American Flyer by Lionel catalog - Pictures !!

Haven't heard that one.  Interesting if true.  We shall see...

 

Rusty

Call me when it's made in the US and the trucks don't fall apart

It's true, straight from Lionel's reps mouth today

Sounds good!  When is it due out, this month or in the fall?

The AF catalog is due out end of February

Will this AF catalog be delivered to LRRC members like all the others?  

Perhaps there will be an American Flyer-only railroaders club developed.

Hopefully its a safe assumption that it will be available on Lionel's website.  I cant imagine that the S gauge catalog will be sent to all the hobby shops out there like the O gauge ones are currently?  

I'll say this, my LHS owner just found out about Flyer Fastrack (I don't blame him, as far as I know, he's only got two S Gauge customers) and is willing to stock it.  So, he'll probably get the Flyer catalogs, too.

 

Even though Lionel's on probation with me, I'm still interested to see what they'll be offering.

 

Rusty

I got to wondering, is there going to be just one American Flyer catalog a year or two?

 

I hope two.  

 

My two cents,

Ben

Two might be pushing it, but you never know.

 

It's possible a "Vol 1" would have all the major announcements and "Vol 2" would have some minor ones and additional roadnames.

 

Order early for delivery in 2015.

 

Rusty

One or two, I look forward to seeing it. Hope they make another engine that I desire, something in Milw. Rd.

Ray

The RTR O gauge and 2012 V1 offerings are starting to slip out on the 3 rail forum, anyone hear anything on the contents of the AF 2012? 

Over on Facebook Lionel is saying that they are 4 weeks from shipping catalogs right now.

There is a report on the 3 rail board that there will not be a separate catalog, but will be business as usual with Flyer in the regular Lionel catalog.  Sad if it is true...

Maybe they're just cluttering up the American Flyer catalog with all that Lionel three rail stuff!

 

Rusty

I saw that. They did hedge saying that they may change their mind. Being that the last Flyer section was only 8 pages, is it economically feasible? It would feasible in digital format, but not in printing and distributing such a small catalog.

Herb Wasserman

Right from Lionel's Facebook page this morning:

 

Lionel LLC Chris, We are releasing a separate American Flyer catalog. This will come out on the same day as the ready to run catalog - within a couple of weeks. Our Signature catalog is delayed a bit. We're aiming for late March. Hope that helps!

Hmmm....

 

"Hello, we have the American Flyer in our catalog now. It has only been rumored that are making an American Flyer catalog. That might change but as for right now we do not have a definite answer. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thank you
Talk To Us"

 

"Right from Lionel's Facebook page this morning:

 

Lionel LLC Chris, We are releasing a separate American Flyer catalog. This will come out on the same day as the ready to run catalog - within a couple of weeks. Our Signature catalog is delayed a bit. We're aiming for late March. Hope that helps!"

 

First there is a separate catalog, then there isn't, then there is again.

 

Ever get the feeling there's a certain lack of internal communication in the ol' Circle L Ranch?  Tune in next month! (Apparently...)

 

Rusty

It's not the first time that one department of Lionel doesn't know what the other department is doing. So far the FB page has been 100% reliable