I suspect their market share is in O gauge is shrinking, while their other scales are expanding rapidly. My personal speculation only, not to start a brand war and I have no way of knowing! Factor in, they had delays with steam products, and lots of rehashes of previous product, and a huge push of European products that aren't as appealing to us in the US market, but are still very cool.
This is all good for MTH, and I do believe their o gauge line has benefited with advancements like PS3 and other goodies that are on the way. We won't know until the new catalog comes out at the end of the month, but with MTH in many scales, it makes them stronger overall as a company, and new product in our scale should be getting better from that alone.
