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Here is my post to the Yahoo HO group on the same topic. From my posision on the black hole of the model railroad universe (i.e. Wyoming)Any model trains showing up at Walmart is a good thing. There are only 5 hobby shops in the entire state, most of them on the far side. Closest one is 90 miles. (Just imagine, "Hey honey be back in a few hours. Need a bottle of paint and a tube of glue")I feel that even if the Life-Like standard line of crap were to be put up for sale, I would strongly consider buying it, as I am so starved for parts and pieces, I have quite literally had to resort to using second hand brass track. (Oh the depths that I have fallen.) Out in Wyoming model railroading is existing at a 1940s level of existance and I have to make stuff from what I can adapt from non traditional hobby sources. Let me tell you, you can make foam core buildings look really really good. The parts and pieces I can't substitue, I ether have to wait until I can get to a hobby shop, or mail order. Which I get to do about twice a year. And then the items I can't find anyplace else, I get from ebay. (About 6 times a year) So If Walthers wants to let Walmart sell Life-Like, let them, Be a viable source of parts I can scavange and adapt. Maybe Walthers will figure out how to adapt their Trainline Mechinsim to the El-cheapo Life-Like shells so we can get some decent running engines at decent prices. Trainline and Trainset Life-Like sell at similar full retail priceing so I can't imagine Walthers would be taking that big a hit by changing drives. Just some of my thoughts on my situation. As for the end of hobby shop trains, if you don;t have any hobby shops to start with, are you really missing anything? James.
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