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Where to buy Rivarossi Models?

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Where to buy Rivarossi Models?
Posted by BayCoastLimited on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 2:49 PM

Has anyone been able to find an online retailer for Rivarossi models? Trainworld and MB Klein don't seem to have any in stock beside some freight cars.  Also why hasn't Rivarossi re-released some of their older steam locomotives. They were one of the few to actually produce a NYC J3 Hudson and Milwaukee Road Hiawatha among others.

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Posted by RR_Mel on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 3:00 PM

Rivarossi has been defunct for many years.  Try eBay for used locomotives.


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Posted by Wolf359 on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 3:01 PM

That's a good question. I've been wondering about that as well, as I've been hunting (unsuccessfully so far) an HO scale FEF-3 that won't break the bank or get snapped up before I can make a bid on it. I know the don't make most of the steamers anymore, (I agree with you, they should re-release some of them. I think Hornby took them over, but why they don't do this makes no sense to me) but even a good source of used models would be nice.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 3:02 PM

RR_Mel
Rivarossi has been defunct for many years.

 

Hornby bought their assets in 2004. There have been a few releases under the Rivarossi name, the GE U-25-Bs come to mind, but I believe these were to be the last North American models produced.

 

Good Luck, Ed

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Posted by RR_Mel on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 3:27 PM

gmpullman

 

 
RR_Mel
Rivarossi has been defunct for many years.

 

 

Hornby bought their assets in 2004. There have been a few releases under the Rivarossi name, the GE U-25-Bs come to mind, but I believe these were to be the last North American models produced.

 

Good Luck, Ed

 

Ed

Hornby never did much with Rivarossi.  I tried contacting them again about five years ago and only got the run around.  There is a fairly new Rivarossi parts site that has some parts.

http://www.rivarestore.com/rivarestore_aboutus.php?lang=eng

To me Rivarossi dropped off the edge of the Earth in the early 2000s, the Hornby thing in 2004 was worthless.


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Posted by gregc on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 3:42 PM

have you searched for NYC J3 Hudson on ebay

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 4:07 PM

RR_Mel
To me Rivarossi dropped off the edge of the Earth in the early 2000s, the Hornby thing in 2004 was worthless.

This is simply not true! The Rivarossi brand is thrieving under the Hornby management, after a step up improvement in product quality. However, Rivarossi seems to have given up the US market, now focussing on Italian and German prototypes.  From a business point of view not a bad choice - why invest into new tooling for products which are already covered by other manufacturers, sometimes in duplicate or even triplicate?

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Posted by RR_Mel on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 4:38 PM

Tinplate Toddler

 

 
RR_Mel
To me Rivarossi dropped off the edge of the Earth in the early 2000s, the Hornby thing in 2004 was worthless.

 

This is simply not true! The Rivarossi brand is thrieving under the Hornby management, after a step up improvement in product quality. However, Rivarossi seems to have given up the US market, now focussing on Italian and German prototypes.  From a business point of view not a bad choice - why invest into new tooling for products which are already covered by other manufacturers, sometimes in duplicate or even triplicate?

 

TT

That’s what the guy tried to avoid telling me the last time I talked to Hornby here in the States.  After skirting my questions he finally said no more US locomotives under the Rivarossi name, that was about 5 years ago.


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Posted by BayCoastLimited on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 5:14 PM

gregc

have you searched for NYC J3 Hudson on ebay

 

Not a big fan of buying stuff from Ebay unless necessary, especially for those prices...

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Posted by BayCoastLimited on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 5:17 PM

 

 I thought they re-released the Big Boy sometime last year? Anyhow its a shame that Rivarossi/Hornby have seemingly given up on the US/NA market.

 
Tinplate Toddler

 

 
RR_Mel
To me Rivarossi dropped off the edge of the Earth in the early 2000s, the Hornby thing in 2004 was worthless.

 

This is simply not true! The Rivarossi brand is thrieving under the Hornby management, after a step up improvement in product quality. However, Rivarossi seems to have given up the US market, now focussing on Italian and German prototypes.  From a business point of view not a bad choice - why invest into new tooling for products which are already covered by other manufacturers, sometimes in duplicate or even triplicate?

 

 

 

TT

That’s what the guy tried to avoid telling me the last time I talked to Hornby here in the States.  After skirting my questions he finally said no more US locomotives under the Rivarossi name, that was about 5 years ago.


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Posted by BigDaddy on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 5:50 PM

Tinplate Toddler
However, Rivarossi seems to have given up the US market, now focussing on Italian and German prototypes.

As a data point, in a Q&A Jason Shron (Rapido) said it cost 2-2.5 X to produce a steam loco vs a diesel, and they don't sell 2 times as many steamers.

I don't claim any expertise in saying what has or has not been produced for the US market.  There are many here that can, but filling a niche isn't good enough.  A company has to fill a niche where there is high demand. 

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Posted by snjroy on Friday, June 12, 2020 10:21 AM

Info on the Hornby site suggests that there will be North American passenger cars to be offered soon (in pre-order). It would be sad if Hornby got out of the North American loco market. I think that the Heisler remains a favorite and is somewhat unique on the market. Reliable and durable logging locos have value! I hope they will do limited runs in the future. Their Big Boy was somewhat more accessible for those with lighter wallets - I thought there was a niche there in that market. 

Simon 

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