I'll second that; especially the "Pricey" part.

Does it bother anyone else that we're looking at $900 steamers,$400 
diesels,$200 dummies, and $80 cars? 

These are, after all, geared toward the "toy train" market as much, if not more 
than, the scale field. If we scalers want one, we're basically paying (top 
dollar) for a starting point, from which we must then find and purchase 
additional items just to bring it up to an Athearn "Blue Box" standard.

I thought the idea of taking our manufacturing abroad was to make things more 
affordable, as "it costs too much to make things in the USA anymore"....

Mind you, if there's a market for these expensive toys, then that's great, but 
I for one just don't get it....

Mark in Oregon

--- In [email protected], "Tom Hawley" <t.hawley@...> wrote:
>
> http://www.lionel.com/products/finder/ProductDetail.cfm?ProductNumber=6-48639&CatalogUID=DDAE43C2-1016-347D-DC5ECF578C58070A&PageID=2075
> Anybody can change trucks & couplers.
> Tom Hawley  --  Lansing MI
>




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