It would seem reasonable to me to think that what is desired and successfully marketable in O would be so in S. I am referring to types of locos and rolling stock and road names. If people really want a heavy Mike in O, would that not be the same of S? Seems that Lionel and MTH only have to look at what the O gauge/scale market is eating up and serve in S?
Might be an oversimplified view of the matter but it works for me. I am the "future". 33 years of age and spend money on S gauge trains, and I have a three year old who can work the legacy controller and run my Flyonel. I look the L and MTH O gauge catalogs and think about what of the same product I would by if it were in S. And there is a lot.
Ben
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