You are correct. Hopkin Machine went under about a year ago. They just auctioned off their machines 3 months ago. What happened to all their inventory i dont know. They were located southeast of Pittsburgh PA in a small town named Herminie. I grew up in the next town over(Madison) and worked there while in highschool and after in the mid 80's and still live in the area. Being its a small town and everybody knows everybody i'll inquire as to what happened to their stock and post my findings back here.