I'm with Tim. All the trains I want have already been built-AMEN. AF by ACG Forever,John B.
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Tim Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ted, > > I'd kick in a buck, two ninety-eight on your project - but I'll go out on the limb here and say that one of the things I like best about vintage Flyer is that there is only so much of it. It's not like the Lionel line that just keeps going and going and going. I wouldn't know where to begin to start collecting their very fine toy trains. Sorry Chris, but all the toy trains in the world I ever want have already been built. I just need to find them and run them. The only good thing I can personally see about reissues is that they may drive the prices of vintage pieces down - so I can buy more for my money. > > Tim Brown > ----- Original Message ----- > From: trzp1800 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 11:55 AM > Subject: [S-Trains] Let's buy the Company > > > At the risk of stirring the pot unmercifully.. > > Let's buy AF back from Lionel. Seriously! Lots of folks here (and > over on the Scale group as well) are complaining about the quality, > selection and responsiveness of the Lion to the Flyer community. I > don't think Lionel is ever going to risk their market share by > building up the only real competitor they ever had for the "toy > train" market. The market is smaller than it used to be and why spend > money on dulicate tooling? > > Apologies to all who will/are taking offense to my calling AF a toy > train (and also to you loyal MARX lovers out there). But frankly, > they're ALL toy trains. (That includes you HO guys too) Some trains > are just more faithful to prototypical, proportions, detail, and > paint scheme. AND some modelers are more faithful to prototypical > operations and modeling than others. More power to you proto guys > (and gals), I love to look at your layouts! Some are unbelievable in > their realism. And I know secretly you prototypical guys REALLY want > to come over to my layout and load a few barrels with Louie. > > But, back on subject. I've got $10 dollars to spare in buying back AF > from Lionel. Who's with me? BTW, does anyone interested in doing > this actually KNOW how to make an engine, for mass production? I'm > not talking about Don and Doug and the other folks that have their > hands full doing the beautiful models that are currently available > for all us hungry S-Gaugers. I mean you guys that are ready to start > up a business and make it into a viable player in the toy train > market. > > I think our first product should be SIM-Flyer. That would sell and > the production costs will be low. Very little tooling. > > Ten dollars... > > "Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble.." > Ted > > > > 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 s-trains- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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/
