NO 2018 American Flyer Catalog

Seeing that's what they did for the the 2017 Signature Vol. 2 catalog, it's not a surprise.

Rusty

Yea, maybe instead of the normal 25-35 flyer page count there is way less.  Maybe not.  Maybe this puts Flyer in front of more of a potential customer base. Maybe not.  Gunna have to wait and see.  I’m less concerned as they are combining everything into one, not just eliminating the separate flyer catalog.  Gunna be a thick book! 

Ben

Makes sense from an economic standpoint: printing, mailing, etc.

Lionel just posted on Facebook that the catalog will be out on the Wednesday 24th at 4 pm Eastern Time.  Not the 23rd.

Now we will see if anyone of the guesses on what Lionel would make in Flyer for 2018 was right.

Roundhouse Bill posted:

 

...He gave me a long explanation, but the two key points was that it saved money and labor to develop the series of catalogsplus it exposed the market to all of Lionel's products in one catalog.

 

Sort of a moot point being that most Flyer guys couldn't care less about what the three rail offerings are.  Very few three railers care about Flyer too.  Very little cross-over.  However, every time I see them, it makes me sad.  But then, I'm done with Lionel.  I'm presently working on a project involving American Models components.  Much better made, more reliable, cheaper, and MADE HERE to boot!

It makes financial sense they would combine all the catalogs into one. Hopefully that's all there is to it. 

i'm gonna try to shut out the big stuff and focus on RTR 

who am i kidding i'll start drooling over the diesels and niagara

poniaj posted:

Roundhouse Bill posted:

 

...He gave me a long explanation, but the two key points was that it saved money and labor to develop the series of catalogsplus it exposed the market to all of Lionel's products in one catalog.

 

Sort of a moot point being that most Flyer guys couldn't care less about what the three rail offerings are.  Very few three railers care about Flyer too.  Very little cross-over.  However, every time I see them, it makes me sad.  But then, I'm done with Lionel.  I'm presently working on a project involving American Models components.  Much better made, more reliable, cheaper, and MADE HERE to boot!

 

It's just Lionel going full circle with Flyer. (Or is that chasing their tail???)

Since 1980, Flyer was always tucked away in somewhere in the O Gauge catalogs. (Except for the aborted SD40 announcement brochure in 1998.)

2012 was when the first separate modern Flyer catalog was released by Lionel.  So the separate catalog's had a 5 year run.

I'll be interested to see which way the wind is blowing with Flyer this year, but I suspect there won't be anything there to tickle my wallet.

Rusty