A massive price cut, but is it a bargain? Heljan Class 33 

I picked up a differen Crompton when I saw that Rails of Sheffield had them heavily discounted. Mine is a 33/2 in BR green with full yellow ends, but Heljan must be having a funny turn if their RRPs are anything to go by. If they keep setting such high prices for their models, then I won't be surprised if we see more instances of retailers slashing prices just to shift the stock. The Class 33s aren't the only Heljan models I've seen on a steep discount recently; Rails also had the Ruston 165 on sale, but I'm stearing well clear of that thing myself.

I have the green Heljan Class 33 got it for £99 early this year from Rails of Sheffield the loco runs fine . I don't think it's a bad price to be fair for what you are getting. TMC have extended their sale Rails are doing the same good for the customer but prices should not have gone so high in the first place that requires constant sales to move stock. I know price debate can go on and on but people can only spend so much £200+ loco take some justification to buy.

Like a lot of these 'bargains', the RRP is verging on the absurd which means retailers struggle to shift them. The heavily discounted price is more representative of what they should have been to start with. A very good buy for ~£100 but £200+ RRP is having a laugh.

Beautiful livery 🤩 very interesting review 👍 New subscriber 🙋‍♂️

Cracking layout by the looks....away to look thru all the videos now😁

Nice looking loco and runs well and even better a good price. I remember the Fragonset Livery on a few different Class locos. just came across your Channel subscribed and liked

Lovely loco, I have a couple myself. ATB Stuart

I picked up 33202 21 pin BR blue pristine for well under a hundred quid. The drive train was extremely tight at first - I dont know if there was some foreign object stuck in it somewhere but it freed off suddenly by pushing the flywheel round by hand. Seems fine now it's had a bit of running. I am a bit of a sucker for these Heljan 33s and the 26s as well, but the detail interfering with the couplings is extremely annoying - I have no idea why they do that.

I also brought one at the 42% discount at Rails (33203) and as you said I also would not have paid over £200 for one. This will be my 12th Heljan class 33 over the years and I can recall paying a little over £60 new for them, inflation !!!!?

Definitely a bargain lovely little loco not sure what 200 plus quid was about 😮👍

The next time you make a video don't have anything running couldn't hear what you were saying.