well,,,,, i would love to buy just flyer old stock,,,, i hate remakes of old stock,but new and different is good,,,,i am sure i will buy a few of them,,,,,just to spice up the layout a little,,,,,,,,,,lou. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Zizzo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "slist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 4:12 PM Subject: [S-Trains] Re: New K-Line Cars
> Joseph Haenn said: > >Well, you can certainly tell from the responses which > >people are the "I won't buy it unless it is American > >Flyer" guys. I am glad that most individuals are > >open-minded and see them for what they are: > >inexpensive S gauge cars for fun, plays, and kids that > >rival the "quality" of Flyonel for 40 percent of the cost. > > Joe: > If you mean me, please don't paint with such a wide brush. This is not a > case of Flyer chauvinism. I had high hopes for these K-Line cars. I like > K-Line's approach to the hobby and I think they make some great stuff. > > I had these cars in my hands and I was very disappointed in what I saw. > Fancy paint jobs aside, these boxcars are not an S product. They are not > even a 3/16ths. scale product. They are eight inch 027 cars with S-trucks, > like the Lionel horsecar. In fact, the horsecar looks better. > > I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but this isn't a gift, is it? > It's a product that you have to spend money to acquire. Perhaps the appeal > is that it's less money than other competing products. I found that it's > twice as much as it should be. The exact carbodies are selling elsewhere in > the same catalog for only ten dollars with 027 wheelsets. The 027 cars > selling for $20 are of a greater variety and interest (Train 19) than these. > What are we paying the other $10 for, the R&D needed to tool up S wheelsets? > Where's the deduction for the 027 wheelsets they replace? We're paying > maybe $12 a car for the trucks! > > This was simply an opportunity for K-Line to open a new market for the > products generated with 50 year old, fully amortized tooling while taking > advantage of a need in the S-market place for basic and inexpensive rolling > stock. Unfortunately, this product does not fill any need. > > Industrial Rail 4 bay hoppers and cabooses for $21 were much more > interesting and novel. How that company managed to tool up and produce at > those prices is the mystery that needs solving. Apparently it can be done. > Now that they have gone, this would be good tooling for K-Line to pick up. > > I will buy the 4 tank cars. I will take a pass on the ungainly boxes. It > has nothing to do with Flyer. > > 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/
