Walthers Capitol Limited Deluxe Passenger Cars

railtwister Jul 28, 2015

  1. railtwister

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    Have all of the deluxe versions of this limited run series of cars been produced yet? A club member bought into this series and is still short three cars, and there is no evidence of their existence past or present on the Walthers website. He has product numbers 9413, 9414, 9416, 9417, 9418, and appears to be missing 9415, plus two other unknown numbers to complete his set. None of the above Numbers return any results on the Walthers website, either as advanced reservation, in stock, or discontinued items. I'm beginning to wonder if Walthers is following after some other manufacturers dirty tricks play books and is releasing reduced quantities with each production batch in the series in order to make the full set a sought after collector's item.

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  2. John Smith

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    The standard edition was delayed for several months, so I imagine the deluxe version is equally delayed. I just recently received the baggage-Dormitory-Coffee Shop and the 56 seat coach. The Strata Dome coach is now expected in late September, The Diesels in late November, and the Strata Dome Sleeper and Sleeper lounge observation are expected near the end of December.
    My guess is the factory did not meet the anticipated production schedule, but it also appears that Walthers was not forthcoming about the devlay, other than changing the due dates on the web page associated with the link in the preceding post. woo woo woo woo woo woo had one of the deluxe versions on their site recently I believe it was the baggage Dorm.
     

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