Thanks for the reply! I just posted on the Forever Fun blog.

Take care, Joe.

Thanks for the nice comments. We would very much like to add to the Peanuts mini figure line at some point. You are right — the economy is tough right now; retail buyers are very cautious about what they will purchase from manufacturers, which of course means that we have to plan conservatively. That’s one big reason why you’ve seen many re-releases of items we’ve done in previous years. Our tooling dollars for new items are very limited at the moment, but we have high hopes that the economy will pick up and more buyers will invest in our product; at that point, we’ll be able to justify spending to develop new figures.

By the way, we do have a blog devoted to discussion of Forever Fun, including our Peanuts, Rudolph, Frosty and Little Drummer Boy product. Check it out here:

http://www.foreverfunblog.com/

Thanks again for writing!

Bob

I am very fond of your Rudolph and Peanuts line, especially the Charlie Brown Christmas mini clip-on figures from a couple years ago. Those sculpts are the among the best I have ever seen of the Peanuts characters and I would like to see an expanded set to include other characters from the original Peanuts Christmas special, in that same 3 – 3 1/2 inch tall scale. In my home Christmas display, I team up those figures from the Peanuts mini clip-on set with the Lionel Snoopy and Woodstock handcar (from about 1990-91) on a circle of O27 3 rail track. I realize that the economy is tough right now, but I believe, from my own personal perspective, that your company and Lionel could do well together offering a set of figures with a handcar. My own interest is just as a hobbyist who would like to see toy trains and beloved cartoon / storybook characters become a bigger part of our culture and family Christmas traditions.

Please continue to offer more wonderful products!!!!!

Take care, Joe.

We do take model kits very seriously around here, and have folks working on the lines that have an affection for the hobby that goes way back. I am more of a sci-fi kit guy myself, as is Jamie, who has done the majority of the posting here. Our automotive kits are obviously a big aspect of the line, too, and I’ll see what I can do to encourage John to do some posting here. John is absolutely swamped with the automotive lines, but I know he would love to share some insight into the world of AMT and MPC vehicle kits, it’s just a matter of being able to carve out the time.

Again, thanks for the nice words and very much appreciate you supporting our product.

Bob

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21150&st=0#entry188980

Tommy