--- In [email protected], "Roy Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When is a project OK, and when is it not OK?
Folks....
In the good olde daze, an NASG project was considered "OK" when it
served to stimulate the production of other similar products by
proving the first toe-in-the-water would sell well. Thus, NASG's
brass freight car projects proved valuable at encouraging others to
try importing them. Also, the first annual Lionel/AF car was
successful and others came along afterwards and Lionel did,
eventually, reenter the AF market -- as did K-Line. Merely offering
another "me-too" product was not considered OK back then. The
intent of the early projects was to stimulate others in the private
sector to climb onto the S bandwagon and, with a few exceptions,
this seems to have worked quite well.
The recent Pullman project and interior seats project did stimulate
the manufacturer to produce and market an S product that was not
currently or easily available. You can now buy a full scale length
Pullman car directly from American Models which could not be done
before. You can also buy interior seats which could only be done
with great difficulty before. So even these recent projects did
stimulate private sector activity.
Regarding the infamous NASG brick/concrete factory/warehouse
project, that project probably stimulated some similar products from
the private sector. There are at least two, and maybe more, brick
industrial structures available in S scale now that were not there
before. Perhaps, ironically, the failure of the NASG project even
stimulated the other products even more. H-m-m-m-m.....
After all, "S" might stand for "S"timulation -- at least as far as
NASG projects go. It is that first courageous step that NASG should
consider taking on behalf of us all. If no one else will take it,
what is wrong with NASG taking it? Has anyone lost anything as a
result? But once the pump is primed, maybe NASG can rest on it's
laurels and be congratulated for a job well done. Then the private
sector can carry on.....
Cheers...Ed L.
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