MiniMetals items on eBay but not Manufacturer's site?

[Maletrain]

I have often seen items on eBay that were clearly made by Classic Metal Works, but cannot find them on the Classic Metal Works Site, nor on vendor sites like N Scale Supply.  For example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-Metal-Works-Mini-Metals-48-Ford-Delivery-Truck-N-Scale-New-On-Card-/292163855610?hash=item440652a4fa:g:4A0AAOSwXYtY2DRP .  Those sites do list "retired" and "out of stock" items, but not some of the things I am looking for.  Does Classic Metal Works not really have an historical list of their products to-date?  Does anybody here know of such a list I could get?

[Mark5]

Apparently that particular item was released in 2005:

http://www.wig-wag-trains.com/Classic-Metal-Woks/Classic-Metal-Works_1940s-Vehicles_Product-Page.htm

So it looks they don't catalog retired models.

For the brands that Walthers carries, you can search releases there:

https://www.walthers.com/advancedsearch/search/index

Make sure you click the "Include discontinued out of stock products" box before you search.

Mark

[cfritschle]

You can find photos of most of the Classic Metal Works models that have been released over the years here:  http://nscalevehicles.org/resources/models_era.php

You will also find photos of a number of other manufacturers discontinued models that occasionally show up on the used car market.  The list is far from complete, but if you are a member of the N Scale Vehicle Association's Yahoo Group, there are a couple of downloadable PDF files that cover most of the N scale vehicles made in injection molded plastic, die cast and pewter since 1968.  Click the Discussion Group link on the NSVA web page to go to the Yahoo Group.