What ever happened to......

• What ever happened to......
  Posted by Woe is me on 05 May, 2020 09:48
• I used to get these four page fliers in the mail that were chucked full of steam engines, accessories, flame eaters, and stirling motors from a company
  that now when you look them up on line and check their stock, they might have a Jensen.
  I'm talking about Yester Year Toy's. On Ebay if you find some thing from them and click to see other items, if there is something for steam engines, it's
  parts like from tear downs of inventory. Oh yeah and a lot of books on training oxen or raising chickens. Probably 98% is books.
  Does anyone know what happened to them?
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  Posted by mikethenerd2 on 05 May, 2020 15:06
• I use to get those flyers as well and quite like them. I believe I bought an engine from them in the past, so I started getting the flyers.
  
  I know what you mean, I check out there website a few months ago and I don't think they had any Wilescos. They use to sell all their engine and accessories. It seems like Ministeam is pretty much the sole supplier of Wilescos in the U.S. (at least online)?
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  Posted by Woe is me on 05 May, 2020 15:35
• You're right about Mini steam being what's left.   Here's an item from Yesteryear on Ebay right now.
  
  https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wilesco-M89-Potter-Workshop-Series-Collection-for-Model-Toy-Steam-Engine/264559344265?hash=item3d98f73a89:g:aH8AAOSweKNd6714
  
  If you look at it and click sellers other items, all you get are some Wilesco parts, used, from a stripped down brass TE.
  You get about 8-9 pages of books and DVD's on farm stuff, tractors, live stock,etc.etc.etc.
  You hear about good business's being left to the kids who don't appreciate what it's worth or means, then blowing it out their nose
  till there's nothing left. I sure hope that's not the case here.   
  
   Anybody out there know what or why?
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