QUOTE (butler-henderson @ 5 May 2021, 18:32)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>More duplication as Bachmann today announce newly tooled Class 24s - D5036 BR Green with yellow end panels, D5094 BR Green, 24035 BR Blue, 97201 RTC Red/Blue priced at £179.95 (or an extra £100 DCC Sound fitted)
Or perhaps not? I gather that the only competing product which would be from SLW is possibly no longer available.
If Frogspawn Industries appeared out of nowhere with a first class model of a Gresley V2 available tomorrow, I wouldn't see that as duplication. Bachmann have failed for years to deliver the announced goods. Snooze, you lose.
Equally, had another manufacturer (top suspect, Heljan) brought out a competent model of the class 21 at any time between the 2010 Dapol announcement and 2018, I would have purchased it. First to market takes the prize, devil take the hindmost.
I feel there is something of a lack of competitive pressure in RTR OO, as indicated by the frequently leisurely progress on the path to bringing announced product to the retailer's shelves.