Perhaps MTH should try to get the rights and a license to do the Lone Ranger pieces using their nice 4-6-0 and 18th century passenger/freight cars to make up a set?
c.sam: LIONEL has had the Lone Ranger rights & has had a train set with subsequent add-on cars on sale for several years now. Lionel had timed the set with what was to have been the original release date of the film. But the film was beseiged by massive budgetary & production problems, causing such a delay. See link at www.lionel.com : http://www.lionel.com/Products/Finder/ProductDetail.cfm?ProductNumber=6-30116&expandBranch=0&Keywords=Ranger&CategoryID=0&RailLineID=&CatalogId=