July 15th, 2021 – Lionel Purchase of MTH Tooling
Lionel L.L.C is excited to announce the purchase of a broad assortment of M.T.H Electric Trains tooling. The tools, which were carefully reviewed and evaluated by the Lionel Product Management Team, are a range of items MTH has offered throughout their years in the model train industry.
“The tools we selected to purchase will be a nice complement to our current and future product lines,” Lionel Chief Executive Officer Howard Hitchcock said. “We are looking forward to offering our consumers a version of these products that will leverage Lionel’s operating (or control) systems, advanced electronics and stable of licensed IP.”
The first release of products leveraging the newly acquired tooling will be seen in the release of Lionel Trains 2021 Signature Two cataloging on July 16th.