Lionel Train Video #1 In this video, the 623 – Switcher Engine is pulling the 6414 – Auto-Loader, the 3460 – Twin Piggy-Back Van Car, the 6464-200 – Box Car, and the 6457 – Caboose. I had just oiled the wheel joints and greased the gears of the Switcher and it is running nicely. The new train platform table and fastrack were a snap to put together. Plasticville is not set up yet. I built the models but we still have to figure out the basic town layout. Next I will be getting ready the 2345 – Diesel Engine and of course, the rest of the cargo cars.
Xbox One
The Dell Xbox One deal lasted for less than 3 seconds. I was refreshing the page from 5:55 p.m. until the deal was activated. I clicked on the link which send me to the disappointing page about being out of stock (if it ever was in stock). So, I got a very similar deal from the Microsoft store. I got the Xbox One Gears of War 500gb version with a free game and $60 Microsoft store credit (which I can use to purchase a controller). So, the final purchase price was $317.99 - $15.90 (discover) - $6.36 (fatwallet) = $295.73. As with Black Friday, the Microsoft store itself offers the easiest and most versatile way of picking up a new console. It’s offering $50 off on all Xbox One bundles, as well as a $60 gift code and a free game (Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Sunset Overdrive or Rare Replay). That’s...Read More
In Search of an Xbox One
This coming Friday, is black Friday and I am in search of an Xbox One. The best deal so far is from DELL. LINK TO DEAL I'm going to attempt to use the following rebate sites. 10% Discover Deals 8% FatWallet.com 5% Dell Advantage If I get all three the total would be $299.99 - $31.79 - $25.44 - $15.90 = $226.86 Xbox One history Xbox One is the successor to Xbox 360, Microsoft's previous video game console, which was introduced in 2005 as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. As of June 2015, it remains in production by Microsoft, having received a number of small hardware revisions to reduce the unit's size and improve its reliability. In 2010, Microsoft's Chris Lewis stated that the 360 was about "halfway" through its lifecycle; this was aided by the introduction of the Kinect device that year which Lewis stated would...Read More