@Catonsville Central Railway posted:I think we should all just take a deep breath of fresh air...
...and then let it out in a agonizing cry of terror.
Just kidding. Lets face it, Lionel must have some sort of plan here. Whether they're selling off all the old electronics stock to a 3rd party such as Trainz, or whether they are keeping hold on all the remaining inventory for future repair work to prevent folks (like us) from buying up and hoarding all of the remaining stock, I don't know. But I can feel pretty confident that Lionel, which is in the market to make a profit, would not simply toss thousands and thousands of dollars of inventory in a dumpster - especially inventory that they could charge a greater premium for if people learned that there was only a limited supply and it would be going away.
If they were axing all the electronics inventory simply to make space, it doesn't make sense why they would keep inventory of all the other many parts for old locomotives.
Lionel is a LLC and you never know what the bean counters might be thinking. Yes there was considerable $ in that inventory but it is long paid for and if they believe fixing up older locos is hurting new sales that might be enough for them to just dump them. It is the new product that is their bread and butter.
