GG1 4877 posted:jim pastorius posted:I can't get to weepy about the American companies getting burned by the Chinese. They asked for it so now they pay. These companies, such as they are-sit in the US with a couple of computers and telephones and communicate back & forth with China. They are lazy, take the easy way, make a few bucks and go on to something else. Guess what ?? Suck it up !! Deal with it !! Quit crying.
Clearly a lesson in economics is required here as well as a lesson on how the model railroad manufacturing process actually works. Always easy to be an armchair quarterback when one has no knowledge of the subject.
This is not good news for the industry as a whole. If Lionel was the topic of this loss of a factory, the discussion would be much different on this forum.
You'reright! However Lionel was smart enough to get the former Weaver tooling and mfg in the USA the Lionscale products. I hope they will continue this with expansion of locomotive production of the GP38 and RS3. This will give Lionel a "plan b" back up should they fall into a similar situation.
