a train set sold at costco cost only $48.95 plus tax.  while the maximum retail listed by bachmann is $99.00.  now the train set sell by costco is for general public and kids.  not collectors or hobbyist.  and the price is half of the max retail price.  so i assume they might have inferior quality than those single piece sell by the hobby stores.  we need explanation from bachmann.

i noticed that the new bachmann train set. those selling at costco.   the loco is a little bit inferior quality that if you buy a single locomotive at a hobby store.  is that right?.  any bachmann personnel can explain this for us.

sorry for asking too many questions.  cause i am out for so many years.

i checked e-bay.  people are still buying 80's to 90's box car around $1.00 to $2.00.  and loco at $5.00 to $10.00 each.

i also noticed that the hobby collectors seems to decrease a lot.  sellers at e-bay were too many and buyers just a few.  maybe because the young generation were focus mostly on games, internet and i-phones.  it also happen to stamps and coins hobby. we need more times to continue to introduce these hobbies to the youngsters.

you mean to say standard line loco at $5.00 only.  is that new or used.  i am talking about all new. never run before and preserve. 

when did bachmann start producing the current line of products?.  i knew spectrum were produced sometime in the 90's. 

sorry for asking so many questions.  i was off from this hobby for more than 17 years.
i got more than 100 trains set.  with each set composed around 10 box car.  and all were never use.  i remember i only use four sets for running and enjoying.  and i have a train yard and these four sets setting for 17 years.  all roof covered with dirts just like covered with snow.

no.  you are talking about the expensive bachmann spectrum one.  the bachmann have produced cheaper loco and box car and sell them thru department stores and hobby stores.  box car maximum price is price at $4.00.  and you can easily buy them at $1.99 each.  locomotive were selling at $9.99 each at brooklyn new york.  they were then F9, GP40, GP38-2, and U-36B. other cheap competitors were the lifelike and model power.

i mean to say replacing 1980's/90's  bachmann diesel locomotive (New) as dummy for your other expensive name brand loco.  as i understand before,  the athearn dummy loco cost $10.00 while the cheap working and running bachmann loco cost $10.00 too.  why not use bachmann loco instead of athearn dummy loco?.  beside the bachmann can move around your train yard.

one more thing i forgot to ask.  is it bachmann close down business before and reopen it right now?. if that is right.   when they close down and when they reopen it?.  thanks.
i think right now.  everything is made in china.  i mean bachmann stuffs.

but then the price before were very cheap.  like caboose.  one sell for one dollar.  now it is about $16.00 each for new version.   

what about the former diesel locomotives.  if those were inferiors.  why not display it as dummy locomotive.  before one cost less than $10.00 and it can be operational and moving.  while the new one without engine (dummy) cost you how much?.  expensive.  right?.  also.  i would put those former cheap box cars around it.  otherwise.  some trains and box cars are not running either.

what about those 1980's to 1990's rolling stocks (all new). it should be no different as compare to present.  right?.

bachmann products produced during late 1980's to early 1990's and sold by many department stores and hobby stores.  are they worth anything today?.  are they same as today bachmann products?.