There always seems to be several ways to look at things. Hey here is a new technology what do I want to do with it? Or as Lionel seems to have done when TMCC was created, write a capabilities need document.
How do I want to run trains and what do I want to be able to do with them. Then you look at what technology you have and create it. TMCC can do more than, MUCH more, than LC+ can do from a train control perspective and it is 90s technology.
Some of you seem bent on redefining what operators want. LC and LC+ fits into a select segment of the market and it may fit other niches such as reduced cost, new product marketing, and of course it comes with newer tech so there are other potential benefits.
It would not surprise me if an LC board cost as much to make as a Legacy board. But there is more R&D, and software code for Legacy, and based on what it does they can charge more.
There are only a handful of post about the enjoyment of LC+, yet some how that is a marketing success story that will kill Legacy.
Maybe that will happen, but it has to evolve into a product that can control multiple trains, loops, accessories, switches from a single remote, while supporting computer, tablet and phone control of those items. Until that happens, I think Legacy and DCS still have a secure place in the market, and the majority of trains produced will be Legacy and PS.
Can LC+ kill conventional trains and operation. Probably. But I can still do more with a single CAB-1 and a Power Master then with LC+. Lets remember a single one time purchase of a CAB-1 and Command Base was just $99. Amortize that over 5-10 TMCC trains and 4-5 loop layout. G
