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A HobbyTown USA store in Folsom, Calif., tries to put together a 24,000-piece puzzle in 24 hours to help out charity.
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The World's Greatest Hobby on Tour shows for early 2010 have been announced
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Wm. K. Walthers Inc. has announced its 2010 HO Scale and N&Z Scale Reference Books will be available in September and October respectively for $14.98 each.
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Harold H. "Hal" Carstens, president and former publisher of Carstens Publications Inc., had died at his home near Newton, N.J. He was 84.
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Round 2 has picked up the license to produce models based on ships from the new "Star Trek" movie that was released in May.
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Looney Labs, the makers of the popular Fluxx games, has started a program to get demo copies and marketing materials into retailer hands three to four weeks before new games are released.
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Michael Gross, best known for his portrayal of the father Steven Keaton on NBC's "Family Ties," and Steve "Mongo" McMichael, former NFL defensive tackle with the Chicago Bears, will appear Oct. 24 and 25 at iHobby Expo at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Ill.
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On June 1, 2009, "RC Driver" magazine, published by Maplegate Media Group, hired Tony Phalen to fill the newly created west coast editor position.
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America's largest operating model railroad show, Trainfest, will be Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15 at the Wisconsin State Fair Park's Exposition Center in West Allis, a Milwaukee suburb.
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Chad Geissler, formerly the creative director at Venom Group International, is the company's new media contact.
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Atlas representatives at the New England/Northeast Prototype Modelers Meet in May confirmed the company will release a new HO Atlas Master GP40-2 Phase 2 locomotive later this year.
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On April 23, Boeing Research & Technology scientists, in conjunction with Professor Natasha Neogi of the Information Trust Institute (ITI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, demonstrated new wireless multi-hop technology with the help of Hobbico planes and pilots.
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Märklin Inc. has moved to a new location.
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AeroTech has created the Karl E. Bauman (KEB) Signature Line of specialty and high-performance rocket motor products.
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The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) is offering free business building tools to those participating in its upcoming CHA 2009 Summer Convention & Trade Show.
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Negotiations between the model railroad industry, represented by MTH Electric Trains CEO Mike Wolf, and BNSF Railway on a licensing agreement are quiet for now. For the model railroad industry, that's not a bad thing.
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