Jeff W; Thank you for your input with POSITIVE and REAL information about MTH's ventures in S scale.
Jeff Sankus On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:54 PM, hoquathob <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > A few thoughts, having talked to the MTH folks at York: > First of all I think the MTH folks are interested in the S communities > input. Several weeks ago their VP-Sales called me and spent about an hour > discuuusing the S market. At York Doug Peck and I were able to buttonhole > him for about 15-20 minutes (and he was very generous giving out catalogs > to both of us). > As far as the catlog pictures, not sure if these are pictures of > actualpreproduction samples/artwork. They are definitely NOT pictures of > actual production items. He said actual product won't be availabler until > sometime this summer.As far as the expectation that MTH would improve the > SHS line, I am not sure thatis a fair expectation. Keeping it the same > level of quality as Don & Mike did is good enough for me. We won't know for > sure if the loco drives are better or not until we actually see them. As > far as prices, most of the price increase seemed ok to me: except for the > trucks and whhelsets! Also, I assume the items will be available from some > folks at below the listed retail. I expect to email some comments back, and > one will be the issue of the extra cost for scale wheels - don't see why > they would not be willing to offer a sale version at the same price as a hi > rail like American Models does. If they don't, I know that I would offer > scale version at same price as the hi rail, even if I had to swap out wheel > sets myself before shipping out. > He also told us that they are willing to do special run cars (a plus for > both Doug and I) > Can't say I'm really excited about ore cars being a first choice, they > were always a slow mover for me, and the Christmas car looks like it will > be a dog, I'm sure few if any scale guys will be excited about it! > > Jeff Wilson > Hoquat Hobbies > > > > >
