Wild Boar Fell Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 This looks very good to me indeed, anyone else think this may be piggybacking on the Dapol 59s? Spec and the style of the CADs look similar. I'm probably wrong 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroborus Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Kinda explains why the number of limited edition 66's have recently come through. I wonder when we'll see the large Logo 66 and on what model Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Indeed you sell them now while they are still at good prices and with the money p reorder a shed load of the new ones Very clever .................... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 And if you want a cheap shed, Hattons are doing an Atlas Models static 66 in Eddie Stobart livery for 12 quid (plus delivery).... http://www.hattons.co.uk/357081/Atlas_Editions_4664107_Class_66_4_66411_Eddie_the_Engine_in_Stobart_Rail_livery_static_model/StockDetail.aspx H,C&O Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDG Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Well done again Hattons. Less than a year away too. Brilliant. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Well that’s blown Hornbys rather lame announcement out the water hasn’t it ? Quick, better go dump my Bachmann ones on eBay ..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDBLUE17 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Another surprise and excellent news from Hattons. Certainly a bold move and a great price too. At least we’ve got some time to start saving up for them. I’ll be keeping the vast majority of 66’s I’ve already got but a few can move on to make some room. Thanks Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) 30 is quite some statement, but even 500 of each is 15,000 models.. no factory can turn out that capacity in a single shift, so i’d venture they are going to be delivered in several chunks. Even then 2019 may be tough for other retailers products off the production line as this will take over a few slots... for example if the 14 car APT is happening to be coming off the same factory floor at the same time period.. it could be slim pickings for other commissioners ! However given the price, and the classes overwhelming popularity, i’d Imagine this will sell well, and beyond. Who knows Hattons may even enter the fray as supplier if another shop offered the pennies to do an exclusive edition of their own. Two-Three years ago we had this talk of levelling playing fields for all retailers and ending box-shifting domination of the market place, I think the major retailers have gotten their act together quite well. What next.. a Black 5 or an 8f ? Edited May 8, 2018 by adb968008 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Now that is how one makes an announcement! Could someone please direct it to the attention of the folk at Margate? What folk in Margate? If it's the one's I think you mean, they moved elsewhere a few years ago. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Scottish-Exile Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2018 What next.. a Black 5 or an 8f ? A fully updated Class 86 in ALL its variants please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Now, how do I sneak £8k's worth of sound fitted 66's past an increasingly suspicious SWMBO ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter123 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 As Hatton's quite rightly have gone for the popular standard liveries, I wonder if Bachmann will spring into action with an imminent ltd edition 66789 (Large Logo) and 66783 (Flying Dustman) or whether they will abandon the Class 66 altogether.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 I was tipped off about this a few months back off the back of another announcement but sworn to secrecy, certainly gonna get an order in for a Colas one to start with, don’t forget you can get a ‘big jim’ driver for it from Alan at modelu 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep the Faith Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 I would love to be a fly on the wall in the Hornby office today. Their own announcement is largely received with a combination of indifference and disappointment. Yet here we have one of their biggest customers teaching them how to really create some excitement. A very impressive line up and a bullish stance from Hattons - good luck to them. After all the hype of the last week it's all a bit embarrassing for Simon Kohler and the team in Sandwich. I guess this is what happens when you overplay your hand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
classy52 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 A fully updated Class 86 in ALL its variants please I said the same thing on one of the Hornby threads along the lines of please re-tool the Class 86 or if you don't have the stomach then I hope someone else does, I was promptly shot down by the fanboy's...over to you Hatton's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 a decade back , who’d have thought , we’d see the king boxshifter making its own models Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hat Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 As Hatton's quite rightly have gone for the popular standard liveries, I wonder if Bachmann will spring into action with an imminent ltd edition 66789 (Large Logo) and 66783 (Flying Dustman) or whether they will abandon the Class 66 altogether.... If the Bachmann 66 continues to sell then I imagine they will still produce it. Bachmann for ages still made their A4 model, despite Hornby having brought out a much updated version. If it does sell then Bachmann will still make it. I think they might drop the price just to undercut hattons, which might expose some of the price rises seen recently. However, of note is the liveries for the Hattons one are a lot of standard version machines. As a result have they not got the licence to produce some of the special commission liveries and perhaps cant while Bachmann held the rights to produce the model of that machine. If so, we could be in for a wait for the likes of some of the popular 66s and it might be wise not to dispose of some of the rare and popular machines as they might not be made quickly by Hattons. Its an educated guess, but think might be onto something with that theory... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
classy52 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 If the Bachmann 66 continues to sell then I imagine they will still produce it. Bachmann for ages still made their A4 model, despite Hornby having brought out a much updated version. If it does sell then Bachmann will still make it. I think they might drop the price just to undercut hattons, which might expose some of the price rises seen recently. However, of note is the liveries for the Hattons one are a lot of standard version machines. As a result have they not got the licence to produce some of the special commission liveries and perhaps cant while Bachmann held the rights to produce the model of that machine. If so, we could be in for a wait for the likes of some of the popular 66s and it might be wise not to dispose of some of the rare and popular machines as they might not be made quickly by Hattons. Its an educated guess, but think might be onto something with that theory... This is why I will be keeping all my Bachmann 66 Limited Editions and just selling off my 2 standard DRS & Colas 66's which I will replace with the Hatton's versions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigP Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) -- Edited January 31, 2021 by bigP Deleted 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l_jones Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) An upgrade well and truly overdue for this model. And a great surprise. Be interesting to understsnd the quantity of each variant as a flood like this surely will not sell, lots of Class 68s from the second run still about. A good range of liveries but surprised as previously stated there are no celebrities listed...see still lots of Bachmann EWS liveries ones from the last release still available I wonder whether these will sell ! Edited May 8, 2018 by martin_l_jones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Didn't see that one coming..... Cue a huge surge on ebay and a drop in second hand prices for Bachmann 66s Cheers, Mick That is what I call Win/win! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Scottish-Exile Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2018 However, of note is the liveries for the Hattons one are a lot of standard version machines. As a result have they not got the licence to produce some of the special commission liveries and perhaps cant while Bachmann held the rights to produce the model of that machine. No worries. At the rate that GBRf seem to be chucking out new liveries, I reckon there'll be more than enough for Hattons to do some Limited Editions. Then of course there is the Freightliner rebranding to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) Now that's how to do an announcement! Well done Hattons. Great selection, surely the definitive 66 and as your competitors head to £200 and good price too, considering the specification. Also good to see you are not abandoning analogue users , so I can change the lights with a finger switch. as close to Digital as I'm likely to get! A resounding well done ! And promised in 10 months time . Outstanding. How it should be done. Others with ludicrous development times should take note Edited May 8, 2018 by Legend Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) All this talk about dumping Bachmann & Hornby class 66’s... Am I the only person left with Lima class 66’s ? Edited May 8, 2018 by adb968008 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 All this talk about dumping Bachmann & Hornby class 66’s... Am I the only person left with Lima class 66’s ? Nope, I've one and it still works! And a Hornby 66 is merely a Lima with a more modern motor bogie and a DCC socket. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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