Originally Posted by
DorrieB
Okay. But the fact remains that a) these are metal miniatures, and b) there is no more metal.
Imagine that I run a pie shop and you like banana pie. Let's say that it isn't very popular, but bananas aren't expensive so I don't mind keeping a few in stock for people who like it. Then one day the Chinese develop a way to turn bananas into rocket fuel, and suddenly every government in the world wants bananas. It's impossible for a humble pie shop to get hold of any bananas, and even then we could not afford them because the price is now 100 pounds a banana. As it happens I still have a few bananas in the freezer, and I will happily continue to provide banana pies for as long as those bananas last. But once they're gone, you can't reasonably expect me to invest all of my savings and risk the dangerous world of dodgy banana dealers just so that I can continue to offer banana pie. It was never even a big seller for me in the first place. I know you're disappointed, but it isn't really up to me... we have no bananas.