Its June! Lionel catalog next month?

The catalogs are okay but I don't trust anything I see in them anymore. After the Dreyfuss color debacle that I had to return, I won't consider a pre-order from Lionel anymore. I want to see the finished product in person or at least finished production photos (not a photoshopped catalog representation).

I agree with Na and Curtis, if I do buy something it has to be late TMCC or proto3.Lionel has lost me and alot of others due to their less than stellar build quality and pricing structure.
I had a friend who could take apart a new Lionel engine and pinpoint every sub standard part. He did it to the Mogul and many others and what he found is appalling. From the time of the mogul he sold off his entire collection of Lionel engines never to buy one ever again.
Now that's a little extreme but I can see his point. He now only runs MTH proto3, he even says they are not perfect but way better in build quality than Lionel.

Dave

Honestly, though now that I can only afford two big items out of the catalog, I have to be very selective in my purchases. Case in point. I had the George Washington C&O set from the previous release. now that they are over 100 a car. I am just going to buy the engine... and that's all I could afford.

Don't get me wrong on any previous comments I have made. When I decided to move from "N" to "O" was because of its size, easy on the eyesight, but lately I'm appalled at all the problems, generic engine runs over and over again with a different paint slapped on and decaled for every railroad that ever existed. Gizmos added that are just problems waiting to happen. Boards that aren't durable and slight burps are destroyed and especially the lack of many parts and services for these expensive toys. Lionel use to pride itself on its durability and services and one could find one in almost everytown to fix problems.
Can I afford these prices, yes. But there isn't anything that I really need, nor anything of value that I need to add. As to rolling stock I have little Lionel and over 80 Atlas Steam Era cars which I really like. As to bigger engines, I'm looking more into the smaller switchers and road engines. But they have to been existing before 1955/56 era.

One thing about "N" was that to fill the layout, I was buying more freight and passenger cars to fill voids were "O" I didn't need as many.

As to HO which is pulling my interest more and more are the amount of available products at reasonable prices compared to "O". Items that will never be produced in "O" and how realistic engines are for given railroad.

Its a dilemna I'm facing and finding someone interested in taking what I have. But I continue to run my layout and making changes almost daily still.

I’ve been hunting down CMP and K Line. Maybe 20 years from now I’ll be looking at this Catalog 😊

It seems Lionel and to a certain extent MTH and Atlas ignore New England roads when it comes to rolling stock.  Yeah you get your B&M, and your NH but how about Rutland, B&A, Maine Central, Central Vermont, others.