Dissapointed with the latest issue...AGAIN

[Timboy]

Kooljock1

Tim,

     Seeing that CTT is a "shill" for Lionel, perhaps you could point out to me the last issue Lionel placed an ad in?

 Jon 

Jon:

That was satire.  The Ogaugeoverlord "got" it and gave it all the attention it merited; maybe more.

Regards,

Timboy, The American Flyer Satiristic Nerd

[Banks]

I'd like to see More magazine period.

I agree I'd love to see less Hi Rail and Custom layouts. I think from the last couple of issues you are going in that direction

The last issue was good but very thin.

Over in the Buddy L thread  you said 

"There is too much new material in our files to reprint old articles in the magazine".

 

If not go to 12 issues how about a few more articles each month? You could satisfy more people that way.

 

[lynbrookyankee]

Jon,

I agree with you about Fundimensions/MPC era. I always enjoy the historical articles and think it would be appropriate to see some about post Lionel Corp. I imagine that many of the people involved with Lionel trains are still available for interviews/recollections. While mainly interested in Lionel, I would enjoy articles about MTH, Kline, Willaims, etc.

[Penny Trains]

Yes, some of my favorite articles were the "CTT Visits (manufacturer X)" stories.  Remember when CTT visited Bachmann and the majority of the article was about G-Scale?  I'm just curious, was that before or after Garden Trains came into being?    If it was before, then there's already an outlet for G.  But if it was after...

Becky

[Bob Keller]

We did cover quite a bit of Large scale until we bought GR, then the content was shifted over there.

I continued to run some larger stuff in news after that, but I think the last Large scale item I ran was in 1998.

[Lionelking313]

WOW! I didnt think my post would make it to 5 pages! Trust me, I love this magazine, but I would like to see more photos of layouts when visited.

The golden era of layout visits from CTT was in the early 90's, when Lionel layouts were plentiful! Stan Roy, Sergio DePinto, Bill Nole's Plasticville, Phil Klopps,  Bob Boards Flyer Layout etc etc. I wish CTT would do a revisit to some of these if they are still around. I know of a layout that was shown in TM books and Model Railroader back in the late 80's..Michael Primacks O gauge layout which I though was one of the best at the time....how about a visit CTT??? And I also agree with some posts, PLEASE DONT FOCUS ON SCALE...Those are NOT CLASSIC yet......

Mark

[balidas]

Not only did your thread reach 5 pages, but it spawned a second & third thread!

[Penny Trains]

Lionelking313

WOW! I didnt think my post would make it to 5 pages! Trust me, I love this magazine, but I would like to see more photos of layouts when visited.

The golden era of layout visits from CTT was in the early 90's, when Lionel layouts were plentiful! Stan Roy, Sergio DePinto, Bill Nole's Plasticville, Phil Klopps,  Bob Boards Flyer Layout etc etc. I wish CTT would do a revisit to some of these if they are still around. I know of a layout that was shown in TM books and Model Railroader back in the late 80's..Michael Primacks O gauge layout which I though was one of the best at the time....how about a visit CTT??? And I also agree with some posts, PLEASE DONT FOCUS ON SCALE...Those are NOT CLASSIC yet......

Mark

I did see an update on Phil Klopp's layout recently, but I don't remember where.  He's building or has already built a new layout, the old version is mostly gone if I remeber correctly.

Classic is a tricky term.  The 700E Hudson was an instant classic as were many other items like the 400E, GG1's and the FM Trainmaster.  The trick is trying to spot the items that stand out above the rest.  Lionel's Lionmaster engines will probably qualify, but only time will tell.  Their hefty MSRP's will keep them out of many hands, but price alone doesn't define a classic in my book.  To me the ubiquitous 2-4-2's, 2-6-4's and small diesels that many of us got in our starter sets are more classic than engines most collectors can't afford.

Becky