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gmpullman Im going to say that the 30 dollar cost of the upgrade chip is so worth the effort. I have a dedicated thread about this and am literally waiting on the mailbox any day for the chip to arrive. I anticipate having a good running engine become even better. And poke an eye into that little peice of lawsuiting that removed or casterated some of these features in the first place.In fact, if that engine was not to be "Upgradeable" I may have considered ordering another copy of that engine as a replacement. Or going with a different engine from another manufactor that already has the upgraded software that I crave.I think it is QSI who is the ultimate profit taker of my 30 dollars, NOT Broadway. In fact, I think that BLI got rid of QSI because of royalties.I would loved to have ordered the item through the hobby shops here at home but due to the speed of the internet and the accuracy of the information I chose to get the widget direct, or nearly so.Simon1966, I say to you that there is a growing reluctance or outright refusal to stock BLI/PCM items simply because the FDT Blowout style pricing cannot be matched by the Distributors, the Hobby shop etc. It's not going to work.Also there is a growing sense of distrbutors refusing to accept returned product and refund to the store. The store will eat the cost of storing the item on the shelf and waiting for it to sell. Sadly many savvy customers will buy a identical item off ebay, FDT or other site on the net for way less. That will break our hobby shops more than anything.Dave Vollmer I do want the B&O Pacific from PCM. But if this engine does not enter production I will not waste my time, effort or worry about this item. If it did enter production I will certainly get a copy. But that is the key, it HAS to enter production. Or forget it. In fact.. Im considering walking totally away from the Steam Pacific entirely and settling on any number of E units that might be offered by Proto for this particular train. Worst case scenario I can sell the trainset and use the money for something else that IS availible.Maybe a GG1 and a PRR passenger set for it to pull LOL.
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