[modeleng] Re: A projects observation
- From: Alan Stepney <alesara2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:04:32 +0000 (GMT)
I have all the sales figures from the old Reeves, when
they went into liquidation, and that shows some
suprising statistics.
I am a bit surprised at the Alchin being at the top of
the list, as it is an old design now, and trains tend
to be more popular.
Even Springbok is quite complex, and as you say, many
of them are far from being beginers locomotives.
My "favourite" for a first effort is Juliet, and way
back in the late 50's it was announced that "well
over" 1000 sets of castings for it had been sold, and
in the old Reeves lists it was still showing sales of
several dozen a year.
Alan
--- Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Today while searching out loco project information
> for a friend I found the
> following list on the AJReeves web site which
> represents in order of
> numbers sold their most popular projects.
> 1-Allchin, 2-Tich, 3-Rob Roy,
> 4-Stirling Single, 5-Black5, 6-Minnie, 7-Doris,
> 8-Princess of Wales,
> 9-Springbok, 10-Simplex. I am not surprised that
> the Allchin is #1 and
> certainly that Tich is #2. What surprises me is
> that #4, # 5, and #8 are
> on the list at all. These locos are complex and
> demanding projects yet
> apparently there are enough of them being tackled
> that they make the Top
> Ten. I'm impressed.
>
> Regards,
> Harry
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