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aos		#1 Posted : 13 March 2025 12:20:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/08/2008(UTC) Posts: 526 Location: Livingston, Scotland		Just announced this morning: https://uk.finance.yahoo...ils-plans-092741847.html
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David Dewar		#2 Posted : 13 March 2025 16:05:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,446 Location: Scotland		Originally Posted by: aos Just announced this morning: https://uk.finance.yahoo...ils-plans-092741847.html They will be selling trainers etc with Hornby brand on them. I dont see them lasting more than a few years as there is just not nthe demand from the younger generation.
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kiwiAlan		#3 Posted : 13 March 2025 17:56:16(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,455 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Originally Posted by: David Dewar Originally Posted by: aos Just announced this morning: https://uk.finance.yahoo...ils-plans-092741847.html They will be selling trainers etc with Hornby brand on them. I dont see them lasting more than a few years as there is just not nthe demand from the younger generation. Their major problem is they are not producing anything really new, just using ancient molds with reworked liveries, apart from the Coronation train which is a stunning item, but made in very limited quantities.
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jcrtrains		#4 Posted : 13 March 2025 21:28:34(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 31/10/2009(UTC) Posts: 609 Location: Toronto, Ontario		Is the real issue all their acquisitions? They bought a ton of dead model railroad companies. Those brands have all been revitalized but I suspect the cost was significant. I hate to say it, but when you are in a fading business, the last thing you should do is buy all the dead miscreants on the floor. They died for a reason - a shrinking market.
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kiwiAlan		#5 Posted : 14 March 2025 01:22:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,455 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Originally Posted by: jcrtrains Is the real issue all their acquisitions? They bought a ton of dead model railroad companies. Those brands have all been revitalized but I suspect the cost was significant. I hate to say it, but when you are in a fading business, the last thing you should do is buy all the dead miscreants on the floor. They died for a reason - a shrinking market. Well they have been selling off the Bassett-Lowke range of Steam Punk items at greatly discounted prices because they didn't sell. I hadn't realised Hornby had acquired the Bassett-Lowke name until I saw an item about this range going very cheap.
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jcrtrains		#6 Posted : 14 March 2025 02:02:33(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 31/10/2009(UTC) Posts: 609 Location: Toronto, Ontario		I was thinking more along lines of Rivarossi, Jouef, Lima and Arnold. That is quite a bunch of acquisitions.
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David Dewar		#7 Posted : 14 March 2025 11:49:34(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,446 Location: Scotland		They also have Airfix which are low cost kits and again these do not sell well and many have to be discounted on their site. Not sure how the younger generation feel about building kits but for the older folk Tamiya have a lot of the market and the quality is way better. I would think that in the UK they are the main sellers of model trains and Marklin of course does almost nothing thanks to Gaugemaster whio really have little interest in the brand. Hornby will stagger on for a bit but will in time give up unless there is new demand for the product.
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kiwiAlan		#8 Posted : 14 March 2025 12:06:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,455 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Originally Posted by: David Dewar They also have Airfix which are low cost kits and again these do not sell well and many have to be discounted on their site. Not sure how the younger generation feel about building kits but for the older folk Tamiya have a lot of the market and the quality is way better. I would think that in the UK they are the main sellers of model trains and Marklin of course does almost nothing thanks to Gaugemaster whio really have little interest in the brand. Hornby will stagger on for a bit but will in time give up unless there is new demand for the product. They also have Pocher who produce 1/8 scale cars, and of course Scaletrix slot cars. I think they also have some other obscure brand names in their stable as well.
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Willem99		#9 Posted : 14 March 2025 21:48:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/11/2020(UTC) Posts: 88 Location: Georgia, Ball Ground		But Airfix has very much sentimental value for me. I build an army of tanks and other vehicles, airplanes etc. Big battles in my room with my friends. Of course a lot of the tanks had major damage after a while, just like in real life. Good memories. :) Tim
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Michael4		#10 Posted : 14 March 2025 23:25:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 02/02/2017(UTC) Posts: 694 Location: England, South Coast		Mike Ashley has, I suspect, very little interest in the product and even less emotional attachment.
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Bigdaddynz		#11 Posted : 15 March 2025 11:30:30(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 18,763 Location: New Zealand		Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Originally Posted by: David Dewar They also have Airfix...... They also have Pocher and of course Scaletrix slot cars. I think they also have some other obscure brand names in their stable as well. Electrotren is now a Hornby brand.
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David Dewar		#12 Posted : 15 March 2025 12:42:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,446 Location: Scotland		Originally Posted by: Michael4 Mike Ashley has, I suspect, very little interest in the product and even less emotional attachment. As a Glasgow Rangers fan we had a lot of court cases with Ashley who had an interest in selling the tops and clothing items with the club crest etc. However who knows maybe he has a model railway.
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bph		#13 Posted : 15 March 2025 18:42:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/08/2018(UTC) Posts: 1,144		Does anyone know if Hormby has made any profit yet on their TT scale models?
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Vinedusk		#14 Posted : 16 March 2025 20:09:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 30/12/2023(UTC) Posts: 80		Originally Posted by: Bigdaddynz Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Originally Posted by: David Dewar They also have Airfix...... They also have Pocher and of course Scaletrix slot cars. I think they also have some other obscure brand names in their stable as well. Electrotren is now a Hornby brand. Along with Rivarossi, Lima and Jouef. Once were warriors, now all very obscure today. Perhaps Simba Dickie could pick up the Hornby International range and revive these ailing HO marks that have fallen on hard times?
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Drongo		#15 Posted : 17 March 2025 12:31:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/06/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,248 Location: Sydney, NSW		The only really good items that Hornby produced recently were the magnetic couplers. I have bought quite a few of them and they are amazing, much better than the Marklin, Roco etc. ones. The only thing I noticed about the magnetic couplers were that they could easily pull out of the NEM sockets, so I discovered that a gentle filing enables them to stay in the sockets much better. I wrote to Hornby to suggest that they modify the production but I didn't hear back, so I guess their not interested in improving the product, which shows why the company is not doing well.
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