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[quote user="CAZEPHYR"][quote user="Safety Valve"] [quote user="3railguy"]The BLI dealer near me, Engine House Services - Green Bay, got a slew of BLI and PCM engines a few weeks ago just like in the Factory Direct ad and has them priced like Factory Direct. This tells dealers had the opportunity to take advantage of the excess inventory.[/quote]Excess inventory does not exist in this hobby.Yes you can get the "Old" stuff with big flanges and coffee can motors etc... but none of the new stuff on demand. [/quote] I can't blame a dealer for asking list price for a hot new product, but the ones that do not sell will end up with discounts.  The LHS has to make a living or they will go be gone.   I was surprised Factory Direct Trains offered the Big Boys without sound for the very low price of $325.00.  I ordered one and received it very quickly.    I prefer the model without sound since I have one of the PCM Big Boys with the PCM sound.  The sound for the Big Boy had to be reloaded with the correct whistle and bell to sound like a Union Pacific Big Boy.   This was very disappointing to purchase the PCM engine believing it had prototype sound and hearing what sounded like a live steam model whistle and bell.    [/quote]You are not the only one considering sound re-programming. I am working on getting the Reading T1 from PCM re-programmed with what is supposed to be sounds from the real life engine itself, not what was on another model.I thought the PCM Big boy sounded better than the Genesis version when I compared the two on the MR website videos.
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