Yes, that is generally what I'd heard, that there was a lot of industrial espionage going on in Korea, and that any US players involved in it ended up getting burned. Again, some of what K-Line was doing in O scale toward the end looked promising. Even with some very nice full-scale cars and locomotives in O scale, Lionel has NEVER shown the least interest in offering anything in two-rail. Some convert more easily than others.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 08:03:58 -0500 > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Merchandising > > Dear Jace, > K-Line got caught up in trying to keep up with the big boys. His > sales were about a 1/4 of "L" and MTH. He expanded his line in an > effort to catch up, but ended up defaulting on his payments to the > builder. He also got caught with his hands in the till on "L" motor > software for his hi-end line... > Don > > On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:40 PM, JGG KahnSr wrote: > > > > > As I recall hearing the story some years ago--six or eight at least-- > > what happened is that MTH (Mike Wolf) caught Lionel complicit in > > pirating Korean designs, had them by the short and curlies, so > > Lionel rolled over on K-Line, effectively getting so large a > > judgment against them that they got the entire business in > > settlement. Which was too bad, as K-Line was just starting to get > > serious about two-rail O scale (I have not been impressed by the K- > > Line S scale I've seen). > > > > Jace Kahn > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
