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Post by josef on Jul 24, 2020 23:05:16 GMT
I just noticed the flag over casket is not a 50 star flag. Check it out Attachments:
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Post by Adam on Jul 24, 2020 23:46:09 GMT
Wow, that sounds like a big mistake.
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Post by Country Joe on Jul 25, 2020 4:17:33 GMT
That looks like the 48 star flag. Good catch.
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Jul 25, 2020 12:57:28 GMT
Whoops. I did a search thinking they used the 48 star flag at some point, perhaps in honor of his WW2 service, when the 48 star flag was in use.
No photographic evidence showing that as the case. Interesting mistake....
MTH appears to have gotten their version correct....
Tom
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Post by ptc on Jul 25, 2020 13:33:18 GMT
Just another example of the lack of quality control.
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Post by rockymountaineer on Jul 25, 2020 14:50:20 GMT
Just another example of the lack of quality control. Agreed. Too many decisions are left in the hands of Chinese factory workers with no USA supervision. Just imagine if AnyCountry asks you to build something unique to their country, and you don’t have a blankin’ clue of that country’s history. So you find a flag on the Internet and blindly use it — without any sensitivity to the number of stars... or whatever the nuance happens to be. This happens more than we probably want to know.
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Post by Sir James on Jul 25, 2020 15:17:12 GMT
How is the quality of the car? Did it arrive all in one piece?
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Post by ptc on Jul 25, 2020 15:35:39 GMT
"Too many decisions are left in the hands of Chinese factory workers with no USA supervision. Just imagine if AnyCountry asks you to build something unique to their country, and you don’t have a blankin’ clue of that country’s history. So you find a flag on the Internet and blindly use it — without any sensitivity to the number of stars... or whatever the nuance happens to be. This happens more than we probably want to know.
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My guess, you are spot on, David. I was going to express this in funnier terms, but it is really a serious matter.
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Post by josef on Jul 25, 2020 16:49:36 GMT
How is the quality of the car? Did it arrive all in one piece? Yes, great quality car, minus the problem of the flag and in one piece. Its a shame. Its only for display. I wish my niece had gone for the MTH one instead. In fact I recommend it.
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Post by sdivtim on Jul 26, 2020 3:18:58 GMT
The Railking one that I have is the same thing.
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Post by rockymountaineer on Jul 26, 2020 12:58:03 GMT
The Railking one that I have is the same thing. Some days I swear the same factory makes all these trains, and they just change the “welcome” sign depending on which company from the States is visiting the factory that week. LOL!!! 🤣 |
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Jul 26, 2020 13:07:20 GMT
The Railking one that I have is the same thing. In other words, the MTH RK has the 48 star flag too? makes one wonder if Lionel and MTH are using the same production people or if they steal info from one another... Tom
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Post by rockymountaineer on Jul 26, 2020 14:51:46 GMT
I'm sure we don't know 1/10th of the stuff that goes on in overseas manufacturing nowadays. It's probably not even close to the terrific arrangement that the importers want us to think it's like.
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Post by josef on Jul 26, 2020 15:18:22 GMT
The Railking one that I have is the same thing. In other words, the MTH RK has the 48 star flag too. makes one wonder if Lionel and MTH are using the same production people or if they steal info from one another... Tom MTH has the correct flag and Military Honor Guard over the casket.
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Jul 27, 2020 2:57:56 GMT
Walter, the MTH Premier car has the correct flag as does the Railking. Good catch.
I looked at images again and realized the MTH products were good.
I stand corrected!
Tom
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