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Quit slamming the TYCO!
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by DigitalGriffin</i> <br /><br />Greetings all, <br /> <br />I've noticed a trend. Whenever a newbee ask how to fix/restore/convert a TYCO train the most common reply is, "It's junk" or something of that nature. <br /> <br />I will relent, they are noisy, rough running, and prone to breakdown, and burnout. But slamming TYCO is not what the poster asked for. <br /> <br />A lot of us had child hood memories tied up in TYCO as they were our first trains. So they hold a great deal of sentimental value even if they are "cheap toys" Hey the early lionel's were junk compared to today's O scale engines. Yet look at what they are worth because of their sentimental value. <br /> <br />Perhaps a better suggestion would be to look at possible alternatives if they don't have sentimental value to these pieces. <br /> <br />(BTW: I have plan on having my old TYCO Golden Eagle and Spirit of 76' set carefully hidden on my new layout for sentimental reasons...maybe in the RIP or roundhouse.) <br /> <br />Junk PAH! If it makes you happy, do it! <br /> <br />Not trying to start a flame war here, it's just food for thought for those who insist on poo-pooing the idea. <br /> <br />~Don <br /> <br />[/quote] <br />I wholeheartedly agree with you Don about Tyco. I for one have many pieces of Tyco products,along with the other manufacturers:Athearn,MDC (roundhoude),Walthers and the like .If i see someone selling a Tyco train set,or bits and pieces of it i'm going to buy it. So big deal if the unit may break down........who cares,i can take that locomotive and make it into a non-powered unit and run it with my other equipment. I too personally dont want to start a flame going on here either,but who the heck are you people to tell someone that Tyco is bad. If you want to know what is bad,whats with the RTR freight cars and locomotives with plastic handrails. To me,that stuff is junk and should have NEVER been placed on the market.Its a "lazy mans" version of putting it together. No wonder I have stopped buying freight cars and locomotives. I'm sick of seeing this ready to run crap. I've been a modeler for 31 years,and I've never seen such garbage on the market now than I care to think about. Its a pretty bad situation, when you have to tell your favorite hobby shop owner, that you have stopped buying MR stuff,due to the RTR that is out there,and you cant find kits any more that you like. As for the Tyco,I'll continue to buy it.I grew up with it,and I want as much of the stuff as I can get,cause I like the products. If there are people who say that they are modelers,then what are you doing buying a rtr product. Key word..... 'Modeler".....a person who "puts things together." <br />Theres my [2c]. Thank-you
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