@Mellow Hudson Mike posted:Folks can throw a tantrum and stomp their feet 'til they're blue in the face but it's not going to happen. Too many buyers are tinkerers and don't mind having to fix things when they're not quite right.
Mike
Mark and Mike both make good points. Lionel has gotten away with poor quality control on its higher end stuff for years, because there are so many "tinkerers" and "adjusters' out there, who after buying these items, find some way to make them work. So as a result of this, we can probably expect that things will not change. Lionel gets away with it, because the "must havers" keep buying it.