Walthers Still Just Doesn't Get It.

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Dear Walthers,
Really? The same old N Scale Life Like Caboose? No glass? Big Flanges? Ride height for giants? I would have thought at $25 a throw, you would have made a few improvements. I already have plenty of these cars. I would have replaced every one of them if you did them right. N scale is here in the 21st century…, and we’re eagerly waiting for you to join us. Kthanks.

Lee

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A little testy today there Lee? LOL

Actually I agree, that thing is bleh…

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Until you mentioned what scale that was I thought it was a Lionel starter set caboose.

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Frankly, I am surprised. Very surprised. I just don’t see that fitting into my own vision of modern day modeling or even toy train playing (have to be careful here…might lead to one of those threads were we try to figure out who has the right to post in this forum). Are you sure you have the right item linked, Lee?

-Crandell

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That’s OK. They are probably not in stock anyway… [:-^]

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Walthers should be ashamed to sell that for $25. I dont give there rolling stock much of a look because a. there EXPENSIVE and b. they dont make much stufff for my era.

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You’re the one that doesn’t get it-- those aren’t big flanges-- those are PIZZA cutters !!! [:D] [(-D]

For $25 bucks you get a Pizza-cutting Caboose, what a deal!

John

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Maybe they’re charging extra for the inaccurate paint scheme…

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Nah, they’re charging for the extra material on those wheels. Holy criminy? You’d need to replace N scale track with code 100 HO track so it wouldn’t bottom out on the ties.

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A wag on another forum pointed out that this is probably a strategy to reinforce the suspected corporate myth that N scale doesn’t sell. When it’s done this badly and at this MSRP, no it won’t.

I mean, the Atlas Magor caboose is a thousand times better looking, includes window glass, a more realistic ride height, finer details, and costs about half of the asking price of the Walther’s caboose. I mean, who thinks this stuff up?

Lee

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Although I miss the “good ol days”, Wow!–this type of tooling is one aspect of the 1970s that should stay there. Yet, here it is. Prototype cabooses have been traditionally nicknamed “Hacks” and “Crummies”. Those names are very appropriate here, LOL! But to be fair to Walthers, (inspite of the insulting $25 MSRP) is this not intended for the economical “toy train” market?

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Must be time for one of those threads again-----although you’d think just maybe someone there has this idea that N scalers go for this? Oi—

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I’m disappointed…

LifeLike was just “getting it” when Walther bought them. They were raising the bar for “affordable” N scale. I have a feeling that their plans didn’t include selling that caboose these years later…

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Paint scheme is ok, but the number is wrong, the former Reading cabooses that went into Conrail were 18705-18763 and 18800-18859.

–Randy

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careful, now, mrs. simpson. disparaging the boot is a bootable offense. after all, who is MR’s biggest advertiser? today Milwaukee, tomorrow, the WORLD!!!

grizlump (grouchy german)

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This is very strange, walthers rolling stock fails to disappoint in HO scale. I agree, the caboose looks terrible.

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I rarely comment on threads like this, but when I saw the photo, I thought that if painted red with black stripes it was a perfect knockoff of my sons Thomas The Tank Engine Caboose.[:D][}:)][:-,][:-^]

Brent

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RP25…We don’t need no stinkin RP25 here!!!

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I’ll trade Ya’ for an HO Bowser Conrail N5 that doesn’t have blue paint on the ends. It cost me $12 15 years ago, that’s $75 2010 Walthers Bucks[:)]

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Hi, Crandell - Hee, Hee, please tell me, who (in your opinion) has the RIGHT to post on this forum???

'Splain it to me, Lucy?

Jimmy