You know Model Railroading has hit the big time when......

The lawsuit section of MR or RMC is bigger than the New Product section [:P]

Sort of tongue in cheek but really, what is with all the lawsuits these last few years?

It’s a reflection of a diminishing number of manufacturers jockeying for a better position in a declining market.

CNJ831

Yup and everybody wants to be top dog when the dust settles from buyouts,lawsuits and general reorganization of the hobby industry.

When Michael Jackson shows off a big layout that he has made to lure more Boys to his home. LOL JK

You know I bet if we replaced lawsuits with duels like in the olden days very few people would be in an all fire hurry to “demand satisfaction”.

. . .Oprah Winfrey does her show from the TCA Meet in York.

. . .Wal-Mart starts selling its house brand of trains.

. . .MRR X is on the cover of Time, Newsweek, and People.

People claim that psychic powers will get you more trains…

http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/886059/ShowPost.aspx

A major political party has the election time slogan “A chicken in every pot and a layout in every basement!”[:D]

… when Motorola makes a Big Boy cell phone

… when you can claim your model railroad as a theraputic tax deduction

… when HO scale newspaper editors start running stories about HO scale gang drive-bys

… when it is OK to put a new TBOX in the Sunday offering plate

…When the number one blockbuster movie of the year features the main character as an avid model railroader (in N-scale no less![;)]).