Producing tinplate is increasingly difficult and MTH is not seeing the market it once had. Fewer dealers are ordering it. I recently pleaded for more starter sets in O and STD gauges. In my most recent conversation with MTH Sales Department, don't get too excited.
Tinplate items from MTH are going to be fewer and fewer. The latest batch of cancellations tells us it won't be produced unless there is more demand from consumers and dealers for it.
The last few Christmas sets sold so well for us, we couldn't keep them in stock and I got them by the pallet! Here are a few sets we sold and some we sold a LOT of:
MTH: BRING YOUR STARTER SETS BACK! It brings new people into the Tinplate hobby, even if it is only at Christmastime.
Sorry folks, I don't have any of the sets above available except I have only one of:
http://www.jrjunction.com/cgi-...action&key=15936
Consumers contacting MTH and demanding new tinplate will get heard. Don't stop bugging them for it!
