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Originally Posted by D500:

Again, I am a Hi-Railer. I weather. I bash. I change locomotives into other things. I

build scale Decapods from Mikados. I paint and decal.

 

And I LIKE the "Built by Lionel/K-Line/etc" on scale cars. It always makes me smile.

This is not a serious business. So, "Mikado" - you listened to some of your customers.

Some. Not I.

 

This simply means that I'm going to have to get some custom decals that say "Built by

Lionel" - and the others - and put them on the cars...actually that's a twistedly appealing idea.

 

Purists (in 3-rail? Har!) can sure take the fun out of the room. 

 

 

 

Like I said earlier in this thread (below):

 

 

Let me see if I get this right:  

 

They come out of a box that has "Lionel" on it, they say "Lionel" underneath the cars & engines, and you're now inclined to not buy anything that doesn't have the BBL placard on the sides, even though you know full well it is still Lionel?

 

Wow.

 

And these trains nowadays aren't actually "Built" by Lionel anymore anyway; they're imported from 3rd party contractors; even the "Made in USA"  products are sub-contracted to a different manufacturing company and not actually "built" by Lionel.  It's essentially a misnomer so why put it on anyway?

Originally Posted by Laidoffsick:
It doesn't really matter how anyone feels about it now because Mike stated how it "will be" in the future. It's a done deal...move on to the next complaint!

 

Not to mention it will be carried on with their traditional products, so it's not like it's disappearing altogether.

 

And obviously it must have been a complaint with more customers that buy the higher-end premium scale products than those that didn't; otherwise they wouldn't have done it.  Sounds like a very democratic approach if you ask me, which is not always a bad thing.

 

Some would argue that it was small and unobtrusive, but on the other hand that very argument could be used as another counter-argument of why keeping it there is sort of pointless in the first place.  If one is really hung up on seeing the Lionel name on the sides of the cars & locomotives then it would make more sense than rather have something so tiny that if you walk more than a foot away is indecipherable anyway so you might as well focus on those products that have "LIONEL LINES" in large, friendly letters on the sides since those are much more prominent anyway.  

All I can say is it is a hobby and each of us have different viewpoints about it.  If BBL is offensive to you, then your railroad should take the necessary measures to eliminate that from your engines and rolling stock.  Not everyone has the same passions.  Run your railroad the way you feel comfortable with running it.  If guests you invite have objections to the way you run your railroad, don't invite them back.  It's a hobby for crying out loud.  Enjoy it instead of getting so upset over the petty issues.

Originally Posted by Mikado:

Hi all,

We believe everyone will be happy to know that beginning with the 2014 C1 catalog (new items shown) we will be placing the small "Built by Lionel" with the 6- product number on the underside of our scale rolling stock.

 

The traditional / O27 / semi-scale equipment will still include the stamping on the side of the car, but all new scale rolling stock pieces will have the built stamping on the underside.

 

"You have spoken and we have listened!"

 

Thank you!

Mike Reagan

Lionel

I like it when I see the "Built by Lionel" together with a year.  I particularly love it on the postwar and postwar reproduction F3s.  It makes me smile.  My dad's rolling stock has it and I like the continuity to the newer products as well.  Putting on the bottom for the scale items is a sound compromise.  Thank you for listening.

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