--- In [email protected], "Edward Loizeaux" <Loizeaux@...> wrote:
>
> >"Bill Lane" wrote:
>
> > Which comes first - the products or the people?
>
>
>
> I would suggest it works both ways. Were folks crying for an I-pad? Do
> they crave one now? In this instance, the product came first then the
> buyers flocked to it. How about On30 (O scale rolling stock on HO track)?
> Was anyone asking for that? But now everyone wants it around their tree.
> It is another example where the product came first and the market developed
> afterwards.
There were a few On30 modelers lurking in the shadows over the years, probably
fewer than there were in S. Yet On30 struck the cord that S somehow missed.
Amazing how one company can change the face of model railroad world, though
isn't it?
>How about Tsunami sound decoders? Or DCC itself? I was not
> aware of a huge cry for any of those items, but there sure is a market these
> days for those products.
Things like command control and sound were always a model railroaders dream.
It was a market waiting for technology to make it happen. Anybody remember
Aztrack?
> I would much rather see list traffic devoid of all non-S-scale-modeling
> messages. Maybe some day..
> Cheers..Ed L.
Well Ed, it's what happens and gets amplified during a period of stagnation.
Take a look next door on S-Tains. What are they talking about? Not
Challengers and U33's, but Erector Sets!
By the way, one fella over on the OGR board received his U33C's. He reports
they run MUCH better than shown in the Lionel video.
Rich G(ajnak)
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