I don’t think it’s fair to say that. You said yourself:
“If we did a new run of opens, and put the price up to 130 euro, you would then have a case.”
The 2 runs of H-Vans saw a price jump from €89.99 to €129.95. I got 2 packs from the first “fitted” run of H-Vans. I have not bought any of the latest “unfittted” H-Vans because of the price.
Now don’t get me wrong I really appreciate all IRM have done for the Irish modelling scene. I have spent many many weeks wages on IRM stuff and have zero regrets.
I do appreciate the difficulties seen in the Irish market at the minute. I think that there has been a bit of an influx of the more niche type products lately, which perhaps is another factor to consider in the slow down in sales. I have bought every offering in the Bulleid range, even though that is not exactly my era. The Hunslets and Maroon Mk2’s are not on my list. They are just too niche for me.
I will say that I would buy at least 4 C-Classes, and several packs of any 1980/1990’s era freight wagons such as bagged cement, barytes, double stack sugar beet, especially given they ran in block trains. Just trying to give honest feedback here as I really want to see IRM continue to revolutionise the Irish scene.
Thanks