Lionel Pospone Order Date!!! NO 2021 Lionel Catalog thru LCCA

Not in Detroit but in Western PA and had it for about 2 weeks.

I received mine in North Alabama from the LCCA and LOTS on the same day last week.

Neal Jeter

Still no catalog????  Since I only order from the catalog - Lionel might be missing a big order!!!

@brucefclark posted:

Still no catalog????  Since I only order from the catalog - Lionel might be missing a big order!!!

Are you sure your membership is current?

Got mine a few days ago here in Ohio.

Received about two weeks ago in L.A.

@brucefclark posted:

Has any one in the Detroit, MI area received their 2021 Lionel catalog?

Received mine around 2 weeks ago in South Carolina. I have an extra. If you email me I will mail you one.

Arrived about two weeks ago in SoCal.

Got mine today in Maryland.

Today in South Texas

To your question I called LCCA and my membership is up to date!!!  I was told that the list was sent to Lionel - so the problem is with Lionel or the Post Office.  2/18/2021 still no catalog.

Can't you just read it on-line like everyone else?

Jon

I picked mine up the day they came out, I've had it for weeks.

@brucefclark posted:

To your question I called LCCA and my membership is up to date!!!  I was told that the list was sent to Lionel - so the problem is with Lionel or the Post Office.  2/18/2021 still no catalog.

OK!!!  I'll bet there is a pile of them in the Detroit Post Office since it seems like none of you have gotten it.  I would just get my order from the online catalog version.

@brucefclark posted:

To your question I called LCCA and my membership is up to date!!!  I was told that the list was sent to Lionel - so the problem is with Lionel or the Post Office.  2/18/2021 still no catalog.

The offer still stands...

Bruce, it is a Post Office Issue.   I mailed a couple First Class letters to a relative in Rochester Hills just north of you.

This was back on January 25 from the Dallas TX area.   The letters arrived February 9....16 days later.   There are numerous news articles about the problems there, from COVID related personnel shortages to unusual spike in mail and package volume.

My suggestion: take vash44 up on his offer or go to the catalog online.

2 to 3 weeks ago in Chicagoland

I've had my catalog in the Detroit area for a couple weeks.  LOTS shipped me mine.  Also available at local hobby shops.  Why aren't you able to get one?

@brucefclark posted:

To your question I called LCCA and my membership is up to date!!!  I was told that the list was sent to Lionel - so the problem is with Lionel or the Post Office.  2/18/2021 still no catalog.

I received mine (not that I'm ordering anything from it) a couple weeks ago.

It is online on the Lionel page too

Bruce, I have not received mine from LCCA yet as well and I live not that far from you.   Got one a long time a go from the LHS and have downloaded the online version as well.  Those may be options.  I usually keep my LCCA copy as the pristine one for the "catalog collection"

The " local " hobby store is about 60 miles from me.  As of now I am not ordering from the on line catalog.  I may be old fashion but that's the way I feel now.

Postpone. Not to be confused with pospone, tastes something like corn pone...

@brucefclark posted:

The " local " hobby store is about 60 miles from me.  As of now I am not ordering from the on line catalog.  I may be old fashion but that's the way I feel now.

You study the catalog on-line, and order from your favorite dealer.  Waiting for a hard copy when you already have it on your phone seems foolish.

Jon

Bruce, Great Lakes Hobby is not 60 miles away from the Detroit area.

I got my second one from Charles Ro today! My local dealer gave me one weeks ago. Funny thing is the local dealer only fixes stuff, he doesn’t sell anything but parts. Lionel sent him two cases and called him a couple days later and asked if he needed more. He told them he didn’t need the two cases they sent him! Maybe he has yours!

I live in Michigan and have had two catalogs for over several weeks. One I assume came from Lionel, the return address is Ripon, Wisconsin Permit No. 100.

The other came from Charles Ro Supply Co. Malden, MA

I could have picked up one at Great Lakes Hobby but I declined.  I just gave one tonight to my two grandsons and we spent over an hour at the kitchen table going through it page by page. Ages 7 and 6 and there one year old sister sat in her highchair watching.

We also watched the Mars Landing, Live.

Hope this helps: Gary

Lionel Trains followed by the Mars Landing.....doesn't get much better than that Gary. I don't think your grand kids will forget today any time soon ,if ever.

Mars?

Jon

@WarDigger posted:

Lionel Trains followed by the Mars Landing.....doesn't get much better than that.......

Wonder if Lionel will do a new Mars related train now.  It could have the drone fly off the Perseverance like their old helicopter cars.

@brucefclark posted:

.... I may be old fashion but that's the way I feel now.

With the pre-ordering deadline coming up, you will miss out on some possible deals.  But that is your choice.

Thanks guys: Yes, we all had a great time. There school is open for both online learning and in person learning. The principal ask all the students to watch the Mars Landing Live. The boys ask me about Area 51 Railroad, & NASA Space Launch Freight Set.  I may go with the NASA set.

I just got my second one. Will likely recycle it. No more room for paper or trains any more.

Pete

Bruce, you seem confused about what others are saying about the online catalog. It’s simply PDFs (essentially digital pictures) of the actual print catalog. You page through it the same way, only with a click or a swipe.

If you enjoy having the print catalog to page through, that’s fine. I prefer that for browsing myself. But no one is going to extend the order deadline for you because you refuse to view the catalog on Lionel’s website, where it has been viewable for a month now.

Also, as others have said, the problem isn’t Lionel or LCCA. It’s your regional postal facility.

Feb 23 and still no catalog.  Maybe it will come before the trains!!!.  Sorry forum members but no one thinks for me!!  This post was ONLY about the arrival of the catalogs in the Detroit area - please keep your replies to only this subject.

I don't get why you're so hard-over on receiving it by mail.  It's been suggested several times to drop by a local hobby shop and pick one up!

Of course, the on-line options is available as well: Lionel 2021 Catalog (Big Book), and you can download a local copy.

If it comes down to waiting for the mail and the order deadline passes, are you really going to simply not order anything as a US Postal Service Protest?  The fact that you don't have a catalog has nothing to do with LCCA or Lionel, it's not their fault that the PO didn't deliver them to your area!

Got my catalog a over a week ago from Charles Ro. Didn't cost me a penny and no membership required.

An occasional purchase keeps the catalog coming free of charge .

Thank you Charles Ro!!