MTH is an established brand and has had a highly visible presence in O gauge trains for at least twenty-five years. As far back as I can recall there consistently have been at least two catalogs per year and local hobby shops nationwide where you could just walk in and buy an MTH model off the shelf. That’s why it’s difficult for me to realize that the brand and trademark may just vanish from the marketplace. It’s as though Ford Motor just announced that it will cease vehicle production next June. A little hard to grasp. If you said to me that a smaller company (say Weaver) was closing its doors and walking away from the market, the impact would be significant but not huge. But MTH is the only real competitor to Lionel and is a huge presence in the market. So, what will the market be like if there are no new trains from MTH? Difficult to conceive of it.
MELGAR
