lego winter village train set

The one I wanted but missed when it was available was the "Emerald Night Train" it is gorgeous, but the price these days are totally outrageous as its out of print...

Yeah, that one was beautiful. If you're really keen on getting the engine, you could always get the individual parts on popular third party websites. As a longtime Lego fan, I can tell you that Bricklink is your best option. You could also get the sticker sheet separately on the same site as well. (You can also look at the instructions on Lego's customer service website for the element and part IDs of the pieces). Might be a painstaking process, but it would definitely be worth it.

http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cata...#T=S&C=0&O={"color":0}

^There's the page where you can buy the sticker sheet. Bit pricey, but It'll be far less when you look at the overall cost if you were to attempt building it.

Good tip there Fred, thanks for the thoughts, I'll have to look into it