Re: Accurail niche (was "Cash poor beginners")
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Andy Miller <asmiller@...>
Ditto for Bowser. Bowser, Accurail, and Walthers own two lines will need
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to replace Athearn and MDC as the entry products in Walthers line. That covers the freight cars, but how does the local dealer replace the Athearn blue box locos? Bachmann? Genesis locos can be replaced by P2K, Atlas, IM, and others. regards, Andy Miller -----Original Message-----
From: Garth Groff [mailto:ggg9y@...] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 7:15 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Accurail niche (was "Cash poor beginners") Friends, In musing over Horizon's exclusive distributorship of their Athearn and Roundhouse lines last night, I was struck by the great opportunity this might offer Accurail. As a local hobby dealer told me, he can't deal with Horizon because of their high minimum order, so he will no longer be stocking Athearn or Roundhouse at all. These two lines made up the majority of his HO freight car stock. Assuming small family or one-man shops can survive at all, they may be left with no alternative but to carry Accurail products instead of Athearn or Roundhouse. While this isn't a particularly good situation for the hobby as a whole, it could be a boon for Accurail. They make a high quality product for the niche Accurail chooses to fill, and their products are far more accurate that most Athearn and Roundhouse cars. Kind regards, Garth G. Groff ed_mines wrote: . . . I think Accurail offers some very nice, inexpensive cars - the Ed ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/9MtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links |
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