Re: IRC 1958 cuft hoppers
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Bob McCarthy
Elden,
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Your commentary is accurate and has been developed by parents who have a tv in every room. Recently, my sister-in-law who brought my mother-in-law for a stay brought a tv for mom so she could lay on her bed and watch tv. We only have cable in the living room and none in bedrooms. Why, because people do not communicate with each other or actively try to teach their children about life by demon- stration - ie, reading, playing music TOGETHER. --- On Fri, 10/17/08, Gatwood, Elden J SAD <elden.j.gatwood@...> wrote:
From: Gatwood, Elden J SAD <elden.j.gatwood@...> Subject: RE: [STMFC] Re: IRC 1958 cuft hoppers To: STMFC@... Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 3:24 PM Bill, I figured you were, but the truth of what is going on is kind of sad. The vast majority of us that model are now "older" (at least than we care to think), and part of a group growing smaller by the day. I am 52, and find that most of the model builders I know are either in that age group or older. I know that some people, particularly those in the industry, find this frightening, yet we continue to see new products, and of higher quality, with each passing day. I am astounded and happy that we have so much to choose from. It sure was not like this when I was a young model railroader. I hope it can continue. Tim is right; it is not in the interest of those under 40. My son, who is 11, likes models, but will not take the time (even though I keep trying to show him) to build anything. He is addicted to video, and loves to build worlds (like in Empire Builder), that produce nothing real. I find that disheartening, but I can't be mad at him. The video world is shiny, easy, requires no investment of skills, and to them, is much more interesting than something like model railroading. Unfortunately, my son (and his friends) has nothing except a few school projects, that he has built himself. He has little to no interest in developing building skills. This also, unfortunately, extends into his entire generation (I know his friends well, having also coached them in Little League), and also into anything else useful like auto mechanics, home repair, etc. He and his friends were also introduced to these kind of things in Cub Scouts (I was also there), and pursued none of it. I do not know what the solution to this is, as the world is not just computers. My local hobby shop folks tell me that they can't sell kits on a rapid enough basis to pay for them to keep them on the shelves, and sell RTR at a "10 to 1" ratio. I guess that is what dictates your current business model. But Bill, what you said is also very true, the guys that work at the LHS, and all the guys I talk to, are all upset about the "demise of the kit". I stocked up on a whole batch of your Blueline kits before they all go RTR! Elden Gatwood ____________ _________ _________ __ From: STMFC@yahoogroups. com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of timboconnor@ comcast.net Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:33 AM To: STMFC@yahoogroups. com Subject: [STMFC] Re: IRC 1958 cuft hoppers I have to order kits through dealers now. Many of them loaded up their shelves with foobie kits, and then the inventory sat collecting dust for years and they don't want to repeat that and I find that understandable. I work with a bunch of 20 to 40-somethings and ALL of them are into video games -- most of them are married with children, and yet they waste hours playing video games and even growse about what a waste of time it is. Most of them have more than one game system -- PS/2, XBox, Wii, etc. As far as I know none of them has ever built a model of anything... It's not in their DNA. Tim ------------ -- Original message ------------ --------- - From: "Bill Schneider" <branchline@sbcgloba l.net <mailto:branchline% 40sbcglobal. net> > Relax Elden, I made my comment with tongue firmly planted in cheek!market for kits. One of the things that intrigues me from "this side of the fence"is the number of dealers that I talk to that will not carry kits, and thenumber of modelers I talk to that want but can not find kits... Hmmmmm... do theseguys talk?to pay the bills, it is sad, but Bill, I have well over a hundred of yourkits, and love them.[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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