Where is the Vision Line? Really is it dead?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Lionel has never offered Vision Line products annually. And without beating a dead horse, the way Lionel has priced their Vision Line products recently (not to mention some of the non-VL offerings), the market can only absorb so much. And i at least give Lionel credit for acknowledging that.
Frankly... If the FEF now carries an MSRP of $1700, do you really think a potential VL Allegheny (or whatever big steamer is on deck for 2016's catalog) is gonna carry a street price of $1995 like last year's Big Boy? Hardly.
Bottom line... all these upward pricing movements with non-VL products are probably all being done to either (1) make folks feel better that they got a Big Boy for only $1995, or (2) lessen the blow for even higher pricing of the next VL product in the 2016 Vol 1 catalog. 
There's always a method to the madness. 
But no, I don't think Vision Line is dead at all.
David
