How much can we justify spending?

[ezdays]

this one for only $6,195......
OK, In my lifetime in this hobby, I suppose I may have spent that much money - - - - - but that covers locomotives, rolling stock, scenery material, track, power supplies, and a ton of kits !! All my brass locomotives put together, cost me less than half of that one price tag.

this one for only $6,195......
This, is why I learned, at an early age, how to scratch build, so many different things !
Like most of us, I am not "made of money", like the "GEICO Motorcycle Money Man" hock: hock:

You know the sad thing about it is that for over 6-grand, you still don't have a working model. At least all the Bachmann and Life-Like engines run on their own even though they are at the other end of the price spectrum from this one. For that kind of money, that sucker had better be able to move some dirt.