The club will send 6 mailing per year (each package have Marklin magazin and Club news magazine)

Plus some in package -

Two A year with Marklin DVD.
New item brochure.
Summer and fall new item brochure
Coupon for free Full catalogue and Club wagon.
Coupon for Insider locomotives and rolling stock.



The Club mailing arrive in UK, Your mailing arrive in New Zerland about 2 weeks later.

Don't forget about the Märkin TV. Before Simba took Märklin's over, they produced excellent videos once every 2-4 weeks. Now it is about every 6 weeks or so.
The English magazines are much shorter than the German ones. This is mainly due to less advertising but there are less articles as well.

So lets add it up.
Märklin main catalog $12
Insider wagon $40
6 Märklin magazines $30 or so including shipping. Only recently has the included Insider been worth more with good service tips.
2 nice DVD's $15. ($5 for DVDs that I only watch once, $7 for those I watch more)
Access to nice insider models. I only used it once as I model era 5-6 with focus on passenger trains.
Until recently Mäklin TV was worth $20 a year as I am currently paying $30 for Model Railroader Video Plus at $40 or so with much more videos.

Hey when I add this all up, I get close to the $120 CAD/USD a year that I have been paying for the membership, so not a bad deal. Feel free to correct some of my estimates of the individual elements.

I think it is a case of flipping a coin as to wether it is worth while buying or not. I have been a insider since the club started& sometimes I wonder if it is worth while buying each year, some of the articles are very basic for someone who has had "M" for almost 60 years , I wish it was like the older magazine where there were some very in depth articles on modifications , layouts etc but beggars cant be choosers . The additional items which a member receives is worth the money each year so I suppose the magazine could be looked as being free . Delivery to Oz is pretty good at present probably being about 2 to 3 weeks behind Europe but the club car is always way behind schedule. Give membership a try for a year or so & see if you like it You can always decline to resubscribe the following year. They take credit card on the application by email so no problem with exchange rates .

Tom in Oz watching the fires in the Blue Mountains where we used to live .

Ok, all good advice, will try for one year. One final thing, it appears it may be best for me to choose the German and not English option? Lucky enough to speak German.....

Thanks Tom, German version it is.