@jjames9641 posted:I am curious if anyone else is having trouble with the latest release of Lionel's 60' boxcars arriving damaged? I have bought 3 of them in the past week from 3 different dealers and all 3 of them have arrived with broken ladders on the sides, in many pcs inside the plastic. All of them show damage to the ends of the Orange Lionel box but none of the shipping cartons showed damage. These cars are soooooo delicate today and they continue to use these poor plastic clamshell packaging for these very expensive cars!! Lionel, please go back to the Styrofoam packaging!!! I am not bashing Lionel at all, but this is ridiculous with all of the damage and wasting my time returning them. Ok, I am done ranting!!!!! Please let me know if there are others or am I the only one!!!
I bought the same NYC boxcar from one of the bigger dealers at a show recently - and it was exactly the same as yours with a busted ladder. I should have checked it closely before the purchase - mine is in a few pieces and can probably be glued back together, but it's still annoying. I bought 3 new items - two had damage (a broken ladder, and broken brake wheel).
