NEW PRODUCTS ANNOUNCEMENT PAGE

New Product Annoucement & Information Page

March 24th, 2008

Due to the volume of information coming from the different manufactures and hobby vendors we have decided to create this "Special Products Page" instead of trying to crame as much of this information as we can on to our main home page.

This new page will include New Product Announcements, Delivery Dates, Running Changes to previously announced new items, Cancellation of Projects, Product Shortages and Sellouts.

We will also place new Product Announcements on this page for the items we intend to offer for "Pre-Order" but have not yet added to our catalog web store's "Pre-Order" section.

Over time we also hope to be able to add additional listings for other New Products that we would normally not place in our catalog store. This way you will know about these new items and their prices so you can call in and place your "Pre-Orders" with us.

This new page launched on March 25th, 2008 will be a "Work In Progress" for sometime so we ask for your understanding while we get this page fully up and running! And remember you can always use our "Search By Scale & Search By Road" found on the top of each page.

*****JUNE 3rd 2008 - IMPORTANT*****

We have had many inquiries recently about manufacture delivery dates. A number of our customers ask how Model Train Warehouse seems to have more accurate delivery dates than other companies.

Well we don't have a crystal ball nor do we have all the answers and we do miss dates, but here is something we do differently from some of the other folks out there.

First, the date shown on a manufacture web-site or flyer is the "Arrival Date" TO THEM - once they receive it they have to go through a series of checks, add it to their inventory, place it in the warehouse, fill pre-orders, fill backorders, package and ship it to the dealers. This process can take several days! Then once it is shipped to the dealers they will receive it in 1-10 days.

That means that from the day it actually arrives at the manufacture warehouse, the dealers probably won't have it for another 1 to 2 weeks! Now that is NOT always the case but you can figure that it seems to be the best rule to use and seems to be 90% on.

We in turn based "OUR" projected arrival dates on the above formula! That is why our dates are generally closer than a company that just takes the manufactures arrival date and uses that. Also we would rather exercise on the side of caution, that way if the product arrives sooner it is a win situation for you our customer.

As mentioned below all the major manufactures are continuing to experience delays in the delivery of product.

Due to this effective TODAY we will now use "Due Late In 4th Quarter 08" "Due In Early 1st Quarter 09" - Instead of "Due 8/15/08" (as an example). This applies to items in our "Pre-Order" Section.

This applies to products added to our "Pre-Order" section from June 3rd forward.

If you need a more exact date, please email or call us and we will do our best to provide you with what information we have, but please keep in mind that the information could change at any time.

New Product Announcements

Kato HO Scale - Added May 28th - (Announced Prior)

Kato Will Be Releasing Their First HO Scale Gunderson Maxi-IV Cars Sets This Summer. These Are 3 Car "Articulated" Sets.

There Will Be 3 Different Sets Per Road.

The First Road Will Be "TTX"

Due In Late June Or Early July

KA-30-9014 > TTX #732750