What were the Toy Fair announcements if any? I am primarily interested in N scale but any announcements or pictures would be nice. I noticed the Thomas annoucement on the main page and the newletter with HO 2-8-0 being bumped down to standard line w/DCC.
Anything else?
Our announcements at Toy Fair are centered around our new starter sets and Thomas & Friends™ line. This year we added two new HO sets - The Great Northern "Empire Builder" set and a new McKinley Explorer set featuring newly tooled 89' Colorado Railcar full dome passenger cars. In N scale sets we announced 3 new sets - the Royal Blue (B&O/passenger), The Southern Belle (Southern/freight), and the Spirit of Christmas. In Large Scale we announced the Plainsman set (Union Pacific/freight). We've also announced three exciting new Spectrum "Digital/sound" sets featuring a DCC SOUND ON BOARD 2-8-0 and a Dynamis Digital Control system.
New Thomas& Friends™ items include Large Scale James the Red Engine, 4 new Large Scale freight cars, an HO Sodor lighthouse, HO Knapford Station building kit, HO Scale Bill & Ben , and HO Scale Donald & Douglas.
We announce our standard and Spectrum line model railroad products at the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association) national convention in July. These items appear as "New" in the following catalog. This year includes the large scale Forney, the HO Doodlebugs, etc....
No new On30 train sets?
(Sorry about the repeat posting - I posted this under the other thread first and then realised that this one mas more approptiate)
Hamish
No new On30 sets this year. We've given the On30 world it's first articulated steam locomotive, a Baldwin 4-6-0 and a great new caboose within the last 12 months - that's a lot of tooling for On30 fans!
Hello, Mr. Lynch:
Can you give us details on the new Dynamis you mentioned, above?
It is a new DYNAMIS ready-to-run train set. It includes a Spectrum DCC Sound on Board HO scale 2-8-0 Consolidation with freight consist, a Dynamis control system (Item No. 36505) and a 56" x 38" oval of track with a DCC turnout.
I thought I would post the new N scale items in the new catalog that I have found.
85072 Diesel GE Dash 8-40C Powered DCC Conrail N 140.00
Steam 4-8-4 w/Operating Headlight
58152 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe N 125.00
58158 Rock Island N 125.00
Brill Trolley - Powered
61086 "Desire" New Orleans N 42.00
61092 New York Third Avenue N 42.00
Diesel EMD DD40AX Centennial - DCC on Board
62255 Union Pacific #6900 N 115.00
62256 Union Pacific #6910 N 115.00
62257 Union Pacific #6919 N 115.00
PCC Trolley, 8-Wheel Drive
62991 PC Trolley N 42.00
62992 Kansas City N 42.00
Spectrum(R) Diesel GE 44-Ton Switcher, Powered, with DCC
81857 Boston & Maine N 105.00
81858 Denver & Rio Grande Western N 105.00
81859 US Army N 105.00
Spectrum(R) 2-8-0 Consolidation Steam, Powered, DCC on Board
84551 Union Pacific #725 N 200.00
84552 Western Maryland #754 N 200.00
84553 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 2514 N 200.00
84554 Chesapeake & Ohio #705 N 200.00
TRAINSETS N & Z Scale
24019 Trainset Southern Belle N 160.00
24017 Spirit of Christmas N 160.00
24018 Royal Blue N 160.00
TRACK & ACCESSORIES N & Z Scale
E-Z Track(R) w/Nickel Silver Rail & Gray Roadbed
44852 12.5" Radius Curve N 13.00
44822 12.5" Radius Curve Half Section N 11.00
44855 17.5" Radius Curve N 12.00
44856 19" Half Section N 10.00
44896 World Greatest Hobby Track Pack N 155.00
44899 Short Connecting Section N 8.00
No new HO steam? Especially no SMALL HO steam, like a decent 2-6-0 :'(