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Horizon has stated that as of March 1st they will be the exculsive supplier of Athearn products. Walthers and other distributors have told their dealers the same thing. As a dealer, I have not made up my mind about dropping Athearn. As of late, Athearn has had very little to offer my entry level customers. My high-end customers tend to buy from mail order houses or ebay, for obvious reasons. I am leaning toward Walthers Trainline, Rivarrosi, Stewart, and a few others for locomotives. When Athearn drops the blue boxes, we will probably invest our money in more Accurail kits. The RTR rolling stock is kind of up for grabs. The Athearn RTR rolling stock has been selling well. Walthers could make a deal with an OEM and produce a new line of RTR rolling stock to fill the Athearn void. We will have to wait and see how this goes. As you well know, Brick & Mortar Dealers feel that they have been facing unfair competition from garage and swap meet dealers. The Horizon restictions with respect to non-Brick & Mortar Dealers will very likely help your local Brick & Mortar hobby stores. These restrictions are commonplace in the hobby industry. I have been required to send photos of my store front and industry references to a number of distributors. I see the Horizon dealer requirements as simply leveling the playing field for robust competition. Horizon encourages Brick & Mortar dealers to participate in ecommerce so that you can buy your modelrailroading supplies over the internet. You should still see pricing competition of the internet.
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