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OK...it's offical...Baltimore County ALF Eagle, Eng. 71 and Allentown, PA Pierce Rearmount Truck 11. Ho hum, not for me.
Location: Fayettevile, GA
Nice release's, very sharp and colorfull
I bought both
But when's Gilbert AZ's model coming ? 
I just read this post, and checked out "Other" sales page for first time in months. $55 for a Pumper, and $85 for a Ladder? Are they NUTS???
Let's look at this realistically....With smaller(1500) quantities of each run, Code 3 will have to do 2 things to cover the costs of molds. They are higher prices and REPAINTS. That is a fact of life and business. Most people have been grousing about all the FDNY and with bigger production runs they rarely sold out. As has been noted in many previous posts, just about every run since January of '06 has been a sellout and before they are available to nonclub members. Of course there are going to be repaints but there has been enough variety to keep some people interested. I am not thrilled with the price increase either or how the club "benefits" have been gutted. I passed on these releases even though they look nice and I am still debating about renewing club membership. Just my 1 cent worth.
Items sold to Liquidators, no return emails, too many repaints, concentration on FDNY at the expense of variety, discontinuation of helpful customer service, and general attitude towards loyal collector base contributed to the downward spiral this firm is now on. I always liked their product quality, even with the off scale cabs, but they really PO'ed their loyal following (HUGE MISTAKE), and this is the reason why runs started not to sell out, as collectors chose to look and spend their earnings elsewhere on products such as Corgi and others that offered more variety, if not the detail. Today those companies are about par with "Other" company detail, and their hard earned customer loyalty went down the toilet.
They may be still profitable, but they were at one time at the top, and will never achieve that status with collectors again.
My 5,500 and 8,500 cents.
They only run a handful of Seagrave Ladders.
Wonder if they retool the Massport or O'Hare Pierce Tower and do Truck 10. Truck 10 had posted on their website that they sent pix of the truck to Code 3. That was a while ago.
We'll see. I thought the last PTH release--the Green ALF was a total bust--but it sold out so what the heck do I know!
