NS6770fan No. Lionel has HO snap track sort of like Bachmann but it attaches with Magnets instead of plastic clips.
No. Lionel has HO snap track sort of like Bachmann but it attaches with Magnets instead of plastic clips.
That one intrigues me. If it works, it'll be great for children who don't always take track apart correctly.
Paul
Are you talking about magne-traction? As I recall, that was plain steel rail and the locomotive wheels were magnetized.
It did provide good pulling power.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
The magnetic track does intrigue me though for temporary displays.
Joe Staten Island West
Too bad they don’t produce the stuff from the early 2000’s. The Veranda Turbine was a great engine. I guess Lionel is targeting toy train collectors (non prototypical modelers) and kids with these. Also take a look at some of the Lion Chief sets. Most of them are angled toward O27 instead of 1:48. I wish they would reuse the molds from the last time they tried Ho. Atleast they were more detailed...
The Model Power stuff was a rehash of Tyco/Mantua stuff.
This is what, Lionel's 4th or 5th go into the HO market? That they aquired Model Power from MRC and are using that as their new basis is all you need to know as far as target market.
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I noticed the Lionel HO insert in the new issue of MR. Mostly Tyco-ish rehashes of the Model Power stuff. Just who is Lionel aiming at in the HO market?