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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by rripperger [quote]QUOTE: MR doesn't do bad reviews, too many ad $$$ at stake. The only thing you can go off is if a product launch this notable _isn't_ reviewed; I think that's a close as MR comes to saying "it keeerap".[/quote] I disagree. I thought their review of the Reading T-1 was pretty good about noting flaws, particularly with the sound system - haven't looked at it for a couple of days, but IIRC they dinged it and said it didn't give four exhausts per revolution, and commented that was not really what the serious modeler would expect. That's pretty critical reporting. [/quote] Leaving the matter of overall reviews aside, I will be very disappointed if they DON'T review this if/when it comes out. Furthermore, I think with all the hype, promotion and promises, if any MR review was ever "polar" this is one that should be. Frankly, it should either be "Holy Crap! It's everything promised and then some" or it should be "what was all the hype about?". I say that because even if it's a very good model, it's not living up to all the hype. MTH doesn't have the option to put out a "good" model here, it's got to be great-plus... Let's say, for instance, it's comparable to the BLI. Maybe one has more detail, the other runs a hair smoother, whatever... For example, let's say it comes out and the basic difference is better chuff synchronization plus it has smoke... Oh. Yay. Wow. To me, that kind of "parity" actually makes the MTH a loser. To come out _years_ later with all the hooplah at a not-inexpensive pricepoint, it had better be a major advancement over the BLI, not more of the same with minor pros and cons... I don't envy Mike's crew on this one. With all the touting they've done and the lengthy development time, it better be dang-near perfect.
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