--- In [email protected], "Michael Eldridge" <meldridge@...> wrote:
>
> > > > The scale needs to lose the "toy train" persona, before we start to see
> > > > any serious growth though.
> >
> > > > Michael Ostertag
> >
> > > The simple fact is S Scale is going to have to co-exist with
> > Flyer/Hirail, Toy Trains or whatever for growth.
> >
> > > Rich G(ajnak)
> >
> > I think Michael and Richard are both correct.
>
> Yes, but...
> Unless I'm mistaken there is no "growth" at all in the Flyer contingent. Is
> there anybody on this list that became a "Flyer" person within the last 20
> years? That switched from HO to Flyer ever?
>
> -Michael Eldridge
> -Converted by a magazine that showed me S Scale was feasible for modelers
>
I had ZERO Amercian Flyer until about 5 years AFTER getting into S Scale in
1985, when I started buying not only Flyonel, but also traditional Gilbert
Flyer. I've also got my fingers into S HiRail.
While I've stopped buying the "traditional" stuff, I do pick up the newer,
scale detailed Flyer stuff whether or not it can be converted totally to scale.
I may just build a HiRail railroad the next time around... I've got the
supplies squirreled away.
If there was "no growth" in the Flyer contingent, Lionel wouldn't keep making
the stuff and MTH wouldn't have bought SHS.
I still do scale, but probably not scale enough for some.
And, I came "up from" HO.
Rich G(ajnak)
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