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Need an LGB Uintah Mallet?

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#1

On edit: Unable to make the link work.

Here is the URL:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/101032222/Lgb_Uintah_Mallet_Steam_Locomotive_Sound.html

Seems to work OK.

Here is some of the text from the site:

[b]Title: Lgb Uintah Mallet Steam Locomotive Sound 20882

Place of origin: Indonesia Riau
Fob Price: FOB INDONESIA USD 500~1500
Port: INDONESIA
Payment Terms: T/T,Western Union,MoneyGram
Minimum Order Quantity: 50 Piece/Pieces
Supply Ability: 5000 Piece/Pieces per Month
Delivery Time: 4 days[/b]

I was considering selling my LGB Uintah #50 Mallet. A Google search turned up the site linked above.

They only give a price range, but with the ability to ship 5,000 pieces a month, there won’t be any shortage of this LGB locomotive in the near future. The 50 unit minimum order shouldn’t slow down real train collectors and major dealers. Of course there is that wait of 4 days.

I do think this find begs a few random questions:

How did this supplier in Indonesia get the designs and means of production?

Have all the LGB Mallets been produced in Indonesia?

Were LGB’s world wide rights sold more than one place?

Does Marklin know about this?

Does this source explain how some ‘dealers’ in the U.S. continue to be able to advertise LGB stuff even though the current owners of LGB have stated publicly that they aren’t currently producing any U.S. outline LGB trains?

Maybe some LGB / industry knowledgeable and / or connected folks like HJ, Jack Barton, Marvin, John Joseph Sauer, and others I may have missed could explain this.

Happy RRing,

Jerry

#2

This?

http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/101032222/Lgb_Uintah_Mallet_Steam_Locomotive_Sound_20882.html

Dunno…

#3

Jerry,
there is a standard rule to follow on eBay - never deal with Indonesia. Details of this company seem quite valid. Link to their homepage -

http://www.alibaba.com/member/id101544795/aboutus.html

They also make the LGB bumble bee and some other brands. Indonesia has been making ripoff Nike, Reebok and Adidas footwear for years as well as OEM supplier for these brandnames. I reaqlly cannot see them as a viable manufacturer. LGB mallets on eBay do not surface that often and demand, considering the price, is not particularly high.

#4

Kinda weird, the item description reads like it’s a single item… “The train has never been run and comes with its original box.”

The stuff about minimum orders, and “5000 pieces per month”, clearly does not refer to a single item, but also doesn’t specifically mention the loco.

Makes me wonder if the seller used an earlier ad as a template, and inadvertantly left in one or the block of text by mistake.

#5

This:

http://www.alibaba.com/member/id101544795.html

says they are a “. . . distributor/wholesaler . . .”, in business for “. . . more than 20 years”.

They also provide OEM, design and buyer label service, so one could assume they are actually manufacturing the advertised engines. There can’t be 5,000 used units for sale per month, especially from Indonesia.

Did the Richter boys land there? :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :smiley: :smiley:

Happy RRing,

Jerry

#6
Jerry Bowers said:
This:

http://www.alibaba.com/member/id101544795.html

says they are a “. . . distributor/wholesaler . . .”, in business for “. . . more than 20 years”.

They also provide OEM, design and buyer label service, so one could assume they are actually manufacturing the advertised engines. There can’t be 5,000 used units for sale per month, especially from Indonesia.

Did the Richter boys land there? :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :smiley: :smiley:

Happy RRing,

Jerry


Jerry,

I doubt that their “yachts” have the range, perhaps they issued special licences. :wink: :slight_smile: :wink: :lol: