Reply to "Continuing Saga of Lionel's poor new truck design"

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@gunrunnerjohn posted:
While I'm sure we'd like this to be an albatross around Lionel's neck, in truth it doesn't seem to sink in. They continue year after year to build couplers that won't mate with other Lionel (or anything else), and they're still shipping product. Kinda' like the lousy trucks/couplers on Menard's boxcars, at least those are priced commensurate with the quality.

John:

Couldn't agree more with your comment that "it doesn't seem to sink in." Indeed, I would take it a step further and say that it clearly hasn't sunk in. If it had, Lionel would have made the pivot already. That said, and while I don't have any data to back this up, I have to believe this debacle has hurt their sales. Maybe we will see a change in the upcoming catalog, but I seriously doubt it.

Pat

1/9/222:19 PM

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