@Paul Kallus posted:Although it's not germane to the Acela question, and as I wrote in Run 309, the 2004 Polar Express movie brought me back to my roots within the hobby. I had been, prior to that, a fairly serious hi-railer, though I had never totally lost my connection with the Christmas element of electric trains around the tree and all. It's been a fun journey.
Paul,
The Tom Hanks character in the movie still scares me, I can't imagine seeing it on the big screen! Due to price and space many I know have the Lion Chief Polar Express sets rather than the scale size ones. While there will of course be some purchasing the Acela, a quick sample of friends with layouts was 7 "No" replies. As to this "Built to Order" nonsense, who runs a business and where you have no pre-order demand for an item still makes hundreds of items?
What I would like to see is a re-run of the blue Polar Railroad Geep. That would sell as it's at a much more affordable price point and you can run it with anything, even Polar Express cars for those members with too many of the Heavyweight cars for one train on their layout.
