Hi all, ok heres what i have, a month or so ago i emailed Lionel to see if they were going to come out with one of their collegiate series box cars for MSU-Michigan State University, and if so when and i got an email back saying basically they were not sure about the box car but that they were going to be making a set for MSU but no real details as they were making it for them and not for Lionel or some such, and that they did not have any specifics but i should contact the MSU official merchandiser, whos name they could not think of. Since then i have emailed Lionel back asking for more info, i have emailed MSU and also several companies that sell MSU stuff and gotten nothing but either silance or a generic “we don’t know what we have until we have it” kind of answer. So if anybody on here knows of this or has any ideas as to where to look i would be very grateful, i got the impression from Lionels email that it was not to far in the future and i would really hate to miss the chance on this or hear about it to late, thanks much!
May I suggest a much better substitute:
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Since Sparty seems to derail every football season…[}:)]
I hope the Lionel person wasn’t getting confused with the soon to be released uncataloged Ohio State ready to run train set.
Stu
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And right after they build that and the ohio state set there going to re-tool. The first set off that line will be bigger,stronger,faster and there gonna call it the USC…Set [:D]
How can Lionel make an OSU set when tOSU is licensed to MTH?
If they really wanted to make money they would manufacture an PSU train… years ago Weaver did one and it was a big seller in State College. Wish I had that engine…
It’s odd that MTH has Steeler’s items, but not PSU…
Lionel has done a PSU, Illinois, Purdue, WeCheatAgain or Meatchicken, not sure about the other BigTe(leve)n schools, so my guess is it is a licensing issue.
I find it interesting that all the MTH Pittsburgh buildings the only one that still exists is the Pittsburgh Brewing Company.
Its now listed on the Mden website:
http://www.mden.com/shopping/product.cgi?1065055389998897?1014?6549
Common mistake. The set cited above is for the other Michigan University, home of the Wolverines. The original question was asking about the Michigan State University Spartans.
This won’t be an item found in a Lionel catalog. You best shot is to find the main merchandizing outlet for MSU (their equivalent to the M Den) and check with them.
I don’t know about the MSU Set, but if anyone finds out information on this Ohio State Set, I’d be very interested in hearing about it. And regarding the link to The M Den, is there an Ohio State site like that to keep an eye out for the set?