I forgot to add how we found the company Replacements back when and added up what the Blue Garland would cost and added up what we had. I was cracking up about $1,500 worth of dishes and we are treating them like this LOL Dishwasher and all!
That made us start using the brown (Mikasa Younger than Springtime) again for a while :-)
I have never heard of china dying out or exploding. Really?