u/YodasChick-O-Stick

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-11/5034/Ambush-at-the-Ancient-Shrine

60511 Vintage Steam Train is basically an LB&SCR E2 Class Tank Engine with a tender instead of a bunker. It has the right wheel arrangement, sloped running board on both ends, a short stumpy funnel, boiler and dome, and it's even in the same livery as Thomas in The Adventure Begins. The tender has enough panel pieces to easily modify the engine to give it a bunker too.

I like to think someone at Lego is a Thomas fan, and they made this legally distinct version because the Ideas project got denied.

This thing barely looks to be worth $100 CAD. Maybe $120 if we're being generous with the minifigs. How long until people realize the average SW set is now costing nearly as much as UCS sets used to be? There'll always be loyal fans that will pay anything, but eventually it'll be too much for casual fans to justify.

This set isn't even anything special enough to warrant such a demanding price; it's just a downsized shuttle remake with recycled Mando figs and 1 new minor character. I can't see Lego actually pricing this as fairly as they could, this seems like them testing the market instead.

This is my new favourite minifigure of all time.

This is my new favourite minifigure of all time.