Lionel Shipping next week

Everytime there is a shipping notice I seem to be typing "uh-oh."

I'm getting like a broken record because once again, after looking at this listing....."uh oh". Better start saving my money!

yep looks like I will have to shell out some more money here soon....

683528 BAR State of Maine PS-1 FreightSounds Boxcar
683533 PRR FreightSounds PS-1 Boxcar
683534 Union Pacific FreightSounds PS-1 Boxcar

Very nice, Lionel. They said "October" for the PS-1 sound box cars. Close enough for me!

Edit: Now I just have to remember with whom I placed my preorders. 

Have any PS1 sound cars remaining?

Thanks!

Call us on Tuesday Chris, we will know then.

Can't wait to get my BAR Boxcar!

Hey Charlie, is there any word on a 2016 Dealer Appreciation Boxcar yet?  Thx...

David

Four PS-1 boxcars and 3 packs of passengers coming my way. 

Mike

Anyone know if the PS-1's will have Kadee coupler pads?  

Rocky Mountaineer posted:

Hey Charlie, is there any word on a 2016 Dealer Appreciation Boxcar yet?  Thx...

David

David,

 Not trying to circulate a bit of "tittle-tattle", but I have been told by my local Lionel dealer that this particular boxcar series is being discontinued, maybe Charlie can confirm or deny.

Sorry for straying off topic...

Thanks, WTJOHN.  I don't think it's off-topic at all.  I figured by this time in the year, we'd have seen these cars on a shipping schedule by now.  So that's why I asked Charlie about it.  Stuff seems to have a relatively short attention-span these days, and these boxcars started back around 2008 I believe.  So 7 or 8 years isn't that bad of a run at all.  These started out as being somewhat of a "collectors item", since dealers reportedly only initially received ONE boxcar for being an authorized Lionel dealer.  Then a couple of years ago, Lionel opened the floodgates so-to-speak and allowed dealers to order multiple "Dealer Appreciation" boxcars after listing them for a pre-order period with their customers.  That was likely the beginning of the end.

If it is indeed true that the "Dealer Appreciation" boxcars are now discontinued, I suspect the Lionel party line will be that the "replacement" is now the National Train Day boxcar.  Last year's boxcar was billed as "available for purchase directly from your LHS only  on National Train Day".  But even months later, dealers were still selling them like any other piece of rolling stock.  So all that hype was just marketing gibberish in an attempt to get folks to walk into a brick-and-mortar LSH, which is a laudable goal.  But just don't get caught lying about it -- which they quickly did.

David

Rocky, the DA cars are on "Hiatus" for now. Time will tell.

Thanks, Charlie!

How about the uncataloged WWII themed boxcars? Any idea when they have or will be released?

Larry Neal posted:

How about the uncataloged WWII themed boxcars? Any idea when they have or will be released?

Last time I checked Lionel.com:

6-83785 DOOLITTLE NOV, 6-83788 ENLIST DEC, 6-83779 PEARL NOV

Looks like before or near Christmas...

Any word on the "Elf" and "Christmas Vacation" cars? It's hard to believe they would miss Christmas season.

Now that I have a ton of things to pay for, the PS-1 40' boxcars with sounds are coming.

Andrew

Lionel is shipping every week now. I expect those items soon.