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A couple of points: 1. I am not a manufacturing engineer, but if stuff being made in China at the most only results in a 3 to 5 percent reduction in costs (and I'm sure somewhat of an increase in shipping product accross the ocean), why are all these manufacturers (Athearn, Atlas, Life-Life, Revell, Monogram etc) moving production to China? 2. I see that lots of folks talk about Athearn Blue Box and MDC as alternatives to the higher priced things moving into our hobby. But it seems Athearn Blue Box and MDC are getting a little harder to find. Will another manufacturer (or a new one) step up to the plate and start producing kits that although not as well detailed as the state of the hobby are a whole lot cheaper? Is this perhaps a niche market that someone can take advantage of? 3. While I agree that there are bargains to be found out there. A newcomer to the hobby won't know about these things and most likely can only gauge the cost of this hobby on visiting a LHS. Will this potential model railroader think "i bet I can find all this equipment cheaper at a train show, whatever that is, or on the net, but I have no idea what I am looking for."? 4. It's interesting. This thread is talking about the increase in cost of products. Theres another thread where the bottom line seems to be "I want it completely RTR, totally accurate for the line I'm modeling and it must run perfectly, cost is no issue." Seems like there are two different markets out there.
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