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hey gang, i usually dont comment on the forums, i just read, but i have to agree about the priceing of the hobby. its really getting ridiculous. i dont make a lot of money, plus im married and have children. to me model railroading is a stress reliver. i have loved it ever since i was 6 years old, and im now 35. seems like the companies are not considering the not so wealthy when it comes to priceing. just like the new Athearn RTR line, their just a glorified box kit. i tested a 80$ RTR against the same loco in the traditional (do it your self box) at my local hobby shop just yesterday. the results.......... the RTR was just as noisy and rattley as the un assembled kit. the weights of the two locos were the same also, light. used to be that Athearn un-assembled kits were the way to go for the hobbiest that couldnt afford the Kato's AND Protos, now since the sale of Athearn, it seems as if the price is going up, and the quality the same. Now, dont get me wrong, 95% of my rolling stock and loco's are Athearn, i think highly of them, but they need to remember us "not so fortunate modellers" that still dream of building their own miniture empires. <br /> <br /> steve[:(]
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