It's been at least 10 years since a product came along that really knocked my socks off THAT DIDN'T cost more than my first 4 cars added together. This hobby started to get bad before the economy got bad. About this same time, the industry somewhat turned its back on the diehards and went for the billionares with giant mansons to fill with "whole mansion systems". i think allot of people have left the hobby or lost interest because there is very little to be interested in at this point, imo.