Atlas buys O Conerstone

Added some lights to the Coming Attractions posters. While the marquee lights are great it has only 1 light for the interior. Not a good picture but you can get an idea of the change.

From Paul Graf at Atlas:

Our purchase includes the tooling and existing inventory for the following items. This is the entire line of Walthers O Scale structures - some were offered only as kits, some only as built ups, some both ways over the years. Nothing else was included in the sale:

Powered Oil Pump
Phoenix Oil
Golden Valley Passenger Depot
Brookhill Dary
Theater
Fairfield Station
Route 66 Motel
Sur-Sweet Feeds
Industrial Flats
Interlocking Tower
Toy Shop/Nicole’s
Water Tower
5 Star Gas Station
Ken’s Kar Town
Trackside Structures
Walton & Sons Lumber
Crossing Gates



Jeff

Wow - what great news that is. I've got a place already carved out for Walton & Sons Lumber.

Ed

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Originally posted by AMCDave:
FANTASTIC NEWS!!!! My only fear is $$$$.....

Not really. Walthers was always high priced too.

This is great news, you can’t look at an issue of OGR or Classic Toy Trains without seeing a dozen pictures with Walthers kit in them. Walthers just lost interest in producing O scale. Atlas usually makes improvements to product they acquire, maybe they will introduce a few variations or new items as well. This is a good deal for Walthers, they get to stock the new Atlas items when they arrive without the cost of production or carrying a large inventory and modeless don’t lose access to some excellent kits.

PS: Most of the kits were made in Denmark and a few in China, I do not expect to see them on dealer shelves soon.

It's a shame that Walthers didn't expand this line more -- I would have loved to see some of their other HO kits offered in O such as:

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It's a shame that Walthers didn't expand this line more -- I would have loved to see some of their other HO kits offered in O.

-Steve

I TOTALLY Agree with this! What a Bummer!

I agree,that would be nice.

This is exciting news, I'm pretty stoked about this! I had a couple of these kits on my first layout when I was a kid.

If I remember correctly, didn't the walls have a good snap-fit assembly?

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Originally posted by VidKidz:
It's a shame that Walthers didn't expand this line more -- I would have loved to see some of their other HO kits offered in O such as:

Steve,

Are you sure this last building is an Walthers HO building? Because it bears a stunning resemblance to the MTH 30-9017 gray two-tone bank. Difference is that in the MTH model the other side wall has the windows. But the front, the doors and windows are dead ringers. Must be a coincidence.

George

Looks like RMT and Williams by Bachman will be splitting the old K-Line/Marx building tools.

Jon

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It's a shame that Walthers didn't expand this line more -- I would have loved to see some of their other HO kits offered in O such as:

This is a great development. I certainly agree with VidKidz above. The concerns expressed about cost, the inclusion of interiors and lighting, and easy bashing all suggest a need for these to be offered as kits rather than solely as builtups. Pat B.

Actually, this is amazing.

Here's the Walthers HO Bank.


And here is the MTH 30-9017 two-tone gray bank.


Mine differs from this one (photo taken from the MTH website) in that the windows are on the other side of the building.

But what a resemblance!!

George

Pretty interesting with the banks.. I guess MTH copies whatever they can. Wasn't it a WS kit that was discussed last time?

Woodland Scenics and Scale University.

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Originally posted by DennisB:
Woodland Scenics and Scale University.

Dennis, so Walthers wasn't part of the lawsuit?

George

No.