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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by RMax1 Are kids buying $250 locos in any kind of quantity?[/quote] Maybe not, but why would they have to? On-line retailers are taking reservations for the Atlas Trainman GP-38-2s at 55 bucks. Other decent standard Atlas locos on-line now are $65-80. Again, that's without shopping at all ... there are many better deals out there. Just for perspective, inflation-adjusting those prices back to 1980: Atals Trainman at $55 in 1980 would be $21.66 Standard Atlas at $65 in 1980 would be $25.59 And these are for much better-quality locos than 1980 By the way, a mail-order sale ad in the Dec 1980 MR shows an Atlas FA1 (no choice of roadnames) for $21.99. On the other hand, an ad in the same 1980 issue for an early command control system (pre-DCC of course) from Hornby with an MSRP of $175 for the controller and one decoder. Inflation adjusted to today that would be $444.44. This system had considerably fewer features than today's entry-level DCC sytems that list for half that price or less. Atlas Nickle-Silver flex in 1980? 77 cents a section in bulk. Inflation-adjusted, $1.96. Today on-line, without shopping around? $2.12 I'm not saying the hobby is cheap, just that we might keep things in perspective. Jon
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