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Pass...
Rusty
Ditto......
Rich
Suprising for sure. Was anyone aware these were being released?
I'd rather see the 2016 S-Fest Sprecher's Root Beer cars made/delivered! They ran these, maybe they also did the Fest cars???
surprise here to but good to see
I am not into Norfolk Southern, but I like the looks of them and could be tempted. I wonder how they intend to let the S world know these are out there. I'd love to see these at the convention next week but I don't have my hopes up.
The "First Responders" boxcar is a nice touch because it has solid bearing trucks, outlawed years ago to eliminate the danger of hot boxes. So both the police and the firemen would be involved if the thing ever caught fire.
It is nice to see MTH come up with something new, though. Their S scale products are almost as nice as what S Helper Service provided and would be just as nice if they included both high-rail and scale wheelsets.
TOKELLY posted:The "First Responders" boxcar is a nice touch because it has solid bearing trucks, outlawed years ago to eliminate the danger of hot boxes. So both the police and the firemen would be involved if the thing ever caught fire..
Not only that, but they appear to have the "K" brake system, which was outlawed in1935....
Rusty
Smart marketing shift. Better to have your customer base guessing what you might come out with next without warning a la American Models than bashing you for not having come out with virtually anything in what seems like forever.
Pretty cars. Fun to look at. But I'm not buying. Need more box cars like a bent driver.
I believe these to be fantasy paint schemes on a boxcar. So I have no interest. Unless they're testing paint masks for the soon-to-be-released NS SD60E.
The "First Responders" car is part of the NS Safety Train and is painted differently:
AM's plug door Railbox car would be much more suitable if one had to have one.
I've seen zero buzz about these on some of the other S boards. I suspect these will become two more reasons why "S Gauge doesn't sell well" in MTH's mind.
Rusty
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Chuck K posted:I'd love to see these at the convention next week but I don't have my hopes up.
The link for each says "MTH has this item in stock."
Interesting to see the moaning about the inaccurate carbody, trucks and brake systems... Know what? .... some/most people don't care and will appreciate these for what they are.
RadioRon posted:Interesting to see the moaning about the inaccurate carbody, trucks and brake systems... Know what? .... some/most people don't care.
Meanwhile, others do care...
So far, I count 6 no's, 1 maybe, 3 possible sarcasms and 0 definite yes's.
Rusty
Make that 7 no's.
Thank You MTH for your offering
Mark, so far the Sprecher's cars are "fantasy cars" in more ways than one!
banjoflyer posted:But remember lots of people ordered the Sprecher reefer too. Is it real or fantasy? You know the answer. Why'd they buy them? Cause they look neat:
People also tend to buy Convention, Fest or Spree cars as a matter of principle to support the sponsoring club.
Yes, the Specher cars are a neat fantasy. Personally, I got "billboard-reefer fatigue" some years ago and didn't buy them. In fact, I sold off most of my billboard reefers, not because I didn't like them, but because they didn't fit my scheme of things. (Also they were banned by the ICC in 1937 and I model the late 50's early 60's.) I kept a couple I'm particularly fond of, but they don't appear on my railroad except for occasional photo's.
Time will tell if the NS cars will sell, but given the amount of Flyer fantasy NS cars from Lionel still lying around unsold, I would guess these two NS cars will be sold off by MTH like the unsold club cars in a few years.
Rusty
Any news on MTH releasing a catalog this year? They were saying last Fall, then delayed to Summer. Not expecting much, just have bothered to pay attention in a while...
