Gents....Message #90153 is repeated here for your convenience. Ed L. > Who do you email, call or write to at MTH if you want to have your two cents worth heard? > Ben Trousdale
Hi Ben... I went to the MTH web site and looked around. There is a "contact us" button (or something similar) which actually works. There was also a variety of topics to choose from such as orders, employment, dealers, repairs, etc., etc. One of the topics was new product suggestions. I gave MTH my suggestion for something new and got a polite response two days later. The response stated that all suggestions are put into a big pile and the pile is actually considered when the time comes to make a new product decision. I suppose the item with the most suggestions moves to the top of the pile, although that was not specifically stated. Hope the system works....Ed L. --- In [email protected], "scale S only" <scalesonly@...> wrote: > > Hi all --- > > This was sent to the NASG webmaster who forwarded it to me. It really > seems more appropriate that the whole of the scale S community be advised so > they can take appropriate action. I have also alerted the NASG management. > > If we sit our our hands, you know that you will get what MTH thinks you need, > not what you might really want. There is a âcontact usâ button on the > MTH Trains website where you can fill in the blanks to let your wishes be > known. > > Good luck! > Bill Winans > ------------------------------------- > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: NASG Web Site-FRESH from York and talking to MTH > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:31:12 -0400 > From: Kristi Jouben mailto:kjouben@... > To: webmaster@... > > > > I spoke with the folks at MTH at York, I won't say who it was, but they are > in the process of finalizing their first S-Scale catalog. An exciting time > for our group with our new heavyweight in our corner. This first catalog > will be published in late November. In this process leading up to the > catalog release, they are finalizing how they will come to market with items. > I want to ask that you inform the S-Gauge and S-Scale community to voice > their opinion. The topics I think that should be responded to are: > 1. They have not decided if they will include scale wheels in the boxes as > S-Helper did. If our NASG group feels this is important, then we should > email our thoughts. > 2. They have not decided if they should sell in single A and B units like > their HO line, or in ABA sets like they do their O Gauge line. Remember that > MTH Premier O line only sells cab units in sets and they do not break them up > like S-Helper did or like American Models does. I think we would all prefer > A and B units sold separately and piece together the consists we want for our > roads, especially when some roads did not even us B units. MTH does not > research who used B Units because the O 3-Rail community does not care. They > just want matching sets because it is pretty. We need to voice our opinion > if we want prototypical fidelity like we were used to getting from S-Helper > Showcase Line. > 3. They have not decided if they will offer all units powered. There is a > risk of MTH having the B's unpowered, especially if they package them as ABA > sets. Their O gauge line only provides B units as unpowered when packaged in > ABA sets and makes you buy separate powered B-units if you want one that > really does work in your lash up. I do not think the S community wants any > unpowered locomotives that are dead weight baggage when trying to pull long > freights. We need to voice our preferences on this subject. > > > MTH has some great ideas and features coming our way, possibly remote > locomotive uncoupling abilities like their HO and O lines. We should all be > excited and pleased that S-Helpers hard work and magnitude of product will > continue on. I think it is important that we voice our needs and keep MTH on > a path of fidelity that S-Helper preached during their time. Please join > together in a S Community message that MTH can hear and respond to. We will > be their customer base so I think our needs will be heard. > > > -- > Peter Vanvliet (peter@...) > owner, Fourth Ray Software > Houston, Texas > > My Model Railroad Site (RSS feed) > Houston S Gaugers > N.A.S.G. > -- > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
