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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 I did not answer this poll. To me this question has no real meaning for 2 reasons. First, in the scale that I model ( 3 rail O ) this isn't an issue since everything is ready to run. Second, the question is begging to divide the hobby and set the stage for more intolerance and conflict. See my response to poll 2. By answering this poll, we start down the road of who's right and who's wrong, and that is road leads only to trouble. [/quote]Your first point is well taken, however the second is begging to be answered because this is an issue that is with us on global scale today . Around the world today, MRR Manufactureres are trying to cope with an ever changing hobby, ever changing attitudes about the hobby, and most of all, economic conditions around the world, that could all but destroy this hobby as well as others. I've been in this hobby for 51 years, and in that time, I've seen it and most other hobbies, fall so low, that hobbyshops just couldn't stay in bussiness. Without hobbyshops, we really don't have a hobby, unless you want to scratchbuild everything. So MRR Manufactureres have to trim down to make a profit and stay in bussiness. What do they do, continue with a line of kits that maybe only a few diehards still want or do they go with the ever growing demand for RTR. Ignoring this issue won't make it go away, it's like the one and only bad penny that keeps showing up. I think, really, that most modelrailroaders, are a very intelligent lot and they see the trends occurring and don't really know what to do about it, or how others really feel. I don't think this is going to devide the hobbiest, but rather show what the real demand is.
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