Re: Hornby 2008

"kim" <ntscuser@xxxxxxx> wrote:
beamendsltd wrote:
Paul Boyd <usenet.is.worse@plusnet> wrote:
kim said the following:

It *might* be big enough if both companies concentrated on
producing state-of-the-art models for discerning adults instead of
flooding the market with second-rate re-hashes of obsolete
children's toys.

So what would you suggest that children start out with? Surely it's
more realistic for them to get hold of "children's toys" than
"state-of-the-art models" - they're more likely to be able to afford
it, for a start. Personally, I applaud Hornby for continuing to
produce what you call children's toys - it's more than Bachmann do.

And indeed Hornby have take the bull by the horns by introducing the
Railroad range - consciously splitting what might be termed the adult
market from the childrens market. Presumably this is to build on the
Thomas toys for the younger (or indeed skint) market and allow the
adult versions to carry on going ever more up-market.
It is amazing that every model railway discussion group seems to have
regular "what can we do to get youngsters involved" threads, and when
Hornby actively do something about it they get another pasting! I'll
bet if Bachmann had done this it would be the best thing since sliced
bread.

What do you call "Underground Ernie"? It isn't exactly an adult's
model and yet it's produced to a high standard from new tooling and is
also DCC ready.

Since it's totally new, they are going to make it to current standards.

'Railroad' is neither one thing nor the other, just a dumping ground
for obsolete junk that can't be fit into the Thomas range.

It enables adults who built up their fleets before the current
"superdetailed" era to supplement their layouts with matching stock,
e.g. the "old" Gresley or Stanier coaches.

--
Martin S.
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