weekendrailroader
Guy with the Green Hat
(I posted this over at the Tycoforums. Just thought some here might find this interesting too).
Alright, so i enjoy messing around with cheap battery powered toy trains, just to see what semblance of quality they retain, and to see what I can kitbash and rebuild them into. Echo, New Bright, Scientific Toys, WowToyz, and a slew of other brands make or have made these trains in the past, with some sets from various brand names having some of the same pieces as other sets from other brands.
Now there's a new player in the battery-train field, and we may recognize this one.
LIFE-LIKE.
Introducing the "Smokestack Express"
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-8851
And yes, it is listed for sale on the Walthers website. Comes complete with "Transition Tracks" (um, I think they're called "switches").
It's not model railroad equipment, but it also appears to be below the grade of most of today's big-name toy trains, like Thomas, Chuggington, Brio, and Geotrax.
I'm just wondering what the intended market for this item is. And why is Life-Like of all brands selling it?
Alright, so i enjoy messing around with cheap battery powered toy trains, just to see what semblance of quality they retain, and to see what I can kitbash and rebuild them into. Echo, New Bright, Scientific Toys, WowToyz, and a slew of other brands make or have made these trains in the past, with some sets from various brand names having some of the same pieces as other sets from other brands.
Now there's a new player in the battery-train field, and we may recognize this one.
LIFE-LIKE.
Introducing the "Smokestack Express"
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-8851
And yes, it is listed for sale on the Walthers website. Comes complete with "Transition Tracks" (um, I think they're called "switches").
It's not model railroad equipment, but it also appears to be below the grade of most of today's big-name toy trains, like Thomas, Chuggington, Brio, and Geotrax.
I'm just wondering what the intended market for this item is. And why is Life-Like of all brands selling it?