Nonsensical to me. Eventually a repair will be announced and a recall/repair process will begin. In the meantime, how many folks laid out a lot of money for locomotIves that NEVER should have been released.
It's not the engineering that causes these issues. Engineering mistakes/miscalculations can be caught and SHOULD be caught prior to release.
The Lionel problem is intransigence. It's the process not the design or manufacturing. Design flaws and manufacturing issues get sorted out by testing. Lionel refuses to test. As soon as the factory waves the checkered flag, Lionel says ship the container and the website says on the water. If Lionel would have the factory send a small sample, common issues/problems would quickly be identified and someone calls the factory to say, don't ship.
The ONLY possible reason for Lionel not doing so is the refusal of the factory to play along. If that is the case, Lionel is held hostage until the consumer receives the piece. Then, the consumer is held hostage. What a good system.
I have one last Lionel locomotive on order . . The brass hybrid. I can tell you this, once it arrives, if it has flaws that should have been caught, it goes right back for a refund. I am not going to **** around with it. Done
