2015 Add-ons

[Rasputin]

At first collectors were quite worried about the green Victorian car would devalue the tan one, and it did, substantially. It used to run close to $100 now they are $30

Now mint in seals box is a different story. Those seem to hold value for MISB collectors.

I think it's great to have reissues but I would like too see the same thing with the Victorian vehicles, new colors variants of old sets, just no pastels

[leefert]

I think it's great to have reissues but I would like too see the same thing with the Victorian vehicles, new colors variants of old sets, just no pastels

Absolutely!  I'd love to see the Old Timer truck in a red or black version, and the car in black or white...

I do like re-issues because it allows those of us who have the originals to grow our set, or those of us who maybe weren't interested at the time to pick up similar.  When the 5300 Victorian House came out I got it, the fence set, and all of the rooms for Christmas.  My family wasn't well off so this was a huge deal.  But I never really had the money as a child to go back and pick up the car or the truck, and at the time the advertising stand and the other little sets (painter, porter, pretzel seller, etc) didn't really appeal to me.  But now I want all of those and can afford to spend money on them.  But it's hard to pay premium prices for them.  Heck I even missed out on the FAO version because at the time it came out I had other things that I needed, and when I had the extra money for it, it was gone.

[Macruran]

I just noticed that the new 3 pack of soldiers for the Pirates theme, in addition to being too varied to constitute a real army builder pack, has a Western Colt pistol, not a flintlock!

http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?set=6436

How could they possibly have gotten that wrong? It's madness.

On the bright side they are bluecoats.

[Baron Marshall]

It is a little silly of them isn't it?
On the variation though... I'm seeing a dragoon, a marine, and an infantryman... just means I'll have to buy more sets to make 3 different groups... but since they are blue coats, finally, that should work out alright  Now... bring on the whitecoats, greycoats, and greencoats next. 

[Macruran]

On the variation though... I'm seeing a dragoon, a marine, and an infantryman...

Interesting...my knowledge of the period is not good. I'm half inclined to do a little research to establish the accuracy of the uniforms - do you have a good reference?

[Baron Marshall]

Interesting...my knowledge of the period is not good. I'm half inclined to do a little research to establish the accuracy of the uniforms - do you have a good reference?

I can't cite one specifically, but there is a military uniform book my brother has that has hundreds of pages of uniforms from 1600-1900

[Rhalius]

To me they look quite awfull though, I am not a fan of that shade of blue for soldiers either. I'd rather see the earlier dark blue return which would be a good fit both for french and american soldiers.

[Basie10]

I like the look of the blue Officer, particularly his hair.  I haven't seen that style before.

[GrahamB]

When someone does get one please post a review The animals they are showing in the picture are the old molds and I suspect they are actually going to be the current mold versions instead, except probably for the horse.

I haven't got one (yet), Tiermann, but the parts list confirms all the animals have the same part numbers as in the 3627 set, except the sprue of 6 chicks (305194360 in 6464, 30609740 in 3627)

[Tiermann]

I did see that, but I've learned better than to always believe what they say on those lists. I want to actually see a set opened from the bag before committing to which versions of animals they are.
Sad I am so untrusting