@raising4daughters posted:Thanks. That levity gives me a good start to the week. I'm looking forward to the Alice Cooper / Mike Wolf Farewell Tour.
Tickets have been on sale since last April. I'm sure there are more in the warehouse. LOL!
@MartyE posted:I'm pretty much not getting excited over any of this. When the smoke clears and the facts come out, not the I heard from a reliable source folks, then I'll go from there. Too many rumors, hopes, reliable sources, and info from the guy that cuts Mike's grass, makes for some interesting and fun reading but that's about it. Until then if he can get a few more trains in the hands of those that want them then good for MTH!
I'm with Marty on this. Also, a comment up above about paying close attention to what was said on the Trainworld show hits the mark. I watched the show and as I heard it this primarily relates to producing delayed products in the pipeline.
But, who knows? Lots of speculation and we're all guessing.
I feel certain that Mike's first preference was to sell MTH as a going concern either in its entirety or in its component parts to a buyer or multiple buyers. That makes total sense from a financial standpoint. For example, the tooling itself must be worth many millions of dollars and he would get only pennies on the dollar for its scrap value. Having done a lot of M&A work over the years, I have seen many potential deals that were on the table, some of which have even progressed to the agreement in principle stage, never be consummated ultimately for a variety of reasons. We may never know the full story of what occurred once Mike decided to exit the business, and it is also possible that there is more to come before the future of MTH is fully determined.
Pat
Well, I have it good report from a guy named Stanley who said he steamed Mike's carpets, that, well, maybe that is hear-say as well....
So sorry to hear about MTH.
Here are some of the new items that were mentioned in our virtual live TrainWorld show. All of them are listed for taking preorders. As with anything MTH right now please get them in asap! Links are the item numbers to the direct page
| ITEM NO. | QTY per CASE | ROADNAME | DESCRIPTION |
| 30-20811-1 | 1 | BNSF | ES44AC Imperial Diesel & Caboose Set With Proto-Sound 3.0 |
| 30-20820-1 | 1 | Norfolk Southern | SD70ACe Imperial Diesel & Caboose Set With Proto-Sound 3.0 |
| 30-20821-1 | 1 | Norfolk Southern | SD70ACe Imperial Diesel & Caboose Set With Proto-Sound 3.0 |
| 30-20822-1 | 1 | Montana Rail Link | SD70ACe Imperial Diesel & Caboose Set With Proto-Sound 3.0 |
| 30-20823-1 | 1 | Montana Rail Link | SD70ACe Imperial Diesel & Caboose Set With Proto-Sound 3.0 |
| 30-20825-1 | 3 | Virginian | SD70ACe Imperial Diesel Engine With Proto-Sound 3.0 |
| 30-20826-1 | 3 | New York Central | SD70ACe Imperial Diesel Engine With Proto-Sound 3.0 |
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Also, F3 RK Santa Fe and Burlington units that are Chrome plated are sold out at MTH we have some available but will most likely shut preorders off in a week or two.
Scaletrains made the announcement that they NOW own MTH HO and S Gauge tooling.
Here is a link to the ScaleTrains announcement https://www.scaletrains.com/mthtooling/
Here is an update from MTH on the S gauge tooling https://mthtrains.com/news/679b
@KenJrTW posted:Here are some of the new items that were mentioned in our virtual live TrainWorld show. All of them are listed for taking preorders. As with anything MTH right now please get them in asap! Links are the item numbers to the direct page
Pity they are Rail King. If Premier I would have ordered some.
@sinclair posted:Pity they are Rail King. If Premier I would have ordered some.
Give them time. I am making a guess and saying that the Premier units will be announced in the future. They did just that (well, opposite order) with the BNSF 25 years units.
@KenJrTW posted:Here are some of the new items that were mentioned in our virtual live TrainWorld show. All of them are listed for taking preorders. As with anything MTH right now please get them in asap! Links are the item numbers to the direct page
ITEM NO. QTY per CASE ROADNAME DESCRIPTION 30-20811-1 1 BNSF ES44AC Imperial Diesel & Caboose Set With Proto-Sound 3.0 30-20820-1 1 Norfolk Southern SD70ACe Imperial Diesel & Caboose Set With Proto-Sound 3.0 30-20821-1 1 Norfolk Southern SD70ACe Imperial Diesel & Caboose Set With Proto-Sound 3.0 30-20822-1 1 Montana Rail Link SD70ACe Imperial Diesel & Caboose Set With Proto-Sound 3.0 30-20823-1 1 Montana Rail Link SD70ACe Imperial Diesel & Caboose Set With Proto-Sound 3.0 30-20825-1 3 Virginian SD70ACe Imperial Diesel Engine With Proto-Sound 3.0 30-20826-1 3 New York Central SD70ACe Imperial Diesel Engine With Proto-Sound 3.0
Any links to the F units that were discussed?
