> ...failing to speak a discouraging word to Lionel. No need for a "discouraging word", but perhaps a great need for some friendly educational commentary. If a "slow S scale sales" conviction takes hold at Lionel, we may never see what we'd like (DC and/or DCC, RP-25 wheels, Kadee couplers, pilots affixed to body, etc., etc. Best to correct misconceptions at the outset rather than waiting for a decision to be made and then trying to reverse it. That path is much harder to trod. Ed L.
--- In [email protected], "Tom Hawley" <t.hawley@...> wrote: > > Roy Hoffman recently said > . . . . . . The Lionel booth had a pilot version of the Cylindrical Hopper. > It was an unpainted body and there were no trucks or wheelsets to check out. > However, you could tell from the body that it will be a nice model when they > get it released. There was also a pilot body of the SD70 and it likewise > looked like a winner. . . . . . . > > But then . . ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ed L > . . . . . . . . . . putting small flanges on a tinplate toy does not make a > scale model . . . . . . . . .. . . . .has anyone (of us) tried to explain to > them that what they are doing has little or no interest for the scale > modleler? > >>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Apparently Mr Hoffman disappoints you by failing to speak a discouraging word > to Lionel. > > It's a matter of attitude. I have SD70s & covered hoppers on order thru > Charles Ro. > > Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
