Landsteiner posted:"Mike Reagan? I thought ERR was Jon Zahornacky‘s baby?"
That is correct.
I would not be surprised if this decision is reversed or modified. For those not around in 2000 or so, Mike Wolf was absolutely adamant that PS2 retrofit kits would not be made. That decision didn't last long when the howls of dissatisfaction were heard. Let's let Lionel know this isn't a good decision and the result may be similar
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IT wouldn't surprise me if this scenario plays out.....
Lionel Discontinues the ERR line and sells remaining inventory to a "Top Ten" dealer washing their hands clean.
MTH continues to sell their PS3 kits until their current inventory runs out and/ or one final run before quietly stopping production altogether by next year when tis Lionel/ERR fiasco "blows over"... making them look like "O gauge hero's" in the short term.
Now Lionel and MTH have alienated their biggest market threat of upgrading the Older trains with the latest electronics while still staying in business for the shrinking O guage crowd- forcing the O gauge crowd to purchase the Latest and Greatest at current market pricing to keep the profits rolling in OR forcing the O gauge crowd to canibalizing existing New Old Stock-shrinking that secondary Market.
