aussteve posted:I find it interesting how orange hall related this Forum is. I only thing I bought in the orange hall were parts. There's not much in this thread about the member halls.
Sadly, I think a lot of people overlook the member halls or just give them quick run-throughs because they are into modern/scale stuff and have a mistaken impression of the member halls contents in that regard. There is a lot of modern stuff in the member halls at great prices, but you will see people making statements to the effect that the member halls are just Postwar, Prewar, and other "old" stuff. I have lots of Atlas O Master Line cars (including reefers!) that I've picked up in the $30-$35 range in the member halls over the years -- you won't find thos prices in the dealer halls! 
For me, the stuff I buy in the dealer halls are things like Miller Engineering signs, DVD's and Blu-Rays, smoke fluid, figures, tools and other things that I could get elsewhere, but buy at York to save a little on shipping. Since I support my LHS's, I rarely buy rolling stock or engines in the dealer halls unless it is something that I missed seeing when it was announced or catalogued, or is new old stock that was produced before I got back in the hobby.
While I love walking through the dealer halls, I have much more fun hunting in the member halls. 
Andy
