Just a hypothetical question. During the toy train "heyday", pre war and/or post war (take your pick).
What if the engineers for Lionel worked for Marx and the engineers for Marx worked for Lionel?
Where would we be today in the toy train market?
We would have Lionel trains branded Marx and Marx trains branded Lionel.
Marx trains would have succeeded into the present, and would have spawned a giant industry, with a few hiccups and lawsuits. When you mention "electric trains" in social settings, people will respond with the answer "Oh, you mean Marx?"
Lionel trains would have been relegated to the sandboxes of younger brothers and cousins, or hammered into swords and plowshares, only to be re-incarnated in the early 21st century for nostalgic reasons.
Jerry's and Mike's names would be replaced in heated arguments on forums like this with the names of James and Debbie.
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