Originally Posted by Rocky Mountaineer:
Originally Posted by david1:
... They were storing them away for that dream layout. ...
I think there's a bit of all of us in that thinking. That's why I've encouraged folks to BUILD THE LAYOUT NOW. It will act as a governor of sorts for one's buying habits, 'cause you'll immediately visualize how many trains you "need". There's only so much space on the layout and display shelves -- not to mention storage space for the empty boxes! And when you reach the limit, you know it's time to sell something before buying a new item.
David
Dave,
You sure nailed this one!
A lot of us dream of building the ultimate layout, in the mean time, a bunch of stuff sits in boxes unused. That's why I find stuff for sale that is NIB by widows!
All the widows have a common theme-'he was planning on building all this stuff some day and never got around to it'
Irony-this is what brought me back to the hobby. Now I have stuff sitting in boxes also.
Your comment about visualize how many trains you 'need' hit a home run also. Reality hits when you start unpacking stuff...As a matter of fact, just today I was standing in my future train room with a few feet of track...suddenly, I realized I didn't 'need' 90 PFE reefers and 75 coal cars~!
And, let's not talk about storage space. The room is getting fuller than I want! If Lionel, MTH, and 3rd Rail would stop making all this beautiful stuff...well, I'd just have some other addiction!