Safety Valve wrote: I think BLI is out of money and blew out alot of the stuff via FDT again. Even I was tempted by the 250 dollar Y6b... seriously tempted.All I can say is just relax, BLI is no different on that engine or any other announced 1, 2 or 3 years ago.I recently canceled my 5th and last PCM engine this week... 2 years of waiting.Enough is enough.
I think BLI is out of money and blew out alot of the stuff via FDT again. Even I was tempted by the 250 dollar Y6b... seriously tempted.
All I can say is just relax, BLI is no different on that engine or any other announced 1, 2 or 3 years ago.
I recently canceled my 5th and last PCM engine this week... 2 years of waiting.
Enough is enough.
Safety Valve
I agree that the FDT blow out sale probably is an indication of major money problems again at BLI/PCM. They lost a lot of credibility with many of their dealers last year when the blow outs started at FDT and that hurts future reservations, which they really need to produce new models. I know of several LHS that refuse to reserve any more future models from them since the stock on their shelves can't be sold for the money the dealer paid to stock them. If you burn your dealers, it is hard to get the future reservations.
The one bright spot lately has been the blue Line and the lower prices for the products. Yes, there have been problems with the line, but overall they are a good value. The reservations that I have with them at this time is in the Blue Line.
They always seem to come up with the money to continue and I hope they do that again.
Cheers
GTX765 wrote:I talked to BLI on this engine on thier forums. They have no idea when it will be made. They only said there is still not enough people ordering yet. So if you want one and you order one then you might get it by the end of 08 i guess. I have reserved mine and should get about the same time my AARP card arrives. I can be patient. They also siad TBD means it will be produces "soon". Gosh somethings are worth waiting for.
TBD means To Be Determined
I believe they will build it sometimes in the future, but like the Daylight cars and the GS4, no one can be sure. The GS4 is TBD also, but the Daylight cars have now slipped into 2008. They were in 2007 for almost a year prior to the slip.
FTD is having one of the great Blow out sales again, which means they need money down in Florida.
GTX765 wrote: Will this model train look simular to this? No websites have any pics yet.
Will this model train look simular to this? No websites have any pics yet.
Yes, that is the correct picture of the model they announced a long time ago.
This model was announced, but the last time I looked, it was not scheduled. They had a picture of it on the advertisement about a year ago and then in BLI fashion, it went away. They do have it listed as accepting orders, which means it is not scheduled and they have not received a sufficient amount of reservations to build it.