@KOOLjock1 posted:And Lionel had internal challenges too... including their Neil Young inspired cling to the open-frame Universal (Pul-Mor) motors, and the time and energy spent on the Odyssey motor, while Mike was pumping out perfectly acceptable models with off-the-shelf DC CAN motors in them. The money could be spent on tooling.
My greatest regret of the last 25 years and the lawsuit is not that production went off-shore... it is when production went from South Korea to China.
Jon
Yes, I don't think it was a wise decision for any company to set up production in China.