Chris, Well said. That is exactly my thought. I went to TCA in Seattle last weekend and it was nearly impossible for the guy selling flyer to sell any of his used flyer stuff from the $10 and less box. There were some nice cars in the under $20 category. I am with you trying to figure why more of this stuff is needed. Whats SHS's basic set, $299? Do people expect to find cheaper sets that would be even come close? I think it's too late, the bar has been raised way up with the items you mention. I think more cheap, breakable, S stuff on the market would hurt as people would be turned off by poor quality.
Just one Northwest guys opinion. Eric Reis Kenmore, Wa. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Zizzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 7:47 PM To: slist Subject: [S-Trains] K-Line? David (among many others on the same track) said: >OK, Wild hare idea here!! >The Marx cattle car works wonderfully with AF trucks under--you do have >to file the bottom of the ends about 1/8" . . . and so on and so on. I don't understand this thread at all. What is it that you guys want? More cheap plastic freight cars that look like toys? Of all manufacturers to get into the mix, why K-Line and it's old Marx plastic junk? Anybody who wants this stuff has not been to York. There it's sold by the pound; By the skidload if you have a hundred dollars. Are you fed up with all that SHS and AM realism? Are you longing for a playset with action figures and a walkie-talkie? I thought most every one of us had followed a similar path. We got into Flyer because we (and our parents who paid for them) liked the realistic details and scale quality those clunky 0 gauge toys couldn't provide. As time went by and our perceptions deepened, we realized that Flyers also were toylike, though beloved, and that the new stuff appearing all around us was the payoff for keeping the faith. Isn't an SHS switcher your reward for keeping that old Baldwin with the Phillips screw crack running for all these years? Aren't a set of AM Buddliners behind a pair of E-8's payback for enduring Comet and Rocket and Silver Flash sets and boxy, unscale dome cars? They are for me. There isn't too much I want of the current trains offered. I have most of what I like. The Gilbert catalog fantasy is pretty much paid off (except for big, and I mean BIG, steam.) I just don't even want to think about polystyrene cabooses molded in red and offered with no floor, two axles and a molded in truck detail. No thanks. I'm outta there for good. Of course, that's just me. As usual, do what you want. I won't try to stop ya, but I will comment. Chris Zizzo S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the "Flyer" you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the "Flyer" you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
