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Reply to "What’s the next Flyer Chief Offering?"

Chuck K posted:

  I don't think you're going top seeCompletely agree. Received my FC Northern today. Cost me less than half of what my Y-3 cost me and for obvious reasons...detail, sound quality, sound options, momentum function, start up, shut down, light control, and numerous other options available on Legacy. I like the FC Northern, but I would have been willing to pay double for a Legacy Northern detailed to the quality of the Y-3 and to have therefore maintained controlling all of my smart engines with one device.  Pretty sure this will be my last FC purchase unless something highly detailed comes out in the future in which case I might buy it and convert it to TMCC myself.

Don't forget, the F/C Northern is still based off of 1950's Gilbert tooling, which was a fairly good model of a UP FEF1 for it's time.

I don't think your going to see Lionel tool up another UP FEF1 with contemporary detail resolution.  Now, maybe folks could convince Lionel to do the UP FEF3 (UP 844,) an SP Daylight (4449,) N&W J (611) or maybe even an AT&SF 3751 (all presently operational well known locomotives in the real world,) but it would appear that Lionel isn't quite ready to commit to another Flyer Legacy steam locomotive at this time. 

For the Legacy price and contemporary detail resolution, all of the above would require all new tooling from the wheels up because plopping just a new highly detailed boiler adjusted to fit on the current Flyer Northern drive would result in awkward looking locomotives. 

I think the current push with FlyerChief is to try to expand the Flyer market using existing products.  If it wasn't for the Polar Express, I doubt Lionel would have done the F/C Berkshires.

Rusty

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