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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by ndbprr</i> <br /><br />No it isn't you. I go back to an era when they purchased the items they reviewed at hobby shops so they knew what the conumer was getting. Now the ethics have changed and they need to scoop the other magazine and placate their advertisers. Why I have no idea since they reach such a large audience and where else would they advertise? It is among many distrubing trends at Kalmbach IMHO. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I humbly disagree with your use of the word "Scoop" <br /> <br />1- MR product reviews to me is one of the only Hobby Resources other than the internet that talks about the product at hand. I am not aware of any other reviews on a monthly schedule. <br /> <br />2- Perhaps there are other train magazines on the same rack as MR. But reviews? I look at MR. When I examine computer hardware I will view as many reviews as I can. <br /> <br />3- In support of #2 above, I also rely on the forums such as this one to understand a product better possibly before going to the store to buy it. <br /> <br />In regards to the 2-8-4 I think that if one had a small train improvements could be made in pulling power. I am biased because in HO I owned a 2-8-4 that was capable of about 12 cars up a 3% grade. Compare that to my BLI 4-8-2 that can get 24 of em up the same grade and haul everything I own on the flat. The limiting factor is quite literally the size of the layout in use. <br /> <br />Maybe one day the 2-8-4 will take it's rightful place as a strong puller when someone builds it just so. <br /> <br />MR Reviews to me has been quite consistent, perhaps I felt at times they may be rather diplomatic and brief when it comes to certain flaws. But hey... there are flaws in my equiptment so it really does not bother me very much. <br /> <br />I would like to see MR Reviews expanded to include more "Stuff" and possibly used in a layout setting where it may perform in a real world setting. I would like the good, bad and the ugly without any influence upon the reviewer. <br /> <br />The only way this works is if the reviewer is left alone with the train to examine it in peace, away from any outside influence.
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