VSA Inc., the Lincoln, Neb.-based parent company of Heartland Hobby Wholesale, recently acquired Model Rectifier Corp. (MRC) of Edison, N.J.
Model Rectifier Corp. will operate as a sister company of Heartland Hobby Wholesale. Akiko Kimura will be president of MRC and Donald Boyce will serve as executive vice president.
Model Rectifier will continue to produce its Prodigy Digital Command Control systems, direct current and alternating current power packs, and sound decoders. The company’s agreements with its vendors, including JTT Scenery Products, will remain in place.
To see the entire range of MRC products, visit www.modelrectifier.com.
…and I see a hefty boost in retail prices coming down the line soon.
Hmmmm. I wonder how much people in Heartland know about model railroading in general and DCC/DC power systems in particular. MRC has a simple and straightforward basic DCC offering for smaller layouts but a slim set of products for major expansion to large layouts. (e.g., no utility throttle.) And their decoders are far from state-of-the-art units like those from Soundtraxx, Loksound and TCS. Be interesting to see what, if any, changes/improvements they encourage for the MRC lineup.