They could find the tooling for the ERTL 1/64th scale GP35 diesel made in China in 1994 and use that as the basis for a new diesel starter set series.
Andrew
I am the exact opposite. I do not want any non-Legacy Engines anymore. I really like the crewtalk, electric couplers, railsounds and digital control. I will not buy any non Legacy Engines any longer.
--Rocco--
I buy for what the locomotive is, not the features. If it has all the "bells and whistles," so be it. If not, no big deal.
If somebody built an S Scale Frisco 1630 Russian decapod, I wouldn't care if it was powered by clockwork.
Plus in S, it looks like we will be fortunate with DCC (and DC) being the common ground between Legacy and DCS.
Rusty
Strummer, Poniaj and Others,
The other day I picked up a nice Burlington SD9 for $142. It looks great, has as much detail as I need AND it runs well--even on my less than perfect track! I'm not opposed to the other stuff, but some of us really don't need it (especially if we are really limited financially). I think that American Models has achieved a nice balance of detail, dependability, sounds AND price. Additionally, AM offers a couple of options--limited sound or full sound; AC or DC; hi-rail or scale--with corresponding prices. Some of the new Lionel stuff looks really sharp, and like many of us I would like to have it all, BUT . . . . . Perhaps LTI could be persuaded to give us some options as AM does.
Mark
Originally Posted by markjs:
Strummer, Poniaj and Others,
The other day I picked up a nice Burlington SD9 for $142. It looks great, has as much detail as I need AND it runs well--even on my less than perfect track! I'm not opposed to the other stuff, but some of us really don't need it (especially if we are really limited financially). I think that American Models has achieved a nice balance of detail, dependability, sounds AND price. Additionally, AM offers a couple of options--limited sound or full sound; AC or DC; hi-rail or scale--with corresponding prices. Some of the new Lionel stuff looks really sharp, and like many of us I would like to have it all, BUT . . . . . Perhaps LTI could be persuaded to give us some options as AM does.
Mark
That's what I've been saying all along. Lionel ( or whomever) could do what Atlas does in HO and N: "Trainman" series ( a good, basic engine), "Classic"( one step up with additional details, etc), and the "Master" series, with all the "bells and whistles".
Some of us can't (or don't want) to spend $ on features we don't need...if Atlas can do it, so can Lionel, one would think.
Mark in Oregon
