<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Mercy me! Yet another J in HO scale???? Why on earth can we not get someone to make an M? I just don't get it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ben Blevins</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Sat, 2/14/09, NW Modeling List <I><nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org><BR>Subject: Re: Another J in HO scale<BR>To: "NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org><BR>Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 12:39 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Excellent points on the downside of purchasing MTH HO scale locomotives. However, their rolling stock, as far as I know, can be used on any system, and they are doing the Powhatan Arrow along with the J, both as a set and individual cars. Of course, watch them put in some crazy interior lighting system that shorts out your entire railroad unless you are using their DCS. MTH makes some good looking models, but they have to be one of the most arrogant companies in the hobby. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of their employees, when asked at a trade show why they don't offer their locomotives with the option of no electronics package, replied that MTH feels their DCS system is vastly superior to anything else on the market, and that in 5 years everyone in HO scale will be using it! And yes, if HO modelers don't switch to his DCS, I can see Mike Wolf and MTH trying to sue us all! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'll definitely pass on the J because I don't want sound or DCS/DCC installed, and I'll probably pass on the passenger cars because I don't want to support a company with such a bad attitude.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marty Flick</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>The mth J sounds good, BUT.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>mth models are not user friendly. Examples:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>- they do not MU consist easily with other brands, ( you have to set all your locos to their speed control)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>- you pay a higher price for functions you cannot use on DC or DC</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>- you have to buy their DCS to use all the functions</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>- their locos need to be programmed on the main (per manual)(so you would have to isolate the locomotive)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>- you pay for gimmicks you nor not use</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>- their locos are not NMRA compliant</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>and most of all * Mike does not play fair in the sandbox* or he will sue.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Stephen Rineair</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 13, 2009 8:48 AM</DIV>
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<DIV>Perhaps I missed the rumor, but on the Model Railroader newsletter they mentioned that MTH was doing an HO scale J.</DIV>
<DIV>I checked their website and they have some information and pictures in case anybody is interested. It would be nice to have </DIV>
<DIV>some different models although I understand the big 3 sell the best.</DIV>
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<DIV>Brian Dembinski</DIV></DIV><BR>
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