quote:Originally posted by CSX Troy:
Rusty, here is my conspiracy theory on the missing crew figures: Lionel intended for them to be there all along and then their Asian builder never had them sourced or possibly neglected to install them. I would say the former, because if the figures were in fact made, then all Lionel would have to do is have them sent over and distibute them from here. Again, it is what the Importer is willing to accept from his builder. What I am ammazed at is that while smaller importers would send them back, A large firm like Lionel will not. To me, this seems like a very cheap way to get off the hook. This is precisely what I saw in 3 rail, in that you never exactly know what you will get with a Lionel product until you open the box and run it.
Here's the word from the "horses mouth" as it were, about the crew figures:
" Hello, they decided to not make the figures for the American Flyer Challenger. Sorry for the inconvenience we can refund the train if you don't want it without the figures.
Thank you
Talk To Us "
So, like good corporate robots, they would rather throw money(refunds) at the problem rather than correct the problem.
The funny thing is, the crew figures are installed in the problematic U33C, but they're barely visible, whereas they'd be much more visible in the Challenger!
Rusty
