rtraincollector posted:I have everything from prewar to Legacy except Lion chief/Lionchief+ just could not get over ( in my thinking anyway ) that you take a great control system ( TMCC/Legacy ) and go backwards with the technology.
Don't confuse simplicity for a lack of technological innovation. Are the Lionchief and Lionchief Plus control systems simpler to use and less featured than than TMCC and Legacy? Without a doubt they are. However that simplicity is made possible by technology that is newer and more advanced than those used in the TMCC and Legacy systems. (Of course, the Legacy system is taking advantage of technological advances, but it is based on older, less-advanced technology than LC/LC+.)
To the original poster, I'm not aware of people calling Lionchief Plus entry-level. It certainly isn't marketed as such by Lionel. OTH, Lionchief sets are definitely entry-level, as others have pointed out. That doesn't mean, though, that an experienced model railroader can't acquire and enjoy them.
