not to mention the On3 - On30 market Darrell
--- In [email protected], "John Degnan" <Scaler164@...> wrote: > > On the contrary... the availability of such new products as the new Sergent > coupler (and other scale oriented items) could very well be the very thing > that keeps S alive in the future by drawing in others from other scales. > SURELY it is not the presence of AF that now draws in new modelers... and > neither will it be in the future. > > Modelers in HO are not faithful to it because they can still get TYCO and AHM > toy trains. Neither do new modelers go into HO because they can still get > them. AVAILABILITY is the key here! And whether it be the availability of > scale products or toy products, either way... if the products are not > available, then supporters will not come... and why should they? > > And as for the S market being large enough to justify Sergent's investment... > keep in mind that an S soupler is not just an S coupler... it is also an Sn3 > and Sn30 coupler... and maybe more. And I know for sure that there are a > number of Sn3 and Sn30 modelers interested in a new Sergent S coupler as I > have already been contacted by a number of them... and they have also already > contacted Sergent about the new S coupler voiving their interest. > > And since, as you say, S scale's current supporter base will be dieing off in > the next 20 years, then something must be done NOW to try and prevent S from > fading into oblivion. > > > John Degnan > Scaler164@... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:00 AM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: LATEST WORD from Sergent Engineering > > S scale may not be dead, but in looking at the results of the age poll, > most of its practitioners will be within 20 years or so. I could use about > 100 couplers myself, but I couldn't in good faith recommend that he make any > heavy investment in an S coupler. > > David Thompson > > [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/
