Korea Brass Co Email about U25C

[calzephyr]

This arrived today! I started to try the links, but my software asks me Do you want to got there??

Larry

Dear Sir,









Hi, How are you doing with your business in this year ?


We are sorry that we sent an e-mail to you without your approval.





This is Cho, Sungoh for the Korea Brass Co., Ltd in Seoul, S/Korea.


And we would be to introducing to you whom we are producing the scale model trains by brass materials and toy trains as any gauges(scale) by combination to the die-casted and plastic from tool & Moulds and if we arranged of our business parts is the below details. Please check on our website from below.




-. Finest Brass Models,


-. Toy Trains( Die-Casted & Plastic Models),


-. Tool & Moulds for die casting and injection,




korea-brass.com/new/english/sub04_02.php


or, korea-brass.com/new/english/sub04_06.php


or, www.korea-brass.com/new/sub04/bbs_view.php?data=ZGJfbmFtZT1ub3RpY2Umc2VxPTgzJnBhZ2Vfbm89MSZrZXkxPSZhbnM9||





The reason of the writing to you, we would like to introducing of our new models for the U25c by all new tools as like the attached images and some of details that we had. If you have the interesting of this information with you or for your customers, please be let us know with pre-order sheet. And than, we will provide the list for you with prepayment terms.





For the details of the HO U25c,


-. Available of the this models within early of the December, 2014


-. Die-casted chassis


-. The Body shell --- Plastic


-. 5 pole can motor with flywheel


-. RP25 wheel profile from NMRA


-. Separated the details parts,


-. DC Only by directional lighting ystem


-. Can be to converting to the DCC system


-. Available of the 12 road name


-. Overall dimesion : 233.95 X 36.68 X 57.75mm(L X W X H mm)


-. Weight --- 550g


-. MSRP Price US$189.99

-. You can be available for those models from end of the February, 2015.





j. U252010 GE U25C NP #2516 W/Sound, N/Sound


k. U252011 GE U25C NP #2517 W/Sound, N/Sound


l. U252012 GE U25C NP #2518 W/Sound, N/Sound


m. U252013 CB&Q #553 W/Sound, N/Sound


n. U252014 CB&Q #560 W/Sound, N/Sound


r. U252018 PRR #6513 W/Sound, N/Sound


s. U252019 PRR #6516 W/Sound, N/Sound


t. U252020 PRR #6518 W/Sound, N/Sound


x. U252024 CR #6519 W/Sound, N/Sound


y. U252025 CR #6810 W/Sound, N/Sound






Thank you and we are looking forward to hearing from you wire pre-order sooner. Or, if you have any questions for the this item before order, please don't hesitate to contact with us and please use any time if you have any convenience free time in your life with family.





And, this models are providing the complete HO models by ourselves from design, tools and assembled for productions, testing, packing for the HO U25c by die-casted and plastic. We will give you some images if you are interesting with it. Thank you with it again.



Sincerely yours,





Cho, Sungoh
Korea Brass Co., Ltd
#B-201, 10, 15-Gil, Nowon-ro,
(Hagye-dong, Hagye TechnoTown), Nowon-ku,
SEOUL KOREA 139-727
TEL : [phone] FAX : [phone]
E-Mail : [e-mail]
Mobile : [phone]

[edwardsutorik]

I cringe at the idea of what a translation of my sales pitch into Korean would actually say. I'm pretty sure Koreans like a good laugh as much as anyone.


I think the above demonstrates the wisdom of hiring truly bilingual people to go over your cross-language communications.



Ed

[calzephyr]

Jan 26, 2015 11:13:47 GMT -8 edwardsutorik said:

I cringe at the idea of what a translation of my sales pitch into Korean would actually say. I'm pretty sure Koreans like a good laugh as much as anyone.


I think the above demonstrates the wisdom of hiring truly bilingual people to go over your cross-language communications.



Ed

Ed
I agree on your thoughts.
Larry

[thebessemerkid]

So did you try the links anyway???

[mlehman]

Talk about your low marketing budget dumb decisions.

I dare not ask for any macadamia nuts...

[scl1234]

Surely they aren't thinking of direct-selling to the US without any dealer network...

[thebessemerkid]

Jan 26, 2015 13:56:28 GMT -8 scl1234 said:

Surely they aren't thinking of direct-selling to the US without any dealer network...

They might as well go eBay, or maybe there is a Korean Alibaba.com? 

[Judge Doom]

All it's missing is a Nigerian prince and $1 million USD in some foreign bank account.

They really shouldn't have jerked around and fired their US representative.

[onequiknova]

I have yet to see a decent picture of this thing.

[carrman]

I like how you can see the cooling fans instead of the radiator cores when looking at it from the top.



Dave

[Spikre]

sort of like the "See Thru Dynamics" on the Bachman SD45 mk5 ??
the previous shown pics looked OK,why would they lower the
details now ?
Spikre

[atsfan]

Sort of like vapor ware.
What ever happened to the Hornby version?
I came and went like the wind?

[calzephyr]

Jan 26, 2015 12:35:37 GMT -8 thebessemerkid said:

So did you try the links anyway???

No, I use my computers for business also and stay away from any warnings!
Larry

[calzephyr]

Jan 26, 2015 14:05:37 GMT -8 thebessemerkid said:

Jan 26, 2015 13:56:28 GMT -8 scl1234 said:

Surely they aren't thinking of direct-selling to the US without any dealer network...

They might as well go eBay, or maybe there is a Korean Alibaba.com? 

Good one! Try to get something fixed after it breaks.
Larry

[theengineshed]

Jan 26, 2015 15:31:47 GMT -8 atsfan said:

What ever happened to the Hornby version?
I came and went like the wind?

No complaints on the Hornby offering, good locomotives, and there is still new stock for sale. If KB doesn't pan out, you can probably still pick one up...

[thebessemerkid]

Jan 26, 2015 15:31:47 GMT -8 atsfan said:

Sort of like vapor ware.
What ever happened to the Hornby version?
I came and went like the wind?

They are out there

www.modeltrainstuff.com/U25C-Locomotives-HO-Scale-s/3706.htm

[thebessemerkid]

Jan 26, 2015 15:37:18 GMT -8 calzephyr said:

Jan 26, 2015 14:05:37 GMT -8 thebessemerkid said:

They might as well go eBay, or maybe there is a Korean Alibaba.com? 

Good one! Try to get something fixed after it breaks.
Larry

Today's mindset is disposable everything it seems, so they might try it. The Rivarossi is good enough though that there would have to be some really compelling reason to risk it. Had they beat Hornby to market they might have at least covered their tooling investment. 

[Chad]

Is it my imagination or does the NP look green and not black?

[atsfan]

Jan 26, 2015 16:08:22 GMT -8 thebessemerkid said:

Jan 26, 2015 15:31:47 GMT -8 atsfan said:

Sort of like vapor ware.
What ever happened to the Hornby version?
I came and went like the wind?

They are out there

www.modeltrainstuff.com/U25C-Locomotives-HO-Scale-s/3706.htm

Cool!Q

[edwardsutorik]

Jan 26, 2015 15:31:47 GMT -8 atsfan said:

Sort of like vapor ware.
What ever happened to the Hornby version?

All but one are shown as in stock with Walthers. And the NP ones are on sale.

I came and went like the wind?

You and Rocket J. Squirrel, both!








Ed

[bnsf971]

Jan 26, 2015 16:53:37 GMT -8 Chad said:

Is it my imagination or does the NP look green and not black?

It's not your imagination.

[kentuckysouthernrwy]

Their English is better than my Korean...

[edwardsutorik]

Well, yeah, it has a greenish tinge; but that is well within the definition of "internet black". I did a color correction on the green tint, and the NP yellow came even closer to correct. As opposed to the (hopefully) soon-to-be corrected Hornby yellow.

I sure would like to see decent pictures, though. The handrails look, um, troublesome.

Right now, if Hornby produced another batch of appropriately painted NP and Q U25C's, I'd definitely pick them up. As it is, they're due out with U28C's in NP, Q, and BN; and they're supposed to be in the proper colors. So, right now, those are the ones.

I believe I've heard that Rivarossi/Hornby is also planning on doing the Phase II version of the U25C. That would be the same phase as the ones from "back in the day". Wouldn't mind one of them in NP, too.



Ed

[Great-Northern-Willmar Div]

Jan 26, 2015 14:13:24 GMT -8 Judge Doom said:

All it's missing is a Nigerian prince and $1 million USD in some foreign bank account.

They really shouldn't have jerked around and fired their US representative.

When I read the release it reminded me of the scam artist I had on the hook from Craigslist. It was so much fun pulling dip stick's chain......

Signed

Humpty

Yes, my first name is Humpty and my last is Dumpty. Send the check to the widows and orphans fund in care of the chief of police. I also gave my scam guy the local police departments address to mail the "cashier's check".....and they did! Talked to the Chief and continued to play the dumb sucker collecting e-mails etc. for the U.S. Postal Inspectors. Ahhhh that was so much fun!

[atsfan]

Anybody getting the Microsoft Tech Support your computer is broadcasting virus nonsense phone calls lately?

[Judge Doom]

Jan 26, 2015 19:15:24 GMT -8 atsfan said:

Anybody getting the Microsoft Tech Support your computer is broadcasting virus nonsense phone calls lately?

Once in a while, usually duct cleaning agencies from India.

No model train manufacturers pimping U25C's yet though. Maybe someone will make a U30B, and offer organic natural enlargement herbs to make it a rock-hard U30C! Everyone needs a good Rock Island U30C!

Now on topic, this is good new entry marketing:

[catt]

Anybody getting the Microsoft Tech Support your computer is broadcasting virus nonsense phone calls lately?

I keep getting messages from NORTON that my computer is infected with virus's and a 1-855 number to call.Strange thing is I do not have NORTON and never have had it on this computer.

[JohnJ]

Hornby/Rivarossi had a booth in the Mallory Complex at Springfield,and surprisingly were selling the U25Cs from the booth. Their price of $170 for non-sound, non-DCC was the best I saw at the show ($175 seemed the going rate). The square metal handrails aren't ideal, but do have their advantages. I was awfully tempted to pick up a PRR, but instead went down the rolling stock path with some Tangent X58s and PC Historical Society Atlas boxcar specials.

[Chad]

Given the fact the two NP Rivarossi U25C's I have look so great, sound incredible and run so well I would be had pressed to look at the Korea Brass units. Plus it does not look like they are offering sound versions just ones you can add sound to. I have no issue adding sound, I added sound to all of the RTR models but seems odd they would not offer them sound equipped from the factory. Seems like a half hearted dive into the U25C.

[mlehman]

Yep, no sound option is pretty retro. Even more so because most of the sound decoder folks are eager to do OEM installs for a lot of reasons: lots of sales; probability they will get their product in hands of consumers who may not otherwise try it; cachet of working with a known and respected name in the hobby; and etc.

OK, forget that one I lined out here.

I suspect the lack of a DCC option is another sign they just don't play well with others.