Model Railroad Black Friday Sales

Hey does anyone know of Black Friday sales that are running?

I know the Amtrak e-store will be running sales

Amtrak Ink wrote:with savings of up to 40 percent off MSRP on model trains beginning Black Friday, November 23 through Cyber Monday, November 26...Among the models available are the super popular Heritage P42 locomotives at the deepest discount ever on these exclusive models! No discount codes are required and discount codes will not be accepted during this sale. Prices will automatically be adjusted during the four-day sale

If you want a heritage Genesis loco I would say now is the time!

I'm hoping for Black Friday sales from IMW... *hint, hint Joe*

I expect most dealers will be offering an additional zero percent discount on Black Friday.

Specialty stores really don't get into this madness-- I mean heavy door-buster discounting.

However, I fondly recall the Day After Christmas sales at Two Guys, the discount department store chain that was principally located in parts of the Northeast. (The last Two Guys closed by 1982.) There are still plenty of items on eBay that still sport the Two Guys discount stickers!

Two Guys....now that's a blast from the past! I remember the Christmas of 1975. I got a no-name brand train set that had a bicentennial painted Plymouth diesel switcher, 3 freight cars, and a caboose. I also got a LOT of die-cast cars. One of the many die-cast cars I got was a tractor-trailer from Majorette that had a blue cab-over tractor and a white box trailer marked for Two Guys! Boy I wish I still had that! Actually I do have it in a photograph. I'm proudly displaying it balanced on my robe-clad forearm just after unwrapping it and tearing it out of its blister pack!

On topic, I've never seen a hobby shop offer any Black Friday deals. Maybe the online hobby shops do. Even stores like Toys-R-Us and other general department stores don't usually offer deals on any model railroad items they may carry. So far the best deal I've seen on model railroad items during the holidays is just free shipping.

My father still has one of those Two Guys tractor-trailers, proudly displayed on his HO Layout. I don't think it's quite 1:87, but so what...

An eBay seller has been offering Classic Metal Works box trucks in various custom schemes. You can guess which one I was all over! So with a heavy application of Rule #1, there is an N Scale Two Guys box truck parked at a loading dock in the middle of the Adirondacks in 1963. (A Bambergers and an Eatons truck as well. I did draw the line at Crazy Eddie.)

acelaphillies wrote:Hey does anyone know of Black Friday sales that are running?

I'm hoping for Black Friday sales from IMW... *hint, hint Joe*

We are running specials, but only if you are on our mailing list.

jetfan wrote:

acelaphillies wrote:Hey does anyone know of Black Friday sales that are running?

I'm hoping for Black Friday sales from IMW... *hint, hint Joe*

We are running specials, but only if you are on our mailing list.

Ok, cool. I signed up for your mailing list a few months ago but have never recieved any emails so I am not sure if it is working for me. Should I try to sign-up again?

I also had another question for you Joe. On your website under HO scale news it says you will be releasing an updated version of the Multis in the near future. Are these the Bombardier Multilevels used by NJT? And if so, can you give more information on this release?

The Multi's are an articulated 5 car subway set used until the late 60's. We have no plans to update the Bombardier Multi Levels as there is no need to, the cars were designed from drawings provided by both NJT and Bombardier. As for the list, email me directly and I will confirm that you are on the list, we sent out the special this morning.
Thanks,
Joe
Island Modelworks LLC

jetfan wrote:The Multi's are an articulated 5 car subway set used until the late 60's. We have no plans to update the Bombardier Multi Levels as there is no need to, the cars were designed from drawings provided by both NJT and Bombardier. As for the list, email me directly and I will confirm that you are on the list, we sent out the special this morning.
Thanks,
Joe
Island Modelworks LLC

Alright that makes sense about the Multi's. I have seen pictures of your Bombardier Multilevels and like you said they didn't look like they needed "updating" that's why I was confused.