I would not count on Marklin to help much. I asked one of the large dealers
in our area about the Marklin live steam loco. He told me that they aren't
even going to offer it in the U.S. They are afraid of law suits. The
Marklin's that are available are coming to us via Canada. The dealer is
Modelbahn Ott in Gilbertsville,PA.
It would be very easy for me to comment in a political way about this,
But I'll refrain at this point.
Phil.P. Reading,PA.
> In looking for Marklin cars, I find that the cars seen in older
> catalogs, were very desirable but not available because they seem to
> follow a policy of very limited production runs with no repeats. In
> other words, the cars are very good quality, rather expensive, but
> supply is short. I have even attempted to acquire current model items
> and found them to sold out. I run some of their metal "toy" cars behind
> an Aster Glaskasten, and it looks OK to me. I believe they could sell
> more cars if they'd make 'em.
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> Gary Lane wrote:
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> > Didn't Marklin market 1:32 metal trains?
> > What I have seen (incredibly few) have been usually stamped metal
> > without much detail.
> > I have also seen some nicely detailed models. Surfing the net I found
> > some sites with Guage 1 Marklin, European sure, but 1:32 I believe.
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> > LGB if the demand for their products exists in this scale I would
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> > them to eventually manufacture American models.
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