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In their 2006 Volume 2 catalog, Lionel officially unveiled the new TMCCII "Legacy" system. TMCCII promises to revolutionize the way people control and play with their model trains, by adding more features that mimic prototypical operations of a real railroad, and subsequently, a real locomotive.
Lionel, LLC is an American designer and importer of toy trains and model railroads that is headquartered in Concord, North Carolina.Its roots lie in the 1969 purchase of the Lionel product line from the Lionel Corporation by cereal conglomerate General Mills and subsequent purchase in 1986 by businessman Richard P. Kughn forming Lionel Trains, Inc. in 1986.
Lionel Corporation was an American toy manufacturer and holding company of retailers that was founded in 1900 and operated for more than 120 years. It started as an electrical novelties company. Lionel specialized in various products throughout its existence. Toy trains and model railroads were its main claim to fame. [1]
The deal was finalized on April 18, 2006, and Lionel made the announcement the following day. From 2006 through 2010, Lionel continued a limited run of K-Line trains called K-Line by Lionel, and issued separate K-Line by Lionel catalogs until 2010, when those products were folded into a section in Lionel's own catalog.
In 1992 Lionel attempted to reverse its fortunes by merging with the bankrupt Child World, the United States' #3 toy retailer, but was unable to secure financing. [2] By February 1993 Lionel had closed all but 29 stores in six states, concentrating on the markets of Philadelphia , central New Jersey , Baltimore , Washington, D.C. , Cleveland ...
Gold made an agreement with Lionel and completed a design for an all-paper product train in March 1943. It was sold for a retail price of $1 for the 1943 Christmas season, but disappeared soon afterwards due to poor customer response. Lionel began manufacturing its conventional products again beginning in late 1945.
Lionel Leventhal Limited retains ownership of stocks and copyright licences of books published under the Greenhill Books and Chatham Publishing imprint. [ citation needed ] The only new Greenhill Book between 2007 and 2016 was The Hand of History , a compilation of history quotes and commentaries raising money for Parkinson's UK .
The Great Britain Concise catalogue. (Intermediate level of detail - Annual.) The Great Britain specialised catalogues, comprising: Vol. 1 Queen Victoria: Part 1, published in 2020; Vol. 2 King Edward VII to King George VI (14th Edition), published in May 2015; Vol. 3 Queen Elizabeth II Pre-Decimal Issues (13th Edition), published in 2019