Mantua - Not Dead
All,
Mantua is not dead. I believe I read Model Power has taken over the manufacturing. With some of the new releases Model Power has come up with, I see no reason for the reliable Mantua lines to become extinct. I hope to see the prices actually drop also on these as Model Power does have more flow.
I have always liked the Manuta line, very reliable, heavy, nicely detailed, but, not too much to where more can't be added. I just believe they became way over priced compared to the new releaeses of other steam lines. However, all of the new stuff is way over priced. Give me a break, $700.00 for the new Lionel HO Big Boy, not even close to the Trix/Marlkin realeased last year. Well, once can say, with the price of plastics, brass is now becoming affordable.
Thans,
marc