No one seems to be mentioning that Lionel is holding a gun to the head of those who are not happy with the Lionchief and forcing them to buy it anyway
Recent Lionel offerings show that Lionel is going to make what they want how they want. The "well adding the whistle steam feature made no difference in sales so we omitted it" is the best example.
Jumping on Mr. Korling isn't going to make Lionel change a design. Johns comments seem pretty logical to me. Why is a "counterpoint" always so threatening to some folks on this forum?
Wait till its delivered to see what it does as far as any new Lionel product is concerned. Then if you don't like it, don't buy it. It just may end up being discounted down the road so much its worth it anyway.
I learned my lesson, preorder shmeeorder
