Nothing's changed, except the price of the items. How many of these NW2s have been sold over the years:
before they finally got around to getting the color right:
There's such a glut of old and new product in the market now that the companies need to cut back to about 1/3 of their current output. Go to just about any train show and you'll see literally hundreds of engines and rolling stock piled on one another, some of which have traveled the country from show to show without ever being sold. I doubt there's anything really "rare" that's been made since 1950.
But, what do we expect when dies and molds, made long ago with inaccuracies, are passed along thru take overs and acquisitions?
As far as new stuff goes, the more detail that goes on them, the more chances of making mistakes occur. Plus, who's prototype are the companies suppose to base their product on, if they base it on what a certain RR had (be it PRR or SAL) then that's what's going to be produced. If you're expecting a PRR 2-8-0 and get a SAL 2-8-0, then in your eyes it's wrong.
I do feel for the manufacturers in their attempt to appease all the modelers, but if it's not something I want I certainly am not going to buy it.
