@breezinup posted:This kind of opinion has been seen many times in the past -- pronouncing sentence and condemnation based only upon an experience with the cheapest beginner products in the MPC line. Of course, there was no comparison between the cheapest MPC and the higher quality products of ther MPC line, which was most of it. Much of the upper line quality pieces remains robust to this day, even basic rolling stock. (I know because I still have a bunch of it.
)Too bad the poster didn't have a MPC GG-1, so he could have done a fair comparison.
I have to agree. IMHO, MPC is not all that different from Lionel’s current offerings (except for the price!!!). There were inexpensive - some say cheap - cars/sets, as well as high end cars/sets. As @breezinup mentioned, the MPC GG1 was amazing as were some of the 15” aluminum passenger cars. There were many great sets such as the Maple Leaf Limited which included some really nice engines and cars.
