@jonnyspeed posted:If Scott didn't advertise every RR under the sun and did them in multiple runs with different road names each time he would get more orders for fewer road names. Just a thought...
Well, I'm not in the 40-2 hunt, but I doubt this would be acceptable to many of the O2R/O3R crowd who are passionate about wanting their personal favorite.
I keep thinking about....and waking up each morning feeling the effects of...the demographics of our group. We ain't getting any younger. Pandemics don't help. Uncertainties about our near- and post-retirement finances in a changing world lead us to Maalox and aspirin, sometimes daily. IOW, mortality is the hoofbeat behind us, getting louder in spite of our declining sense of hearing.
Scott undoubtedly has a lot on his platter, so to speak. I'm sure he gets a lot of 'help' in laying out production plans for a myriad of models. Heck, I have callouses on my knees from prostrating myself in groveling embarrassment before the man. Second....even third...runs of models are not his normal modus operandi.... and they're seldom in quick succession anyway. Some of us just hope our dreams will come true before our fire drops. I'm in the upper end of the septuagenarian years. I'm not sure I'd enjoy waiting for re-run #2...or more so #3...just to keep my reservation and enthusiasm...and heartbeat...going a tad longer. And, with a bunch of other steam/diesel/electric/passenger train projects under consideration in between, those could be lengthy waits. Or, let's do multiple runs of the same engine in quick succession...and push the other dreams off into the sunset a bit longer!? Oof with a woof!
Besides, if we're adamant about a very specific paint scheme, detailed variant, smaller flag, third/fourth owner shortline version, what are the chances of EVER getting that minimum number of interested (less-passionate) buyers to hit a minimum doable quantity?...especially as time ticks on??
Lastly, here's another perspective that can really cause insomnia!.. If you...like me...always thought that Mike Wolf was a "kid"...Mike: The young Giant Slayer!...(seems like only 'yesterday' he began his career from his family home!)....and now he wants a well-deserved retirement!?!?!
... Can Scott Mann be far behind?
Waiting? Multiple runs?? "Take a number!"?.....
Tick....tock....tick...tock...tick...tock...
Just a thought...
KD
