Hi Patrik,

Thanks.

Ian.

Hi Juhan,

No, I didn't know there is one, do you have a model number.

Thanks.

Ian.

Hi Juhan,

Thanks.

Just did an ebay search, none available, will look out for one.

Ian.

Well, I'm looking at mine right now...


Only made in 2000 pieces, according to various sources... Usually goes for around 100 Euros on Ebay.de...
Have seen it in stock at 2 Swedish stores, one for 98 Euros and one for about 160 Euros...
Here's the 98 Euro one - http://www.trainshop.se/...ch=42702&x=0&y=0

Hi Juhan,

Thanks for the link.

Ian.

I've sent a personal message translating some of the Swedish.

You are welcome.

An alternative could of course be to send an eMail to info@trainshop.se, if it is too much of a headache navigate through their Internet shop which is in Swedish only.

Hi Per and Juhan,

Sorry.

Ian.

A word of advise if you are looking at buying this, the 2870/2670 set or any other set for that matter. These sets are nearly 25 and 10 years old. There were singular locomotives and set extension cars sold as well. Some of these sets have the wrong car(s) or engine for the set being sold. There is a 2870 set on Ebay.de with a 3170 engine in it. Besides the road number, the 2870 engine has sprung (and often broken) buffers, different pantographs, a cover for the body mount screw on the roof, revised coupler brackets that use snap in close couplers instead of the one piece relex coupler/bracket of the 3170 and four pieces added to the roof, one on each side of the pantographs. Some sets have an extension car instead of the cars with the correct road number for the set. This last happened to me with a 28702 set. One of the cars was a 42702 expansion car. Ask questions and look closely at the photos. Also note that the photos presented may not represent the set you may actually receive. This is what happened with the 28702 set I bought. The picture was right, what I received was not. Most of these are being sold by dealers with lots of feedback and consequently lots of archived photos of products they have sold. I am not suggesting fraud here, my bet is the dealers do not even know of the mistake, just that it's easier to use an existing photo instead of taking new photos of the set actually being sold. This site has been most helpful in determining the correct road numbers for the sets. Pay attention to feedback. Not just the percentage of happy customers, but how many feedback they have. If they have dozens or hundreds of items for sale and low feedback numbers with a recent ebay membership, ask questions. Ebay has been around for nearly 15 years, if you have that much inventory, which will take a long time to build up, but only a few hundred feedback, they may have been at ebay before with another name. If you are paying collector/like new prices, then that is exactly what you should receive.

Hi Matt,

Thanks for very interesting information Matt.

I have received enormous help and info. from Per and Magnus also and would like to thank them here ,

Jeremy.

ps. I believe I am correct in saying that when Carol asked me if I had bought some more locomotives I told her no........, only sets .j.

Hi Jeremy,

My coach 42702 has never arrived (23rd May), and no return phone calls.

Time to go public.......maybe give him another week because of the situation.

What do you think???

Ian.

Hi Jeremy,

This is in no way your problem, I'm sure it will work out ok.

Life is way to short to worry over a Märklin coach.

Thanks for the e-mail, will keep you updated.

Ian.