Rusty Traque posted:jonnyspeed posted:3. New highly detailed passenger cars. LED constant lights, detailed interiors with figures, underbody detail, Hi-Rail and Scale coupler and wheel options.
How much are you willing to pay? AM's Budd's now MSRP at $399.95 for a four car set and $94.95 per extra coach, Domes at $109.95. Proposed six car sets from Golden Gate Depot (pre-tarriff) are estimated at $1800.00. They will likely be higher whenever produced.
Probably the closest thing to what you describe is from Rapido Trains in HO (with no figures) is $119.95 (US) per car. Even Rapido's announced N Scale "Canadian" comes out to about $70.00 a car.
What ever it takes.... I currently have 2 sets of GGD cars on order @ $3600. I doubt those will get made so I’d gladly reallocate that to Lionel if they would build them. Yes, I want S scale Rapido quality. What’s wrong with that? They are fantastic.
Cancelling leaves a bad taste in the customer's mouth. Lionel's 57' mechanical reefers come to mind and there were a lot of bad feelings with the cancellation of Lionel's Legacy Berks, (admittedly, most of which has dissipated with the new Legacy Berk announcement.)
Worse than no products? That’s not a better option.
