Excellent answer, however all the factors I pointed out still stand. Yes there is a group of younger people interested in the product, however that group is very small. As you point out the after market is loaded, I sell new AF passenger cars for 1/3 the price that Lionel sell their Chinese product. Yes, I do think $3000 for a Toy Train is a lot of money. Lionel can only exist on the higher end merchandise and since their market is going away, management will have to come up with a quick and in my opinion impossible solution. Why did Mike bail out? Are there any buyers for MTH out there? In my opinion Menards has the only viable platform to sell O Gauge Trains. Their quality is not bad, they have the retail outlets and their prices are affordable.
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