Just a heads up - I received an e-mail today from Trainworld in New York. They are having a sale on some HO scale vehicles, most notably Classic Metal Works. The prices are very good. The discounts are selective, not across the board, but those that are on sale are deeply discounted.
I took advantage of this sale last time and picked up some nice trucks and a Greyhound bus. This time, it's Trailways.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Those were really nice cars, and Model Power even imported/sold them - The problem was that the Chinese manufacturer produced 'extras' and they were imported/sold under the 'Fresh Cherries' brand - They flooded Walmart with them and they were going for less than $5 each, and sometimes $2 each. Walmart found out when the complaining started and 'Fresh Cherries' was no longer was importing. Meanwhile, Hot Wheels and Model Power were sitting on 'expensive' inventory until the last of the Fresh Cherries inventory dried up.
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
I've haven't see a mention on this thread about a company called 3000toys.com. They have a good selection of vehicles in HO and numerous other scales and from different manufacturers. Their prices are pretty much middle of the road. I'm looking for vehicles that would have been commonly seen everyday types in the 1975-80 span of time and they have many that fit.
Mark H
Modeling in HO...Reading and Conrail together in an alternate history.
The Hot Wheels 1/87 vehicles were not actually 1/87, some were a little larger some were a little smaller.
What also happened was the price of zinc increased around 2008, it made the Fresh Cherries vehicles too expensive for Wal-Mart to sell.