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Reply to "A more modern model of an S scale NYC Hudson?"

Rusty Traque posted:
AmFlyer posted:

Good points as always Rusty. I agree bringing a Legacy Hudson to market will not bring in new people to S gauge. I do think a predictable and consistent stream of new engines would help.

No argument there.

I bought 17 AM engines and had 15 of them converted to TMCC and Railsounds. The two Northerns also were modified to have modern fan driven smoke units. My layout would be missing a lot of really nice engines and rolling stock without AM. My average cost for the AM engines including all the mods is about $600/engine, and they are sure not boring now.

I think what Lionel did with the Berkshire, selling a FlyerChief and a Legacy version is clever and may expand the market. I hope they keep doing this with a Hudson and new prototypes not yet made in S gauge.

The only thing I wonder about is if Lionel does the same thing with another locomotive, would folks take a pass on a FlyerChief model in anticipation of a possible Legacy model?

Rusty

leikec posted:

Well kids, I'm quite sure that not bringing product out will only hurt S scale, and that's true for scale or hi-rail. Innovative companies have been able to successfully target both markets.

Jeff C

Something that seems to escape the powers that be at both MTH and Lionel.

Rusty

I wonder too about FlyerChief and Legacy working against each other. As far as American Models is concerned, I think the freight cars are fine. The FP7 is pretty basic for today's world, but when it came out I thought it was great, and I wouldn't hesitate to buy a few more.

The FA's and the PA's look good to me, and I would certainly buy an A-A pair of D&H PA's if they became available. The new RS-11 looks great.

Jeff C

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