Reply to "LionChief Plus: The New Postwar?"

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gunrunnerjohn posted:
There's no reason that LC/LC+ will last any longer than my TMCC or Legacy stuff as it's also stuffed with electronics and cheap plastics. The reason post-war stuff lasts so long as it's built to 1940/50's standards, stuff was built to last back then. That's not the standards used today.

...and this one. Case in point: the American Flyer 300 I got yesterday.

By my research, it was probably built 1947-ish, which makes it 70+. Upon receiving it, all it took was a few simple tools and a bit of time; it runs beautifully and will no doubt outlast me, who is 10 years its junior.

Also, as GRJ states about things "built to last", I don't know if modern consumers think in those terms. It's a different age, so comparing PW and LC/LC+ is perhaps another example of "apples and oranges".

Mark in Oregon

12/7/1810:28 AM

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