--- In [email protected], "richgajnak" <rustytraque@...> wrote:
> Well, first it's a no-brainer to offer an F7. MTH just bought it from SHS.
> An F-Unit is probably a more attractive locomotive than an SW to the 1st time
> trainset buying crowd.
>
> And as far as both MTH and Lionel are concerned, I don't think they're
> getting into S just to trickle out the occasional product to a fairly
> stagnant market. Both companies obviously see a potential for growth,(and
> their bottom lines) otherwise they wouldn't be investing so heavily in it.
>
If they want to compete for the broader market they need to follow the lead
of the HO companies like Athearn Genesis, Exact Rail etc. who are bringing out
new very high quality stuff and not just re-hashing the old stuff.
Modern modelers in the other scales have zero interest in flyer or it's
background so the only thing that will get them to switch to S is models of the
same quality and somewhat the selection they can get in HO. The physical size
of S gives it an inherent ergonomic advantage but it needs the product to
capitalize on the opportunity. The harder to make the scale change and the
longer the wait for product the more guys will just commit or re-commit to HO
scale. HO has a lot of size related negatives but it's still very convenient
and well supplied. ...DaveBranum
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