In reading this thread I have found it interesting that many people in this hobby only think of O gauge a Lionel or MTH. There is a huge world of O gauge and O scale that doesn't involved either company. While O gauge and O scale is a shrinking marketplace, there is room for some else to come into the market, or at the very least create more market space for existing manufacturers to offer more product, or a higher volume of product that can reduce per unit costs.
There has been talk about the MTH tooling, but there really hasn't been new tooling in sometime. It would be nice to see some new ideas other than just more paint schemes on existing tooling moving forward. Where some may see loss, I see opportunity.
