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Further evidence of the decline of hobby marketability is the demise of the Great Train Store, at least here in Cincinnati. It opened up in a local mall, and of course it primarily carried Thomas the Tank Engine as well as the lowest-quality brand names, and what little they did have for me was usually too pricey, but it was a friggin toy store in a mall and that means EXPOSURE to the youngsters. They scored points in my book for having an operational N-scale layout that was reasonably well-modeled, showing the public what the hobby strives toward, and they also had lots of paraphenalia like movies, books, and stenciled coffee mugs. <br /> <br />They lasted about two years here, and I think the same story happened in several other cities where the franchise started. I don't know if there are any of them left. <br /> <br />Personally, I prefer to buy from a retailer, personally handing a check to a friendly face. Somehow, it makes me enjoy my purchase more. Sometimes I get to chat about what I'm gonna kitbash out of the stuff I'm buying, which adds meaning to the purchase. I tried to frequent that mall train store, but I'm only one lousy customer. We need to come up with a different business strategy; perhaps a club could operate a storefront, the club paying for the roof and the sales profits paying for the layout. Wonder if it could work.
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