As well as being relieved of the expense (property taxes, utilities) of a large headquarters and product sitting in a warehouse waiting to be sold. Much reduced costs in a smaller facility that I presume is leased, and the dealer network shoulders the burden of storing until sale/shipment the limited quantities they order/commission, on top of the regular-issue releases that are available to the entire dealer network.
Not to mention their builder, who is able to support smaller MTH runs with AtlasO's production being made in their factory.
Myself, off the top of my head I have pre-orders in for the plated cylindrical hoppers (2 each of Santa Fe and Union Pacific) from Train Loft , one of the B&A cabooses from J&R Junction, and a BNSF AC4400CW from MrMuffin's. I'm also looking at least one of the recently announced RailKing Airslide hoppers, which are only a hair smaller than their Premier counterparts.
---PCJ
