RE: (erielack) Erie and EL Sleeper from Rapido Trains

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

I agree with Todd - N scale has become much more popular. Even HO stalwart Athearn now produces N products. And the N stuff from Atlas and Micro-Trains rivals that of HO.

But when it comes to such a "premium" product as the Rapido cars, which are already expensive in HO, I don't think you'd sell enough in N scale to recoup your costs. I could be wrong, but that's just how I see it.

	- Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org
> [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org]On Behalf Of Todd Stearns
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 6:31 AM
> To: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Erie and EL Sleeper from Rapido Trains
> 
> 
> Though Paul makes a good point, economics is always the 
> deciding factor, N
> scale is much more popular than it used to be as confirmed by 
> Schuyler's
> comments. Gone are the days when you only had a few road 
> names and pieces of
> equipment  to choose from.  Though still not as plentiful as HO scale
> things, N scale has made great strides in popularity and 
> availabilty. It
> just still stinks when something new and exciting comes out 
> and it's only
> available in HO. The percentage of items that happens to is 
> ever shrinking,
> but I can't wait till it's zero percent. Todd
> 

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