three may be found on ebay, but the 1920s version is becoming more and more rare.
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A question:
I have this one:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/0/38_23_06_08_9_33_41.JPG)
The only markings on the box are 'Western Loco', and a 'W' with the letters 'VONDERFUL' underneath.
Should that be a Fastlane one? Lots of details are similar to the ones of the Fastlane train....
Oh - and I WOULD be interested in more trains! :)
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I have one goldlok one which is the Eastern Express (I think), comes with the engine, 5 wagons and partial building (and tracks of course). While the locomotive itseld looks similar, the wagons don't look like the ones on jours.
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Would there be any interest from the membership on the 'customer' side? :)
Yes.
What hammers said :)
I have one already but would like one more :)
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No Argonor that is not the fast lane one. I have the fast lane and its very nice there are a few others out there that are smaller and would do in a pinch but I think the western express by fast lane is the best I have found.
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hm the inside of my tracks are 32 mm, is that Ogauge
set is called american western express and the manufacturer seems to be toy state industries
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/Col_stone/old%20west/DSC02919.jpg)
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That one looks nice too. How does it scale with minis?
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You'd think i would have put one in the pic the first time around lol
bluedressed guy is unbased, it's hard to fit a dustbin based in there
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/Col_stone/old%20west/DSC02921.jpg)
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/Col_stone/old%20west/DSC02920.jpg)
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Much better, though the angle still makes it a bit hard to judge the relative scale. I suppose you don't have a picture taken from a greater distance? :)
To get back to my original suggestion, I'd like to add that I'd buy at least two sets myself if someone made them available to us.
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dug out the camera :)
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/Col_stone/old%20west/DSC02922.jpg)
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/Col_stone/old%20west/DSC02923.jpg)
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Looks good, I'll see if I can't post pics of my goldlok (continental) train this weekend.
Is that medieval tower part of one of those plastic castle kits?
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yarp, falcon or simba toys something.
American O Gauge track is that 32mm between tracks?
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google for "railroad scales" and you should get a few links that explain the different scales. ;)
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I did that already!!!!
however, this time i actually read (carefully) what it said on wikipedia
"0 gauge refers to tracks that are 11⁄4 in (32 mm) apart."
lol lol
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so, any suggestions as to who we should nag to get in a box of them so we can all order them? ;)
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I'd be interested in picking one up. They are nigh on impossible to get hold of in the UK. :?
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I'd be interested in picking one up. They are nigh on impossible to get hold of in the UK. :?
Ihave just put on ebay a Goldlok Western Pioneer Golden Line train if you know of any one interested do are they worth any thing cheers tony
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Link?
Ihave just put on ebay a Goldlok Western Pioneer Golden Line train if you know of any one interested do are they worth any thing cheers tony
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Sorry to wake up this old topic:
for the US based folks, Rite-Aid is selling a goldlok kind freight train set for the Holidays.
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I already have 3 sets. But the have different buildings that go into the sets. One of the sets I got came with a hopper tower that goes really well with an old west mine scene. So I always take a look at what comes out each year. I also got a set that came with a varient on the station platform.