"You are missing the point."
I disagree. I think George gets the point.
The Plasticville Church and the new Mike Reagan/TW Trainworx Church serve very different functions and markets. The design is relatively ancient and not particularly original in any case, certainly not the way Lionel's trade dress was, when it was brazenly copied by Jerry Williams, Mike Wolf and others. If Lionel chose not to go after these two, why would Bachmann do so for something so trivial and obscure?
It's not like TW Trainworx will be compromising Bachmann's intellectual property (seriously?) or sales by selling a dozen or two of these very lovely, if pricey kits. Anyone is entitled to feel differently of course, but I don't think Bachmann will be offended, nor would be it a good use of our civil courts to address this formally.
If someone at Bachmann is offended, I'm sure TW Trainworx would be happy to note that the 89 cent toy from three quarters of a century ago is a partial inspiration for their $200+ craftsman kit.
