@KOOLjock1 posted:Regarding the scale milk car trucks:
After the first run many years ago, Lionel chose to move production out of China for these. Originally to Eastern Europe. China will only produce a completed product. They will not allow a company to produce a car body in one country, and get the trucks from China. And they won't allow the trucks tooling out. China is a Totalitarian Fascist economy under a Totalitarian Communist rule. You can't expect any American company doing business with them to not be dictated to.
I'm sure that wherever these cars and trucks were made, they were given the design and samples and then proceeded to copy them very badly. Probably a "lowest bidder" kind of deal in another third world country.
Jon
@NOT LionelLLC posted:The latest scale milk cars come in boxes that say Made in China.
Stu
I'm confused. Lionel made those great Milk cars with the outstanding metal sprung trucks in China. Lionel moved production to Eastern Europe where nothing actually was produced. Now they are being produced back in China? With an inferior truck design.
Did the Chinese tooling actually head to Europe? Or was that brand new tooling in Europe because as they say "you can't take it with you?" If it is the old Chinese tooling being used for production now, then why not use it to make those great trucks again?
