I remember this being posted a year ago (July 9th) and so I tucked it away in my calendar reminder for a year later. It just popped up, because it’s been a year!
True … or not true?
It’s now this time next year …
Now you’re just being cruel, Joe. [:)]
Joe, you old pot stirrer you!! I’m guessing that nothing has changed. HOwever, I’ll go out on a limb and predict that by this time next year the MR world will have something to say about their HO stuff. I won’t go so far as to predict what they’ll be saying, but…well,…you know.
Plenty has changed. DCC just keeps getting better and better.
How long does it take for an MTH troll to re-register on the Model trains site? I guess we will find out soon.[:-^]
I wanted to file this quote away and see if it was really MTH hype or if there was something to it. Even though I think MTH’s “not invented here” attitude has hurt them more than helped, I’m willing to see if they might actually be on to something.
My evaluation of this statement a year later is I don’t see too many people doing a lot of drooling over MTH product offerings in the DCS vs DCC area, or in the HO locos area.
As you say, it’s still very much wait and see.
So the year prediction in the year-old quote was too soon. Looks like we need to give it another year, and maybe two for us to sort out some obvious directions the wind will be blowing. [swg]
I actually own some MTH O scale stuff. I like it a lot. I’m not going to shell out $300 plus to hear my freight trains mimic people talking. I will admit the sound is awesome. It’s random phrases when DCS is not installed.
Also have you seen the crazy setup the DCS system needs? Bulky. Compare it to my new NCE pow
Why should anyone be drooling over MTH offerings. Joe? All they have in HO is a Pennsy K-4, one of the more overdone locomotives. Shoot, I hear Athearn is coming out with an SP MT-4 4-8-2. Now THAT’s something to activate the old salivary glands.
Now if MTH were to come out with a TW-8 4-8-0 or a P-6 4-6-2, I might consider kissing Mike Wolf’s backside in front of CNN news cameras. However, I don’t really think there’s much chance I’d actually face the choice between actually doing that and wimping out.
Andre
Joe, you just don’t get it. It’s still now. Next year is next year. Next year people will be drooling over DCS and their abiltiy to run an engine, a K-4 no less.
So bide your time, Joe it’s coming.
Hah, I get it!
The eternal next year …
Twenty years from now, the MTH trolls will be posting …
“Just you wait. Next year people will be drooling over the new MTH ______ coming out and they’ll be leaving the current non-MTH technology in the dust …”
Sounds good to me. [swg]
(Let’s see, now where’s that definition of hyperbole again … ?)
We have only been back on the air a few minutes and MTH has come up already?? I don’t believe I will ever get to see on of their K4’s, except in the MR video.
Has anyone on our forum seen them??
Maybe they are working on the Big Boy they hinted about.
DCC is working great for me, but then what do I know.
ROTFLMAO!!![:o)][:o)][:o)]
Just remember, you WILL BE ASSIMILATED![alien]
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Can’t help it. This is just too funny!
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow, You’re always a day away!
All the people at MTH are probably too busy dreaming up new insulting ads for RR magazines to reregister here… [censored][}:)][:D]
Mark my words. They’ll be back.
chuckling Come to think of it, all of our MTH-lovin’ friends sound a lot like Cubs fans: "It’ll be next year…it just has to be!
Once again we have proof of some good advice fromRobert Heinlein:
“Never make a prediction that will be proven wrong within your lifetime.”
Either that, or get proficient at dodging rotten tomatoes!
Even if MTH goes out of its corporate mind and produces JNR steam in HOj, the first thing I will do to any that find their way into my hands is gut the DCS and rewire for analog DC. I’ll use the extra space to add weight.
Chuck
It’s really wierd you say this. I just got an email MTH K4 is released.
Just a portion of the email.
July 12, 2006 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has begun shipping its debut HO locomotive, the Pennsylvania K-4s Pacific, to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers. Available in two different configurations, multiple paint schemes and different cab numbers, the die-cast model comes fully equipped with Proto-Sound 3.0 digital sound and sychronized puffing smoke.
In development for two years, the K-4 may just be the finest HO steam locomotive ever produced and sports a list of standard features never before included on any HO locomotive. Operation modes include conventional analog DC with most DC power supplies, DCC command with any DCC controller and DCS command with M.T.H.'s DCS Digital Command System.
K-4 fans can choose from pre-war and post-war versions. The pre-war version is available in two different paint schemes as well as an undecorated version.
The point is not the release. There’s just less drool from model railroaders than from a dehydrated desert tortoise.
I simply responded to a user that mentions…waiting and waiting for the release of the K4. Less drool but there are still alot of people talking about MTH. 
MTH has demonstrated as much sucess as Lionel had in HO, although lionel did release some rolling stock as I recall. This is still a tough audience to make any inroads with. Too many established companies who have paid their dues over time and developed a reputation and a loyal following. Perhaps two years from now ( the development time for the K-4) we will look at MTH differently. perhaps not. I think that I would prefer to purchase from a manufacturer who earns his reputation through his positive actions, not by degradeing others. In that regard I wish MTH sucess in HO, we will all benefit from having another quality supplier in the hobby.
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Will