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RE:  the updated shipping schedule dated 6/5/2013...

 

I guess this only proves what we've been alluding to all along here... namely that the importers really don't have a grip on what's being produced overseas nor when it's being produced.  I's not just Lionel either.  One of my LHS's didn't have a good feel about Atlas-O deliveries on stuff like the Gunderson sets either.  Seems everything's a mess of scheduling over in China.

 

Years ago I joked about there being ONE factory in China that produced all this stuff for everyone.  And depending on which executives were in town that week, the factory exterior sign changed names... And the lobby's welcome sign would be updated accordingly, welcoming that week's guests!  Maybe that was closer to reality than a joke.  

 

In any event, the stuff will arrive when it gets here.  That's the healthiest way to view things.  None of this stuff is critical for sure, but it does get tiresome at times.  

 

Nicole, I still have hopes we'll see a Milwaukee Road 18" aluminum passenger set from Lionel, but I've given up on their CZ and going to Atlas-O.  If I must wait THIS long, I'd rather have the real deal, even if it means stepping up to 21" cars and waiting for the complete set of cars to be delivered.    I'm thinking it will be 2015 before we see the domed observation car delivered from Atlas-O -- it's not clear Lionel's set will even have that.  Hopefully I'll still be alive to give my CZ it's official "inaugural" run.  

 

David

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