The son of Triangman Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Instead of the glossy pictures with smoke digitally added using photoshop and glossy photos of today's catalouges, it would be nice to a return to the old style retro catalouge style used in 1970- onwards, designed to be viewed on a table or on your lap. A print of a painting on the front cover like the previous catalouges would also be nice too.The range needs thinning down as well, a lot are asking for new models but in these cash strapped times perhaps Hornby would be better getting it's money worth out of it's existing moulds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony57 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 HiThis month Hornby Mag has an interview with the Steve Cooke Hornby CEO about the future of the group makes for some interesting reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Yes I've just read it. Hopefully things are on the up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I was pleased to see that there is now a realisation that 80% of the people who buy model railways are in the Hobby market, rather than Toy market. There does need to be some entry level product but perhaps the dumbing down that had been noticable in Hornby's policies of a few years ago are now behind us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete007 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Hi Guys,I would like to see a proper catalouge, my favorate was the 1981 Ticket to ride. Several pictures of the loco and info about it on one A4 side. All the photos with back grounds just added to the enjoyment of the catalouge.Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazy Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 As a kid in the dark ages. I always thought the beast catalogues were 1979/80/81. the 79 had beautiful coloured drawing of the locos and a white up of the loco. and the 80/81 had some great photos of the trains giving you some ideas of how a model railway could be done. All three hold a special place in my heart. as being dyslexic they helped my reading come on in leaps and bounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 The catalogues were always special, and keenly anticipated after Christmas. The one that made the biggest impression on me at the time was the Triang third edition, especially the rear cover./media/tinymce_upload/36fd931d23925999869cadcb1b932a80.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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