--- In [email protected], "Ed" <Loizeaux@...> wrote:
>
> > Stock a train store with N, TT, HO, S and O stuff all of the same quality,
> > quantity, and relative price based on size and see which scales are the
> > winners. My money would be on S <snip>
> >....Dave Branum
>
>
> I think Dave would win the bet. Every chance I get, I ask folks if they were
> to start over from scratch (assume a disastrous fire) and the quality and
> quantity of all scales was equal, which would they choose. S scale wins over
> and over and over....... Do I repeat myself? Is there a message here? Ed
> L.
>
The trouble with a "what if..?" sceario is it's still theoretical and the
proposition includes the equally theoretical equation of "all scales equal in
quality and quantity."
The reality is otherwise and it is the real world in which S Scale (and yes,
even Flyer) exists.
All of which addresses the 1:64 dollar question. How do you get S into the
local hobby shops? I sure don't know... These days, the hobby shop owner must
be even more discrimating than just a few years ago when stocking the store.
Plus, AM and SHS are currently direct sales only with limited stock. (Unless I
missed the memo.)
Even when AM, SHS and SSA were in full production, there were very few places
where you could walk in and comparison shop. And until they can get up and
running again, well...
The Internet has helped to some degree I'm sure, but one almost has to be
Indiana Jones to find S on the street.
Rich G(ajnak)
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