I do so hope this is some terrible joke



    There's a thread on 'that other place' if anyone is interested.

Hornby goes Steampunk in 2020 - Hornby - RMweb

 :shock: :shock: :shock:

Ed

Well, the figure look rather good, so perhaps H could 'de-punk' them for grown up use on Victorian and Edwardian layouts? However, the rolling stock and then those verging-on-the-ridiculous 'daft-punk' railway buildings really do seem to be a joke, but then I'm not the client H are looking to reel in.

Will Thomas fans be lured into Steam-Punk? Only time will tell, but 'that' model railway TV programme has a lot to answer for!

Bill

Edit: Just saw the price of a single Steampunk little person, nine quid each! Now that is a joke!!!

I fear Mr Bassett-Lowke might be turning in his grave

Turn the idea around,

• no conflict with established market sectors
• utilises a lot of existing Hornby toolings so relatively low cost entry
• first mover advantage
  
• New sector appealing to a different generational group
• should generate positive cash flows….

Surely all positive for the existing RM sectors. Bravo for not throwing in the towel Hornby, when under siege from bold new entrants on your own territory.

[user=2170]Colin W[/user] wrote:

Turn the idea around,

• no conflict with established market sectors
• utilises a lot of existing Hornby toolings so relatively low cost entry
• first mover advantage
  
• New sector appealing to a different generational group
• should generate positive cash flows….

Surely all positive for the existing RM sectors. Bravo for not throwing in the towel Hornby, when under siege from bold new entrants on your own territory.

I quite agree Colin.  It might be a bit of a risk for Hornby, there may not be that many steampunk modellers, but I like the bold move to attract an untouched market.  And if it helps to keep the company going…..

If they were to fold, modellers would be questioning why they didn't diversify and broaden the business base.  It might not be my cup of tea, but then I am never buying a GWR or LMS or LNER engine either!  Each to their own….

Michael

[user=1512]Headmaster[/user] wrote:

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….but then I am never buying a GWR or LMS or LNER engine either!  Each to their own….

Michael

In that case, I'm not going to talk to you again Michael !!

[user=6]Petermac[/user] wrote:

[user=1512]Headmaster[/user] wrote:

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….but then I am never buying a GWR or LMS or LNER engine either!  Each to their own….

Michael

In that case, I'm not going to talk to you again Michael !!

Me neither  :tongue






 


Ed

I thought I might get that sort of response!!  Teehee!

Michael

My eldest granddaughter approves. "Cool". Not sure Annie and Clarabel do though. There is a whole subculture around this genre. If those figures are OO scale-ish I am definitely interested. Back to the Future III comes to mind. Or anything  Jules Verne. Even Mad Max. Or armoured Soviet trains.

I may get a bag of steam punk bits from Micro Mark and do one for her. Bet this makes an appearance at Comic-Con this year. I remember some larger scale locomotives last year.



Nigel

this is the true look of steam punk……….


re-purposing something into a different "thing"

Imaging driving THAT to the shops!! 

Wow - where's that ?

well I'm sort of a closet "steam punker" (hence my ownership of 6 x Q1's) and it was in amongst my pics that I keep for inspiration

I'm fairly sure it would be situated in the USA.

I quite like this style too Rat Rodding - just a whim I have for odd things



Speaking of ODD I would love to have a go on this!


  

Check out "Zoelly locomotives" for real steampunk. Puts Hornby to shame.

Nigel

[user=1632]BCDR[/user] wrote:

Check out "Zoelly locomotives" for real steampunk. Puts Hornby to shame.

Nigel

 

 

As a revisit to Munich's Deutsches Museum was already on my holiday itinerary this year, I'll add an original Zoelly multi-stage steam turbine machine to my list of things to search out. Looks like a fascinating beast.
 
Last time I could have done with some help as many interesting displays were only described in detail in German. I'm hoping for improvements this time round with a backstop of G00gle Translate