So, as the initial shock wears off, I have just some early musings on tinplate. First of all, if it hadn't been for mth I would not have made a serious leap in tinplate, so I am grateful to MW for offering the great products I have collected, and the fun it has brought me and my family.
I have been collecting mth 2816 hoppers. Now that the mth and lct lines are officially gone, at least the number of hoppers I am after is finite. That makes the collection project more manageable, but I would rather have new products to chase as well.
The new tinplate market was by most opinions saturated near the end of the lct run, and there likely won't be enough demand to get it going again for a while.
On the flip side, new product creates new demand. I know that if a new o gauge tinplate locomotive came out with an updated wheel arrangement it would sell well. But I think it would sell better with dcs.
I hope someone picks up the modern tinplate banner, but I don't hold any hope for lionel jumping back in anytime soon. At this point the modern tinplate ball is squarely back with the big L ever since the LCT agreement ended.
If a third party picks up the product line to give it a go, it would be interesting to see id new engines came out with command or not. In the future, who knows if dcs will be offered to manufacturers the same way tmcc was to K-line.
Anyone else have thoughts as to the future of tinplate in today's world?