woodenhead Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Ooh I just clicked on a link and won an Exeter!!! Oh I've won a chance to look at a picture of an Exeter Tomorrow an entry into a draw for a box of old bits of APT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerces Fobe2 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Sad News ! Santa will not be visiting any Scaledale properties this year as their chimneys are still in a factory in China! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Another product idea from Hornby for 2015, Hornby Playing Cards. Have a go at "how to manage a model railway company", with a nice family game of Poker. . And more, bit like shades of the M&S chrtistmas shop http://www.Hornby.com/shop/gifts.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 And maybe next year they might even do an Advent calendar for grown-ups who just like playing with expensive, detailed, toy model trains?That would be an interesting challenge. It would be interesting to see Hornby's research team step up to questions for enthusiasts. When was the locomotive that is scheduled to haul the Santa Special at the xyz preserved railway built? Submit your favourite train spotting photograph of steam locomotives in action. And I wonder if there'd be just as much mud-slinging here. It's funny (or sad, I'm not sure which) to see us collectively getting into such a lather over the Advent Calendar. While the fun and games is clearly not intended to appeal to the 'discerning enthusiast' a lot of effort went into producing this. People may jest, but coming up with 24 different activities across all the brands and then preparing them for web publication with professional graphics takes a lot more effort than a couple of junior marketing people over the course of an afternoon. There's really nothing wrong with the Christmas train or a £100 certificate for an ugly jumper as competitions as much as we like to joke about it. We're making sport for the heck of it. And even if we don't participate in the competitions, by the number of comments here, lots of us are visiting Hornby's website every day to see what's next, so even if people think it's foolish, the team that put the Advent Calendar together has the last laugh - it's doing exactly what it is supposed to be doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted December 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 5, 2014 There is a lively discussion on the same topic on the Hornby website forum along the same lines, with over 100 posts so far! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted December 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 5, 2014 Today Santa has got lost. Find him on the Hornby website and you can enter a draw to win a £100 voucher. Perhaps he is with some Exeters. He's completely lost as the link from the Hornby Advent Calendar takes you to the Scalextric competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1056WesternSultan Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 It looks as though I am not the only punter exciting an opportunity to potentially win a prize every day. Hornby has changed and we have to accept so best to bite our lip and not create a lather of knocking Hornby. Who knows, if we are not all good children Santa will not come to us this year. Mind you though I think Hornby need to look at their Elf and Safety policy as Santa on the roof of a Javelin is likely to get a fatal shock from the overhead catenary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mow Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 And more, bit like shades of the M&S chrtistmas shop http://www.Hornby.com/shop/gifts.html New game, guess the post Christmas discount. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerces Fobe2 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 New game, guess the post Christmas discount. More empty red boxes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsp3970 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 So for today they want people to tell them one thing that is on their Christmas list. I wonder how many people will type in they want an 'Exeter'! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted December 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2014 Today's deal is the Flight of the Mallard set for £99.99. Ends at midnight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_man Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Today's deal is the Flight of the Mallard set for £99.99. Ends at midnight. When retailers are being starved of sets, especially sets like this that are great sellers, I find it difficult to understand why Hornby are giving them to the public at below trade cost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Very disappointing as compared to previous years. I think they would have had better success producing an actual advent calendar and offering railway related items behind each door, like people, animals, luggage, crates etc... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted December 9, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2014 When retailers are being starved of sets, especially sets like this that are great sellers, I find it difficult to understand why Hornby are giving them to the public at below trade cost. Do we know retailers cannot order this set? Presumably Hornby is selling at this price because it needs hard cash and doesn't want the warehouse full of unsold sets that may not shift very well after Christmas. This set may be a great seller but if retailers haven't ordered them, I can understand why Hornby doesn't want them hanging around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_man Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Do we know retailers cannot order this set? Presumably Hornby is selling at this price because it needs hard cash and doesn't want the warehouse full of unsold sets that may not shift very well after Christmas. This set may be a great seller but if retailers haven't ordered them, I can understand why Hornby doesn't want them hanging around. Yes we do - I am a retailer. This set has not been available for some months either from Hornby or ABGee. Steve Model Railway Imports Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Its only the same sort of thing as when Argos was flogging similar Tornado Pullman Express sets off last year for £99. Hattons list it (you have to google their listing) as Sold out/no longer available/unobtainable, their last price apparently was £144. As I remember, when it was originally released it was a difficult set to get hold of. I suppose that the minions at Hornby decided it wasn't worth pushing/supplying the stock that finally dribbled in to retailers and held on to it for a pre-Christmas splurge. Wonder what delights they'll have on offer tomorrow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 By way of a change to show some good quality marketing which engenders a bit of an 'aah' from the viewer/customer - http://www.storycontracting.com/merry-christmas Well done Story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 By way of a change to show some good quality marketing which engenders a bit of an 'aah' from the viewer/customerNo smart-alec comments from us either! I am curious to know if anyone knows what make of vehicle the taxi is in the caption contest for December 10. It doesn't look all that British to me but I'm certainly no expert on such things. I put "taxi" into the Corgi search box. It did return a taxi, along with an Avro Vulcan, 007's Skyfall DB5, a mini, some buses, the Concorde etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted December 10, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2014 It's a Humber Super Snipe estate. It doesn't show up in a search for 1/76 models but is available at 1/43. Possibly coming for next year from Corgi? Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted December 10, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2014 Leaving themselves wide open today for comments on the caption competition. The cinema in the picture has something about advance bookings on the front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernelectric Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I think Hornby need to look at their Elf and Safety policy as Santa on the roof of a Javelin is likely to get a fatal shock from the overhead catenary. "Elf and Safety" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernelectric Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I think...perhaps...some are taking the advent calendar a little too seriously. It's just the marketing department having some seasonal fun...nothing wrong with that is there? Although I have to say I thought the Xmas jumper thing was a bit naff though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Interesting competition today. Hornby's upped the stakes with a nice prize and a (very short) essay question on their forum as the price of admission. This is an interesting idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted December 12, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2014 Today's deal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_man Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Another deal at below than trade price! Let's hope Hornby sell out of them really quickly to give the rest of us retailers a chance to sell ours! Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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