Bill
Why would Lionel produce K Line, or buy Weaver, when Lionel already has their own line of O Gauge tooling??? Expanding a product portfolio is expanding. At this point, I agree, Lionel would have made better use of the SHS tooling. Lionel could have called it “Flyer-Sacle”. Wonder where I got that one.
I would also argue that anyone who was buying Flyonel for the past 30plus years, likley also bought something by SHS and AM. I think the only “purist” in S Gauge (not scale mind you) is the old AC Gilbert or bust guys.
Ben