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 hey 'orsonroy'- I agree w/your comments re: Accurail, Athearn etc. Although a lot of modelers would be dismayed to see the 'blue boxes' get set out to the 'scrappers', I'd suspect that someone would purchase the tooling, althought I'm not sure that reboxed and rebranded 'blue boxes' would enjoy the same popularity if that happened, because I think that a lot of the 'noise and anger' about Horizon possibly dropping this Athearn institution is caught up in nostalgia. When Varney called it quits and Life Like (and I think others) picked up some of the tooling and reintroduced the old Varney stuff, modelers didn't necessarily beat a path to their door. Didn't hear a lot of grumbling about Mantua going out of business either, although someone is possibly doing that product line again-who cares-most of it has been replaced w/ better, and in some cases, less pricey stuff. Personally I think Athearn sat on their butts too long and companies like Accurail did it better-much better. I think Accurail's kits are the best bang for the average modeler's budget today. And I agree w/ you-who needs opening doors? Perhaps Athearn should continue w/ their release of higher quality, more modern stuff-they've got a good niche established, and that portion of their product line should appeal to ever more picky modelers for some time to come. I too model an earlier era and have been diverting my purchasing $$ to other manufacturers, regardless of whether Athearn 'blue boxes' remain in production, or not.
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