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Look whats happened to our hobby! In 1972 you could get a layout in a box for less than a good box car now! Crazy!
Look what 25 bucks got you in 1972
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I was curious to what $25 (back in 1972) would be worth today. Using a website (inflation calculator), $25 is the equivalent of $150.26. I doubt that train set could be sold at $150 today (more likely double or triple today). Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I still remember as a kid looking at the Sears Christmas wish book at the train sets, and debating which one I would have wanted.
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That is the year I was born.
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well n gauge trains came out in 1962 but I can’t find any prices on them but here are some O and S stuff that’s kinda interesting oh and you could buy a house kit from sears in 1963 for 2200 bucks!! How bout a 4x8 layout for less than 8 bucks!
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well if these where the prices now the hobby would be much bigger.....
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You're OLD???
You are not "old" kid!
I was born in 1948. Harry Truman was still president. World War two had ended only three years before. The Korean war, let alone Vietnam, hadn't even been thought off yet. Chuck Yeager had just broken the sound barrier. Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit in space, wouldn't be launched for ten years. No man had gone into space. The moon landing wasn't even a dream yet. And you say you're "old" HA! :laugh: Maybe QueenoftheGN will look up what a complete train set cost in 1948!
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Riggzie;
You are not "old" kid!
I was born in 1948. Harry Truman was still president. World War two had ended only three years before. The Korean war, let alone Vietnam, hadn't even been thought off yet. Chuck Yeager had just broken the sound barrier. Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit in space, wouldn't be launched for ten years. No man had gone into space. The moon landing wasn't even a dream yet. And you say you're "old" HA! :laugh: Maybe QueenoftheGN will look up what a complete train set cost in 1948!
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2200 dollars? That's expensive even for today!....
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9.25......... wow........
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Move this to have a giggle!
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it’s a real three bedroom house lol not for a train layout!
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Yeah not sure why real house building kits are in the train section lol. Well it was the sixties lol that could explain it!
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These prices need to come back. According to the parts list on the Scarm plan I’m working on, I need 92 pieces of Unitrack. The turnouts and crossovers alone will probably run me between $300-350. Sigh....
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