Jlwii2000 reviews S Gauge

I posted a bit of information that James liked and pinned for people to see.  He's a nice guy with a passion for the hobby.

It's great to give S as much exposure as possible, but in reality his viewers are scale modelers. I doubt that many of them would be interested by the toy train set that he reviewed. S scale would have been more appropriate for the audience, but at least he took the time to introduce S to his viewers which of course he didn't have to do.

Johnathan - your right...but I would add..

I would guess a good number of his viewers, maybe up to half, don’t have much a train collection at all, or none at all.  I have watched James’ reviews for several years, and it always surprised me when reading the comments at how many people don’t have trains, but found the videos as a passing curiosity.  James has done starter sets of all gauges (now with S) and his starter set videos have more views and likes than most his videos on any one manufacturers specific model that an enthusiast would look for. 

Channels like JLWIII2000, Eric’s Trains, Da’bobs, and the steam channel (and others I’m sure) have a massive social media footprint.  As we lament the passing of the S Gaugian and other train rags going by the wayside, we should keep sight of where the information flow is to catch the new fish.  

Say that video of James FlyerChief set get 10k views over the year, it’s reasonable to think that Lionel will sell more of that set post that video, than before it.  S needs more of this free messaging, especially from well know train faces, even if that message is not worded exactly as our little community would like. 

Good on James.

Ben

What's the saying? There's no such thing as bad advertising?

As long as the train does not fall apart coming outta the box 😉

Ben

I watched the video.  "An Introduction to FlyerChief S Gauge by Lionel" might be a more appropriate title.  An "Introduction to S Scale" is somewhat misleading, (particularly as the Flyer 0-6-0 is oversized) as we all know S is much more complicated than a starter set.

He did a good job showing off the set's components and operation, along with a separate sale Baldwin.  Couple of minor faux-pas, but nothing outrageous as he's working with something outside his wheelhouse.

Rusty