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As long as people keep buying the high priced stuff... the builders will keep making it. Personally, I don't have a layout right now so, I can take the time to kitbash or detail cheaper models and make them look good (at least that is my hope :D ). Since the locomotives will not be running I do not need to waste the money on converting to DCC yet either. Once I get a place for a layout I'll be in the same boat as everyone else and buying up as much R-T-R as I can while I build and detail the layout. What I am trying to say is that we as modelers have many options still available to us. I have seen some guys take 40 dollar locomotives and make them look like the 200 dollar R-T-R engines, it just means you have to take the time to do it. The choice for modellers right now is simple... cheap and slow (like a GE locomotive) or fast and pricey (like an EMD). I say find you niche and be happy. As for new comers to the hobby I feel that their are plenty of options out there for them. I consider myself a new comer but, being 27 I am thinking more of the kids. Bachmann and Life Like still make the low end sets and Bachmann even makes low end locos with DCC. I think I even saw a GP50 for 50 bucks that was DCC ready. Of course it looked like crap but, it's just like everything else in life, you have to give up something to gain something else. All in all HO modelling is probably still one of the cheaper hobbies out there. Golf? Ok.. 500 for a low end set of clubs and a bag. 20 dollars for balls per month (at least for newbies), 30 to 40 dollars or more in green's fee and tee time reservations EVERY time you play (at 4 times a month with 2 rounds comes to 300 dollars), God knows what for gas to drive to the club, 100 bucks for shoes, driving range fees, pants, shirts, hats, and beer... that can add up very quickly. Meanwhile you can buy a 50 dollar locomotive, 5 passenger cars, 50 bucks in detail parts and paints and hae a whole month's worth of fun ahead of you.
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