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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Don Gibson [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by BillB I like this! - besides, they will shortly be paying a bunch of money to UP for illegal trademark use! And I hope UP nukes them till they glow !! So announcement this has no effect on me at all. [/quote] It just might - if the other roads decide to do the same - (THINK about it). [/quote] Don, Don, ... other roads HAVE done this! Everyone just keeps ignoring this fact. AMTRAK did it before UP, and CSX has now done it after !! Even MAYTAG has sued for trademark use on the ROCK ISLAND (against a Mo. company which wanted to build a "new" RI RR in the state - they backed off after the legal papers were filed). Besides, a minor 3% fee (six bucks max on a $200 loco, less on less expensive stuff) has NO effect on me at all ! I pay more in TAXES at my LHS !! It's peanuts, and not worth all the noise. MRR prices have been going up more than this a year due to inflation, better tooling/drives/DCC/sound, and other factors !! Besides, MRRers should be thankful that UP, AMTRAK, CSX and MAYTAG allows models to be made AT ALL !!! There is a REASON that you don't see McDONALD's kits !!! They just said NO, you can't make one ! I would be more worried about what MTH is doing with their so-called "patents" on DCC than any UP or Horizon action - that potentally could have a MUCH bigger impact on the hobby !!! As I said, I no longer buy (outgrown) Athearn blue box (and buy little RTR or Genesis either - just ordered my KATO MAC!), never saw a correctly done RI Roundhouse car (am currently trying to "fix" all the problems with their wooden-braced caboose), and have equal feelings about inAccrurail and Blochmann - so let Horizon buy them, too ! BTW (and back on topic), I agree with the others that have said Horizon will do little (at least at first) to "improve" the MDC/Roundhouse line - too much work to get them to modern standards (of Branchline, P2K, Atlas, etc.).
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