Nightmare on elm street car

What will make these collectible?  Rarity and overproduction need to go hand in hand with desirability.  I really don't see the connection between a horror movie and railroading.  In my mind that will render many of these items as candidates for repainting, or worse . . .

They may not be collectible.  I do so detest that word.  I like the pop culture items Lionel and MTH put out.  I've been lobbying for Bond, James Bond for a while.  Maybe one day 007 items will be produced.  Whoever does it will make some sales to me at least.  Not everyone wants scale authenticity from toys that run on 3 rail track.

great idea.  Bond movie themed cars would be popular, I think

@Livesteam1987, I was considering getting them but passed since I already collect a few other themes.  I think it's nice that Lionel is exploring different licenses. 

Gpritch posted:

I really don't see the connection between a horror movie and railroading.  In my mind that will render many of these items as candidates for repainting, or worse . . .

At $70 or so per car, I think you may want to look at something else to repaint.

Not a fan of the movie. So really not a desirable car. I rather see movies from happier times. Like Abbot and Castello meet the mummy. 

Abbot and Costello meet the wolf man was the best of the genre.   It had all the main actors/characters.  Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein monster, I think Vincent Price as the invisible man showed up at the end, and of course my all time favorite, the tortured soul, Lon Chaney Jr. As the wolfman.  Great stuff.  I wouldn't buy any of them in a million years, especially at $70 each as was mentioned, but someone will I guess.

Yes such an opportunity, not sure what they are thinking?

Have a Creature Feature series.  That would make more sense to me.  You could get pretty creative with that.  But, I'm older now and I'm sure these kind of things are meant to appeal to a younger crowd.  Poor people never got to appreciate the creature from the black lagoon.  

I don't know what Lionel is thinking.  A horror movie box car? Is this something a kid would want like a grand child or son or daughter??  I think the whole idea is kind of ridiculous and at $70? Wait until they get blown out then use them for repaints! 

How about:

Mrs. Lovett Meat Pie Refer car!

Sweeney Todd Bio-Hazard tanker.  (Full of blood!)

POTRZBE posted:

............ I like the pop culture items Lionel and MTH put out.  I've been lobbying for Bond, James Bond for a while.  Maybe one day 007 items will be produced.  Whoever does it will make some sales to me at least.  Not everyone wants scale authenticity from toys that run on 3 rail track.

That would be very interesting indeed.  (I'm not a huge Bond fan, but I do go see the new movies and like most of them, including the original classics that are slightly older than I am - actually bought the entire collection on DVD when they released it as a boxed set the year Skyfall came out).

I wonder if interest would be high enough for them to make a boxcar for each movie, or if that might be way overkill for any interest that actually is out there?  If not, it would be cool even if there were shared cars (maybe 2 movies per car, different graphics on each side?).

Probably could do some interesting loads on flats as well, or maybe a small set of auto carriers with some of the key Bond vehicles.  I'm sure most of the vehicles themselves (if not all) have been done in some scale (maybe no O appropriate) along the way.

Sorry to drift off the Elm Street car topic.  While I personally am not attracted to that offering, I have no issue with it if there are customers who find it desirable.  (But I do recognize it's maybe borderline being a horror movie - then again most of the trains now have "Ages 14-Adult" printed on the box....)  

We all may like different stuff, I'm OK with that.

-Dave

To EACH OUR OWN !   We all like different things !  Night mare on Elm street is a halloween type scary  movie !  Hitch the traincar  to halloween train ! 

I would like to see a ADDAMS FAMILY & a MUNSTERS FAMILY  TRAIN CARS !