Reply to "R2LC/R2LC Boards Are No Longer Available, What Do I Do?"

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@Windy City posted:
This thread has provoked considerable emotions.
Hasn't Lionel always made an effort to make it's new products backwards compatible? (pre-war to post-war coupler adapters, new trucks, and electronic upgrades (until the recent news).
Is it possible that we will be pleasantly surprised this Christmas?
Is this just part of the worldwide supply issue?
Or am I a dreamer who has drunk the Lionel kool-aid for 50 years?

Sadly, I think you've been drinking the Kool-Aid. nod

I seriously doubt this will turn around by Christmas. I believe the parts are going to a 3rd party, and I suspect they plan on selling them retail.

You could say the new products are "backward compatible", but that doesn't solve the problem of not being able to get parts for the older models.

9/27/226:09 PM

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