Originally Posted by MrMuffin'sTrains:
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- Mike talked about all of the new tooling they are doing in American Flier. He wanted to remind everyone that American Flier are scale models – there’s no compression in American Flyer
- He showed the new A/F Polar Express with “Flier Chief Plus” and cars with 6 wheel trucks. This set will be available in December.
I thought it was quite noticeable that the portion of Charlie Ro's booth that displayed locomotives facing the outer aisle was pretty much HALF American Flyer S-Gauge this time. That was NEVER the case at prior shows.
Perhaps dealers are just trying to "differentiate" themselves a bit at York, rather than battle it out all selling the same stuff -- at which point price becomes the only differentiating factor in a flea market atmosphere. Can't blame that, as that's gotta get old very quickly.
SideTrack Hobbies does something similar by largely bringing Tinplate products to York instead of their line-up of O-Gauge items that they carry year-round.
David
