Reply to "Toy Train Time capsule reflecting on the last twenty-five years"

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I too give Mike a lot of credit for moving the O gauge/O scale market forward. When I entered the hobby in 1997 Lionel was run by people that didn’t understand the market and relied on the hallmark and legacy of the Lionel brand. Offerings were minimal - not the variety or volume Mike was producing. Enter Dick Maddox and it was game on. Lionel held onto some ‘traditional’ product, but started offering scale products- and some novel animated accessories. Then came the whole lawsuit debacle - Lionel vs., K-Line vs., MTH vs. - I think the potential was there to ‘derail’ the O gauge market. It did shake up the hobby and shake out a few manufacturers

I was surprised when it was announced MTH would cease production and eventually close Even more surprised Atlas acquired some MTH tooling

I think a great time capsule is looking through past OGR editions (and the ‘other magazine’) to truly see the evolution of the hobby to date.

4/23/219:28 PM

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