Can we talk Brands


wombat457 said:
I don't think I am like that - sure, if I see something I like and want, I will usually go out and buy it, but I have to like it to begin with - kind of how I got my car - saw it in a persons drive with a For Sale sign on it and said to my wife - "I want that car, and I WILL have it ..." She sighed and immediately knew we were getting a new car. Four days later I drove it home fully paid for :)
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I'm the same, all the Loco's I have are ones I saw and liked, probably why I such a large number, regardless of era, I've everything from geep 7/9 to SD 80's, but I do like the Demo liveries if I can get them.
 
Boy this thread took off. I only buy the refurbished models from BLI. Usually at a good price and they run and look great.

My favorite fixer upper is the Mantua Mikado 2-8-0. I put a sound decoder in one and added firebox lighting in it and loved it. You can still get these for around $50 if your patient. They are heavy die-cast models that run well with a Tsunami decoder in them. The decoder was more than twice the cost of the loco. Now they have the Econami decoders which really make it worth doing. Of course I sold it when I gave up on trains and someone else is enjoying it at my cost. I need to do another.
 
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Prices are very subjective, what is good value to someone is a rip-off to another.

Some of the prices charged for new locomotives and rolling stock can be rather eye-watering, but unless we can see what the full costs involved to produce a model are then we wont know if the companies are covering their manufacturing and overhead costs. Each company will have different costs they need to cover before they can set a minimum selling price, and all companies need to make profit for future investment.
 
RIGuyUK said:
Prices are very subjective, what is good value to someone is a rip-off to another.

Some of the prices charged for new locomotives and rolling stock can be rather eye-watering, but unless we can see what the full costs involved to produce a model are then we wont know if the companies are covering their manufacturing and overhead costs. Each company will have different costs they need to cover before they can set a minimum selling price, and all companies need to make profit for future investment.
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You are absolutely right about costs being subjective and only relevant to the individual. What is expensive to one is good value to another.

As for the "profits", well - that is another story all together ... just ask atlas ;)
 
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