poniaj posted:Ron has a history of keeping new items a secret until he actually has them ready for sale, like the Trainmasters and domed Budd cars. I frequently drive to his place to pick up items for scratch building and sometimes a car or two. It saves me postage and time. One time, years ago, I caught a glimpse of the drawings for his trailer train cars, but thought nothing of it. He told me later that he was worried I'd let the cat out of the bag about them. He'd rather have any new items ready for shipping and sale than have folks pester him about when anything announced is actually ready. I don't blame him a bit.
That's one of the things I really appreciate about AM, no waiting for months or years for something announced to show up. It's so counter to the rest of the industry. 99% of the time it's ready to go when it shows up on the website or on a flyer in the mail.
The biggest surprise was when the Northerns were announced and the flyer had the magic words "In stock and ready to ship."
Rusty
