(02-03-2022, 01:21 AM)TheDiamondDalek Wrote: ... maybe that way Hornby will see sense and decrease the prices...I wonder if you've had a look to see how profitable Hornby PLC is?
Take a look at the Wikipedia entry for Hornby Railways. There's a reasonably up-to-date summary of their financial position at the bottom of the section titled 'Financial troubles, PAM takeover'.
There does appear to be some light at the end of the tunnel in the form of an upsurge of interest resulting from the lockdowns of the last couple of years, but whether that will be sustained into the future is questionable.
British toy companies have a long history of going bust after a few years, then being bought and re-launched by someone who thinks they can turn them around with a new business model. Mostly it doesn't work.