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I saw the wrighting on the wall about 98-99 when Kadee came out with their $30 offering an thought o well I still have good old Intermountain, Athearn, etc. Well today, most manufactures have followed suite. Rumor mill has it that Athearn may discontinue the blue box(that imho would kill the hobby as most newbies start there). <br /> <br />As I see it this is a two pronged dilema. 1st. the $30 a pop take it out of the box an run it model. 2. If it is taken out of the box rtr, where are all the undecs?? Whell their goes some of the paint manufactures lagre product lines. Who needs csx yellow, cnw green, nyc jade green, sf red, acl purple, I think you get the picture, The manufactures will make them. Then theirs the decal companys. Champ I understand has limited production but will keep a hand in the hobby. Micro-Scale I have heard is having a lot of problems, (got this off of the Atlas forum, it seems the new owners of Micro-Scale furlowed their head decal researcher/desiner a couple of weeks ago but he is going to work for Odd-Balls decals). Then what about the small detail companys? Who needs them when you buy that $30 car with all the bells, whistles, an pretty paint!! Like NFTA, this could become a VERY slippery slope. One more thing, how can they figure $30 when the labor in China is pennies to our dollar per hour??? Thank God for Branchline an a few other companies still produce kits that can be customized!!!
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