wow what an awesome set Ben! Your enthusiasm is infectious too! I burst out laughing when you claimed you were "debating about getting the expansion pack" Yeah right, the debate was waiting for the proper moment to get the approval of yer better half!
You can't watch this train in action and not smile. So cool love your train room. Have you done a video of your entire collection and display? Love how you have the trains on the walls.
Wouldn't it be fun if Lionel made a Space Shuttle with an external orange tank and launch tower to go with this set. Seeing the joy on your face when unboxing this you need to go buy the extra cars for this!
AWESOME!!!! Nice that you shown it assembled.! Like the run with the covers on and off. I was thinking that if you had the booster assembled, and then put the covers on the cars, who would know that there wasn't any booster parts under the covers????
Awesome idea here!!! A RBPTRAINS and Ben's Trains collaboration. That would be awesome to see and you guys could compare collections and run some really cool lashes. And it would a good video. Just a idea 😃
This is a really awesome train set,,,everybody watching video always remember more is never enough we always need more trains and a funny for you guys,,,,,my wife said if i buy one more train she will leave me,,,gee i will miss her,,,,have a great day and thanks for sharing
Great video. That's a big set and a big box that it is delivered in. I have the Lionel Legacy Bessemer and Erie coal train set, but its still in the box. I haven't had time to unbox it yet.
A really nice job on this video. Perhaps you would enjoy my Klankety man video, the one where he goes home for Christmas. His home being Cape Canaveral and the end of the video features a portion of the Marx Cape Canaveral play set.
New subscriber to your channel. "Wow" is all I can say. One heck of a set. Will you be purchasing the rest of the train? Hope so. Thanks for sharing your video. Enjoy!
Great looking set and set box. Glad you had no out of box running issues. Really surprised MTH sold this this. Get the addon, or you will regret later. Joe Gozzo
If they made this in a NRO Atlas set I’d buy it. My dad works at Lockheed Martin and he used to do launch support when Atlas would shoot there birds because he got a promotion
You said it these sets will most likely end up on eBay for a premium it wouldn't surprise me if they already were but yes an awesome set especially if you have the room
Swwweeeetttttt set!!!! And i can't believe how big the set is too!!!! Enjoy it!!! Hope to have my layout up and running soon. Looks like ur layout is on the living room floor??? How big is it???
Ben....have you ever seen the old K-line two piece booster set each on 8 wheel flats? Just purchased it. Freaking awesome! I got it to run behind my MTH SW1 NASA switcher that is painted in prototypical scheme like they used back in the Apollo days I guess.
Great Video Ben. Very useful. Thank you. I have ordered this set and can’t wait for it to come in. Close now. Where did you order yours from that you have it early…ish?
This made me want to go learn more about the real train, and I saw NASA's EMD 1500-- did Lionel make a model of that? If so, i think you need to get it :D
If you decide to buy the expansion pack that will give you a total of 2 Booster Rockets and 12 cars, if I did the math correctly. Cool sight to see on your layout.
Its a shame they didn't detail paint the actual booster sections. For the price they charge that's a damn shame, much less excited to go pick mine up now
Great run-through of this set! I just picked up mine from Legacy Station this week. Pros: Lionel's ES44AC (Need I say more?) and Ex-MTH Flat Cars. Cons: The cheaper Lionel Boxcars. Note: I have O72 curves and the boxcar next to the UP ES44AC kept derailing the trucks because that model boxcar does not have a 'swivel' type knuckle coupler as its hard fixed. I had to swap my out from another car. I added another engine so maybe it's that. Oh well. Other than that great set with awesome collectors value like you said.
For $1700 plus, a swivel coupler should have been a no brainer for lionel. I would have hoped that a train lover would have had some design and production input at lionel. A repeated derail on 072 curves shows lack of quality and improper customer care. Lets hope lionel people will do better. Lionel makes some nice stuff, but really... . Gary j
@@Bens_Trains_ if lionel address the bad coupler design issue and gives us the couplers, instructions, and other pieces free, then ok, lionel did well. If not, I loose confidence in lionel, see lionel not thinking quality is highest priority important, and see lionel doing a 2nd rate money grab on this $1700 + set. Gary j
Very well done video . An excellent set but at a truly excessive, rediculous price. $1700 plus more for addons. And remember, its a diesel engine. Nice, but keep this in perspective. We'd luv to know actual mfg cost and markup. Ive always felt somewhat expensive but somewhat affordable trains allows more of us train people to enjoys hours of fun, meet new friends, and learn new skills. This model is impressive, but a $2k model train isn't a routine thing
