Do You Think We'll See More Lionmaster in 2016 v1?

Personally I'd like to see them merge the idea of lionchief and lionmaster. The awesomeness Of a larger more detailed locomotive but still simple enough to run on your layout without having any advanced forms of controls

I so hope note.  I want them to put Legacy in LC+ locomotives, not LC+ in Legacy locomotives.  If they offered all the LC+ locomotives again with Legacy control, I'd buy them all.  I loved the look and sizing of them, but I can't stand the LC system.  Even my 2 (almost 3) year old would rather use TMCC then the LC stuff, so I might have to convert all his Thomas and Friends LC to ERR TMCC.

 

IMHO, Legacy is a fantastic control system, and is totally worth the price of admission, but I find it very sad that Lionel only keeps it in their high dollar scale items.  MTH does it right with their Rail King RTR sets, nice and inexpensive locomotives with full command capable features that work with the full blown system when you get it later.  They are truly a gateway drug to O gauge railroading.

I hope they do more. Would love to see an N&W Class A or J!

I have a lion master challenger on the way. Can't wait!  i would very much like a chance to get many of the steam engines that came out in lion master in the past. They are tough to find in legacy. Lion master in the right size for my current layout.

I would like to see the B&O EM-1

The size fits my layout. I hope they continue to make them.

In order to make a long loco 031 friendly, certain modifications have to happen. For some locos (like articulated types) the visual change isn't extreme. For others, it's really bad - enough to turn off the buyer.

Thus, every large loco isn't a viable candidate.

Also, the engineering time needed to make those modifications are then compounded by Lionel having to set the price much lower than a scale size loco for which the tooling may already exist.

These things all combine to limit the number of LM locos that you'll see.