All so true Roy, and I would like to add what I think is the one of the best promotions for S: Getting it running in front of the general public.
Several years back we set up our KC S Gaugers 48ยน modular layout at Union Station for a show. The Monday after I was shopping at my LHS and the manager told me that a guy and his kids came in and wanted an S starter set after seeing our trains run. Even though I was a regular, and had been trying to persuade the LHS to carry more S, told him about SHS, AM and Flyonel, and how there were sets available, he still tried to talk them into O gauge. But these folks were persistent and insisted there must be some way to get a starter set. Finally, the manager got out the Walthers catalog and piece by piece put together a starter set for the man and his family. The LHS did have some K-Line AF style track and a suitable transformer. I once again told the manager about the starter sets available and he was astonished, as though I were bringing it up for the first time. I have to admire people like that customer though. Not many that determined I suspect. Roy Inman From: Roy <[email protected]> Reply-To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:24:36 +0000 To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: New to the group, newer to S gauge <All this discussion has made me reminisce about the efforts the NASG made to publicize S scale and promote growth in the scale during my tenure as president (2001-2005). Those were exciting times for S, but the struggle to get proper recognition as a major player amongst the scales was a tough then as it is now. I remember how Don Thompson had to campaign hard to get one of his F3's included in the usual N, HO, (S), O, and large scale comparisons. And this was for the so called World's Greatest Hobby promotion. > royhoffman.com/pwrr smdnmra.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
