-Dan
Builder of Bowser steam! Railimages Site
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I think that we have had ours about a month.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
They came out a month early. My copy is by the bedstand for like 5 weeks or less now.
What is truly shocking to me is how the Proto 2-10-2 is MSRP at 500+ dollars when the earlier runs a few years ago were only 300+ or so. And these models were essentially unchanged.
The issue is a nice one, a bit heavy on the NYC Passenger which I think is a goodie.
The pricing on the catalog is a bit better and things move on year to year. I remember some of the early 80's catalogs and wished I kept them.
Last Chance wrote: They came out a month early. My copy is by the bedstand for like 5 weeks or less now.What is truly shocking to me is how the Proto 2-10-2 is MSRP at 500+ dollars when the earlier runs a few years ago were only 300+ or so. And these models were essentially unchanged.The issue is a nice one, a bit heavy on the NYC Passenger which I think is a goodie.The pricing on the catalog is a bit better and things move on year to year. I remember some of the early 80's catalogs and wished I kept them.
Welcome, My friedn to the world of inflatioj. Random prices changing randomly...
I got mine last weekend, been out about a Month. my LHS hasn;t goteen one, but the Hobbytown an hour away got more than enough. I love the modekling pictures they use.
-Morgan
Last Chance wrote: What is truly shocking to me is how the Proto 2-10-2 is MSRP at 500+ dollars when the earlier runs a few years ago were only 300+ or so. And these models were essentially unchanged.
(Years ago, I'd do the same thing, but order from a discounter that advertised in MR.)
I usually order when they are on sale. I just ordered a Tannery set box for like 100 something dollars instead of retail 150+ or whatever it is. I see it as a big box of modulars parts and cheaper than buying those itty bitty 10 dollar modular blister parts.
But rather, I use it as a guide for Ebay when the pricing gets to be iffy or a war over a train item. Most useful.
loathar wrote:Cool! I guess they're $15 this year. A guy on E Bay has them for $12 with free shipping if buy something else from his store.
They are free with purchase on dallasmodelworks. I just ordered one this morning owth spome other stuff.
Last Chance wrote:What is truly shocking to me is how the Proto 2-10-2 is MSRP at 500+ dollars when the earlier runs a few years ago were only 300+ or so. And these models were essentially unchanged.
Of course they tried this once before when they first bought the Proto-2000s. Produced a ton of stuff at high prices and it didn't sell. They had to lower the prices, and that angered everone (including the hobby stores) who had be silly enough to pay the higher prices to begin with.
loathar wrote:Last Chance-I saw that killer sale price on the tannery! I wish I would have had the $$$ for it. Is it worth getting even at the $150 price? Are there a lot of details in it?
Here is a little N scale version of the Tannery Kit that I know of.
Source webpage:
http://www.visi.com/~spookshow/layouts.html
Halfway down this page you will find the information on the buildings.
http://www.visi.com/~spookshow/layout4a.php
I see the Tannery kit as a gigantic box of modular parts and use it to build my own buildings in different ways. Always have something left over when finished so I save those towards the next one.
I built a cold storage using the little walthers blisters for 7 bucks a shot. wound up over 200 bucks. It was a learning lesson and sort of led me to the big boxes of tannery and sterlings as a value buy believe it or not.
Ive produced quite a few out of two or three of them so far. Sold off one on ebay so far.
The walthers catalog is very nice because where we are the internet is not always 100% The battery helps but electric grid is the problem. Maybe one day we will get power off the sun and by pass the unreliable grid.
Maybe you didn't notice, but the MSRP of everything has gone up; it's just more noticeable with the locos.
A few items have gone up 3 times already this year!
Yay, economy!
Craig
DMW
Got mine about 3-4 weeks ago. Our MRR club member and LHS owner decided that he doesn't sell enough to justify ordering a whole case of the catalogs (has some left from last year's still), so he picked up ones for everyone in the club up at the Boeing MR Club show in St. Louis for $13 each. Not cheap, but a bit off the list price.
I have my category tabs on the top edge, and am in process of adding the manufacturer tabs on the side for my favorite companies. I use it along with the sale flyers, and usually buy when something's on sale in the flyer or when Walthers runs a special. But I use the catalog for a starting point on my 'things to get for the layout' list, and look for good buys on those items.
Jim in Cape Girardeau