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Guys, I think it's a matter of stocking what sells. I see it every day in the store I run. Hardly anyone wants to "do it yourself " anymore. Sure, they profess to it and watch the DYI channel and all, but when it comes down to spending the dough they buy items as finished as they can. The local kids don't build model cars or play with trains anymore. They steal music (mp3) and chat with each other online. The average train guy is in his 40's and generally has a high paying job. He wants RTR and buys stuff like BigBoys because he really has more money than time. Wow, I'm gonna catch it for that comment, but it's true even though I'm sure people are going to post "not me" and "I'm full of it", but let's go to their house and see how much scratch built stuff is on their layout. There are some who do scratch build, I like to pretend to do some myself. But let me ask one question of you. If you need premade parts to scratch build is it scratch building or is it kitbashing? I submitt it's kitbashing if I need premade parts to do it. FRED
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