Any insight from those that know?
Data:
1 - Walthers is THE distributor of LGB products – yet, the recent flyer-catalogue shows 1/4 page of LGB with a Christmas edition of a Forney – the singular loco shown. Nothing else.
2 - Meanwhile, TRAINWORLD has “NEW” written on products per the LGB side of its pages of ads in Garden RR.
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Wendell,
the Christmas Forney was due last Christmas, but was released in only March. Information that I received was that it was in limited numbers, so I think that the Forney is only a ‘page filler’ awaiting something else to be released. The D&S cars have been out for a month or more so something is getting through.
I heard that LGB/Marklin was getting out of the toy business and going into manufacturing ball-bearings. 
Walthers has 238 LGB products in stock as of today.
http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?category=&scale=G&manu=LGB&item=&keywords=&words=restrict&instock=Y&split=300&Submit=Search
Walthers is a “retail-wholesale” outfit.
You can buy from them and pay full msrp, or buy from any train shop that is a distributee of Walthers for less, if you have a good reportorial with your local dealer.
Trainworld buys from Walthers.
Dealers cost from Walthers is almost 50% less than MSRP.
John-
Thanks for the response.
What continues to be a puzzlement is why, with all of that LGB inventory, Walthers chooses not to promote their inventory in the Walthers “catalogue” or “flyer” they mail apparently either to Model Railroader and/or Garden Railways subscribers?
Wendell