On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 02:25 AM, Jamie Bothwell wrote:
Here's an idea. Since Lionel apparently has some recently mothballed tooling, perhaps they might be interested in recouping?some of their investment by selling it off. I don't generally model modern stuff, so I haven't paid much attention to their offerings. From my perspective though, the U 33(?), the modern?GE and?the SD70 look to be of at least American Models quality. The cylindrical hopper is decent too. I know there are potential issues with putting die A into injection molding machine B, but that's the limit of my knowledge in that field. Still, it seems like it might be a less expensive way to get "new" products, or at least return some things to the market. Maybe we S scalers could start a Go Fund Me or likewise to move it forward. Would American Models be interested in taking over production if this were at all feasible?
**Sigh** This isn't the first suggestion of Lionel selling the tooling.
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It ain't gonna happen. (IMHO) Lionel would rather have a bunch of doorstops that sell off to any potential competition.
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I don't think AM is in any position financially or physically to buy the tooling or create new tooling (Sorry AM, just my observation. I do have a bunch of respect for what you have produced over the years.)? The last new loco out of AM was the RS-11 way back in 2015.? I'm sure if they had the resources to produce more new stuff during the passing decade, they would have.
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Rich G(ajnak)
