@NYC 428 posted:I always pre order and have not been disappointed. I get what I want at a discounted price, but I'm also not a rivet counter and if something is a little off I don't get upset, after all, it is three rail "O" gauge.
If I were very concerned about exact detail, color and model type I would be modeling in "two rail scale" or HO.
Everyone wants museum quality models , but at five and dime prices and that's not going to happen.
So if your a person that is very particular then do yourself a favor and don't pre order, wait till the item is released and find a LHS where you can examine the finished product before you buy.
Actually, many of us just wish Big Orange would live up to it's previous, respectable standard when their Steamers were made in Korea in the Railsounds 5.0 and early Legacy period.
Not living up to your own QC standards and removing previously standard features.....while increasing the price....is a bad business model, to me at least.
