Greekchief posted:Look at the growth of the HO line in the new catalog. Why don't we get half of that stuff. It's clear there is only marginal money in s. All you cantankerous old men boycotting Lionel or whatever company, because they are not doing exactly what you think they should are partially to blame. The other half is mismanagement of Lionel. They are only marketing toward cantankerous old men.
I wouldn't count those HO chickens quite yet. With the exception of the upgraded Berkshires, the HO freight and passenger cars in the V2 catalog will be made from ex-Model Power (and ex-Marx owned by Model Power) tooling. The only investment is in the molds, not product design and tool cutting.
HO is a big market with much more competition (and less brand loyalty) than Lionel deals with in O or S. It remains to be seen how well the "new" Lionel HO does.
Even the passenger platform shown on page 111 in the Flyer section is ex-Marx. It's actually an O-sized platform.
BTW: This cantankerous old man isn't boycotting Lionel, but they do have to make something that I'm interested in for me to buy.
Rusty
