Lionel announced the newly tooled GLa hoppers will have the familiar "Blt By Lionel" on the underside of the car. I'm sure this will please the scale pundits who have been clamoring Lionel to do this. In all likelihood this will probably become the norm on all scale cars?
Personally I like Lionel on the sides, very small, but visible. It separates Lionel from all the others. But I realize I'm in the minority here. Aah progress, ya gotta love it.
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I agree, a small Blt by Lionel on the side wouldn't bother me at all.
I also agree. I like the 'Blt by Lionel' on my rolling stock. 
I'm with you, John. The Blt by Lionel is welcome in my collection as I am a toy train operator. I do realize and appreciate that the scale only crowd would not want it on the sides of their rolling stock.
Personally I like Lionel on the sides, very small, but visible. It separates Lionel from all the others. But I realize I'm in the minority here. Aah progress, ya gotta love it.
John,
It's all about holding on to a childhood memory. To some it may be called progress, to me it's bull-pucky. IMHO
If it is scale then put the blt by Lionel on the bottom out of sight unless the real deal railroads starts adding the wording to their rolling stock.
Lionel announced the newly tooled GLa hoppers will have the familiar "Blt By Lionel" on the underside of the car. I'm sure this will please the scale pundits who have been clamoring Lionel to do this. In all likelihood this will probably become the norm on all scale cars?
Personally I like Lionel on the sides, very small, but visible. It separates Lionel from all the others. But I realize I'm in the minority here. Aah progress, ya gotta love it.
I agree, a small Blt by Lionel on the side wouldn't bother me at all.
I also agree. I like the 'Blt by Lionel' on my rolling stock.
I'm with you, John. The Blt by Lionel is welcome in my collection as I am a toy train operator. I do realize and appreciate that the scale only crowd would not want it on the sides of their rolling stock.
Blt. by Lionel is something I like but I'm glad they are flexible on the issue.
Personally I like Lionel on the sides, very small, but visible. It separates Lionel from all the others. But I realize I'm in the minority here. Aah progress, ya gotta love it.
John,
It's all about holding on to a childhood memory. To some it may be called progress, to me it's bull-pucky. IMHO
Add one to the list (so I guess that's seven of us).
-Dave
It will make the nit pickers happy. Me I like it, it's tradition.
I'm with John K. Leave it on the traditional rolling stock where it belongs. That's what the "childhood memories" are about, not highly detailed scale models. A scale model is a scale model and "Blt by Lionel" is a minor but annoying distraction. It doesn't keep me from buying Lionel's scale product, but it's better without it.
It did not bother me the least. Having said that I won't miss it either.
I was a bit annoyed to see that printed on my Lionel Auto Racks, but not bothered enough to do anything about it.
I would venture a guess that most people who want it printed on the sides, are not scale-oriented consumers anyways.
Personally I would prefer the Standard O cars not to have the "Blt by". If you think of it 3rd rail would have fewer projects if it wasn't for the 2 railers. Weaver would also have issues along with Atlas. I don't know how MTH feels about 2 rail.
If the scale cars were able to be 2 or 3 rail like Atlas, it would help Lionel to sell more product. There are 2 railers that convert scale Lionel cars.
However, on other than scale cars I like the Built by Lionel, and that doesn't mean that Lionel shouldn't use it at all on Scale sized equipment.
Why does it have to be either/or? Lionel can market both.
"Why does it have to be either/or? Lionel can market both."
Excellent point, Howard.
"Why does it have to be either/or? Lionel can market both."
Excellent point, Howard.
Two possible scenarios:
"Hello favorite hobby dealer? Do you have the Lionel (insert car type here) in stock? You do? Does it have "Blt by Lionel" on the side? It does... Sorry, I want one without."
-OR-
"Hello favorite hobby dealer? Do you have the Lionel (insert car type here) in stock? You do? I hope it has "Blt by Lionel" on the side... It doesn't ... Sorry, I want one with."
Rusty
I am happy for John and Matt and the other scale lovers, I run mostly scale accept at Christmas time when we run traditional and the wifes O Gauge Tinplate, tradition is important also. I still have a good bit of traditional and always enjoyed when club guys run the traditional at the club.
My three rail track and I do not care what you run on it as long as it stays on the track.
It is very nice of Lionel to do that for the scale guys, Bravo Lionel!
John
Oh, I'm "scale-oriented", for sure - but I have always gotten a real kick out of seeing
an exquisite scale freight car, properly detailed and lettered, with that little
"built by Lionel" phrase right there where it belongs - visible. Makes me smile.
Lowers the pomposity that some of us - me, included - start showing when we take
this stuff too seriously.
Also, for may (most) of us who are older, and by that, I mean with fatter wallets, the
"BLT BY LIONEL" drives home what we knew as kids: the little stuff was always just
a bunch of models (nice, often), but our trains had a touch of the Actual about them.
Not an issue, but I really prefer to see the (small) BLT BY on my stuff, and wouldn't
object to MTH and Atlas doing it, too.
We keep forgetting that they still are toys. Built by Lionel is OK with me. I guess putting it under the cars next to the "Made in China" will work.
Seems to me that "LIONEL LINES" in big letters like in the postwar days on the locomotive, rolling stock, and passenger car sides would be more in line for those that want a "Lionel" and "toy train" visual fix as opposed to a tiny block of nomenclature but I digress...
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