Why do toy train companies make non-prototype Loco's and rolling stock?

[darianj]

1 - I'm sure it's market driven. N2
o company now-a-days will spend the money to produce a product that they don't think is going to sell.

2 - Many people impulse buy and don't really THINK about that stuff.

3 - There are a lot of people out there that impulse buy, buy it because it looks unique or cool (like me) and don't really care if it's ever been on the real rails or not.

Just my [2c] for the dollar.

[Dr.Fu-Manchu]

The Doctor Is In !!! Why is it that the toy train companies make a loco or a type of freight car/caboose that a certain railroad never had ? For example: K-Line made Alco's In the SP Black Widow paint, when they were painted in the daylight scheme to replace the GS Steamers. Or Williams making the NC5 porthole caboose in almost every railroad name. I bought a set of Williams F7's painted in the SP Daylight scheme, They were never painted that way. They were Black Widow, then the Bloody nose/ Gray paint till the end of their service for the line. Now, don't get me wrong, I love my K-line Alco's and my Williams F7's(got them at a good price) I am just wondering why the makers are doing it? Is there a big demand for items in improper paint or style of rolling stock? Or how about steam engines in road names/types that never were? Is someone doing a poll asking what people want and not caring if it was ever used by the railroad that it is painted/lettered for? is it market driven?
Any thoughts or comments?
Till My Next Missive, I Remain The Humble Yet Strangly Evil Doctor !!![}:)]