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Post by runamuckchuck on Jul 24, 2024 11:56:48 GMT
The long anticipated return of current production tinplate from MTH is evidently a reality as MTH announced yesterday that the Mono Rail is the first offering in some attractive paint schemes.
My favorite is the NY World's Fair. The announcement may indicate that this is exclusive to Jr Junction however elsewhere MTH states contact your dealer. Who knows?
But tin is evidently back; or at least on the way back with this modest offering.
The MTH info is on their site now. Search monorail and there they are.
December 2024 is the anticipated dealer arrival date.
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Post by healey36 on Jul 24, 2024 12:24:01 GMT
This could be an interesting turn of events, especially if the business model accepts "sponsored" production orders from dealers who are left to market/service the run. I was skeptical that there would be enough interest out there in tinplate reproductions to drive a restart of production. If true, I hope it works out.
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Post by runamuckchuck on Jul 24, 2024 12:31:19 GMT
This could be an interesting turn of events, especially if the business model accepts "sponsored" production orders from dealers who are left to market/service the run. I was skeptical that there would be enough interest out there in tinplate reproductions to drive a restart of production. If true, I hope it works out. It is my impression that there are a few select dealers who have been encouraging MTH to dip their toe back into tinplate if for no other reason than the price NOS and used MTH era tinplate is selling for these days. While never very keen on the monorail/race car offerings I suspect that I will preorder one of the monorail sets to if nothing else encourage MTH to continue to expand their tinplate offerings.
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Post by runamuckchuck on Jul 24, 2024 20:10:05 GMT
Pat's Trains now has detailed preorder information including optional track and riser packs on his site for the Monorails. Some nice color and "road name" options from the last offerings.
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