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Doug; That "quality" stipulation is a mighty big "IF"...a great many corporations use licensing agreements as an additional revenue source.The amount of money to be realized is far more important than quality or accuracy. The practise can lead to more "toys" than ever, unless there is a real desire within the corporation to maintain tradition, at the expense of profit. [...EVERYONE...TRY NOT TO FALL OVER LAUGHING !] <br />Examples of the "toys boys" would be the John Deere Train Sets, the 1920's diecast trucks with 1990's Coca-Cola and Caterpillar logos, NFL Boxcars, and dozens, if not hundreds, of others. <br />The entire die cast auto-truck hobby is now under the control of licensing agreements,and their aggressively litigous corporate operators. <br />I doubt the CFO and General Counsel of Union Pacific care one hoot about whether UP modelers have an 'accurate' UP model...but if some eastern European facsimile of a GG-1, in yellow, with a UP nose herald, shows up in supermarket trainsets in a few years, you will know what they really gave a hoot about. <br />Hope I'm wrong....but, glad I'm a freelancer ... Compliments of the Season & best regards / Mike
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