The end of Ctt

[laz 57]

You tell em MITCH, CTT does touch upon all aspects of the hobby.
Well done CTT,
laz57

[mitchelr]

QUOTE: Originally posted by prewardude

QUOTE: Originally posted by mitchelr

... I wi***here were issues every month. [:D]

Mitch[^]

Somebody's always got to complain about somethin'. [|(]

[bow][bow][bow] Amen to that! The one thing that is certain is that you can't please 100% of the people ANY TIME, even if there's only one person involved.

Mitch

[1688torpedo]

It's not the end of CTT or the collector market at all! The market is in a transitional period with the older collectors dying off,Lionel Buying K-Line,and a few other things going on that will get straightened out in good time. And CTT still has a good magazine that is informative & entertaining as well. Take Care.

[prewardude]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mitchelr

... I wi***here were issues every month. [:D]

Mitch[^]

Ya know, if they would put more articles about prewar trains in the magazine, maybe they would have enough material to publish monthly. But then people would be complaining about too much prewar coverage (along with the price increase). Somebody's always got to complain about somethin'. [|(]

[dbaker48]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mitchelr

QUOTE: Originally posted by Blueberryhill RR

I love to run my electric trains and I love to read CTT magazine. I really don't care how thick the magazine is. It is good.
Enough said,
Chuck

I couldn't agree more. I used to subscribe to "other" hobby/train magazines, but switched to CTT because of the variety of fascinating articles that touch on so many parts of the hobby. I read every issue cover to cover the day it arrives and then re-read till the next issues come. I wi***here were issues every month. [:D]

Mitch[^]

All I'm effectively doing is wasting space, Chuck and Mitch are 100% correct. When I first started with trains, the only substantial magazine was MR, and there wasn't any web stuff. I would get that magazine just for the adds. Then when CTT came out, I practically wore those issues out. And they even had pictures of the bigger stuff, WOW. The ONLY change I would like to see is the frequency of issues, GO Monthly !!!, Increase the price, but GO Monthly !!!

[mitchelr]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Blueberryhill RR

I love to run my electric trains and I love to read CTT magazine. I really don't care how thick the magazine is. It is good.
Enough said,
Chuck

I couldn't agree more. I used to subscribe to "other" hobby/train magazines, but switched to CTT because of the variety of fascinating articles that touch on so many parts of the hobby. I read every issue cover to cover the day it arrives and then re-read till the next issues come. I wi***here were issues every month. [:D]

Mitch[^]

[Blueberryhill RR]

They say that one of the reasons that all the train companies went to
China was because of the consumer demands. Never satisfied and
always complaining about the high price, and etc.
So, here are the consumers again. I remember the origional Toy Trains
magazine back in the 50's. Not too thick, but sure a treasure to read.
I, personally think, that it is all up to the person. I will always be an
Operator, Collector, or any other title that I am issued. I love to run my electric trains and I love to read CTT magazine. I really don't care how thick the magazine is. It is good.
Enough said,
Chuck

[okiechoochoo]

I classics in 50 years will be, well come to think of it, I won't be here to care what they will be.

[msacco]

A little dramatic here I think. Collector market is still here and although not as strong, certainly needs articles like this.
I think CTT has always done a very nice job balancing collector articles with operator's articles. That's why I read it.
The complete focus on the operator is the other mag, so that's pretty much taken care of. And of course the magazine is called CLassic Toy Trains for a reason.
For some reason I just can't picture any of the trains made today as being classics fifty years from now...........okay maybe the new Lionel Docksider, cause I really like that little engine.

Mike S.

[ChiefEagles]

Looks pretty good tome. In fact, I just got some free old copies back into the 90's. These are thicker and are great.[2c]

[Bob Keller]

I always have to laugh when we run an issue stuffed full of things about running trains, building layouts, new products to play with, and someone latches on their one bugaboo, in this case dislike for collectors, and invalidate the rest of the contents.

We'll run one article on a Flyer layout and get complaints about too much S gauge. We'll run one story about Marx and get complaints about "Too much Marx." We'll run a story on a postwar diesel and get complaints "Too much old stuff."

Well, our content has been more focused on operations for four or five years than ever before. If one collector focused story slips through, well, I guess thats the price we pay for trying to be the magazine for all aspects of the toy train hobby.

I guess that's our cross to bear.

So when we publi***hat last issue, be sure to tell us "I told you so." [:D]

[dbaker48]

I think I should start a CTT collection....... Let's see I have the first two years and the last 3 issues.......

[prewardude]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rulax

Has CTT run it's course? The magazine gets thinner and thinner and in the current issue it has yet another story about boxes!!! This is the second time in thge past 6 months that there is an article about stupid boxes. CTT better wake up and realize that the collector market is dead.

The collector market may not be as strong as it was ten years ago, but I don't think it's dead. One look at ebay will confirm that - and boxes are becoming part of it more and more.

[FJ and G]

SF Kent...

Yeah, it also has been outsourced to some Chinese writers.[:D]

[Anonymous]

I hear CTT was bought out by Lionel.....

[FJ and G]

"Reports of my death are highly exaggerated" --

[:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

Has CTT run it's course? The magazine gets thinner and thinner and in the current issue it has yet another story about boxes!!! This is the second time in thge past 6 months that there is an article about stupid boxes. CTT better wake up and realize that the collector market is dead.