Jim R. posted:Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:leapinlarry posted:Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder, one mans trash, is another mans treasure. Example, the fairly recent Lionel Legacy Southern Pacific Cab Forward, painted in the Daylight Paint Scheme. It turned out to be a huge success. I personally like the new Challenger in this colorful paint scheme. Also, collector items are not made, actually, it just happens. So, to go back to Lionel, and the girls set, they were trying to say, it’s OK for girls to collect trains to. ??? I think Lionel is simply reaching out to attract a new audience...Happy Railroading....
Well said Larry, which I think I sort of was trying to say. It really depends on what you like, or what you think is eye catching or such. One thing I know I would love Lionel to do would be the Blue Goose. I only have Santa Fe F3's in my collection(shame on me some would probably say) which I would gladly rectify with the Goose. When I was a kid, I believe my Uncle had one on his shelf. I really did love the S2 Turbine, but the Goose fascinated me just sitting on the shelf(unless it was some other odd colored locomotive?).
MTH has done several runs of the Blue Goose. If you’re interested in a limited interest locomotive, go for it. Lionel isn’t likely to create fresh tooling for yet another one. Here’s mine:
Nice engine. Maybe I can try to talk Dave and Ryan into it.
