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Precision Craft and BLI have adopted this new system of deciding whether a model will be built or not. The diagram below comes from their website and shows how likely it is whether they will build a run of models or not
While this is in America, the home of rampant capitalsm, it may end up elsewhere in the future. How would you feel if your favourite model did not get constructed unless X amount of people sign up to buying one?
This could be regarded ina a positive light, e.g. if you are one of the Blue Pullman brigade this would be your chance to show Hornby how many people would really buy one.
While limited runs have been under discussion before this is a new phenomena in that the company will not even build the loco until a certain amount of people commit to buying it.
Is this a good thing or bad?

While this is in America, the home of rampant capitalsm, it may end up elsewhere in the future. How would you feel if your favourite model did not get constructed unless X amount of people sign up to buying one?
This could be regarded ina a positive light, e.g. if you are one of the Blue Pullman brigade this would be your chance to show Hornby how many people would really buy one.
While limited runs have been under discussion before this is a new phenomena in that the company will not even build the loco until a certain amount of people commit to buying it.
Is this a good thing or bad?