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At L - O - N - G last, my CC40108 has arrived - from China (as clearly noted on the box). Let us see if the SDS propulsion can pull her 7 car consist - lead paint and all  . She looks fine - as do all her new M* friends. |
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Congratulations! Looking forward to seeing some pictures.
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Very good, Pictures please. |
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I wonder where the Chinese marklin factory is? With the bad earth quake in Chongqing, which is a very modern industrial city, I hope the marklin factory was not near there. |
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Hi all,
I's rather send out my thoughts and prayers to the thousands of people killed then worry about the Maklin factory being damaged,...[V]
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Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote: Originally posted by soren36<br />At L - O - N - G last, my CC40108 has arrived - from China (as clearly noted on the box). Let us see if the SDS propulsion can pull her 7 car consist - lead paint and all . Even all 8 Märklin and some more (same, but with different road numbers) TRIX cars are no problem! Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:She looks fine - as do all her new M* friends. Yes - very indeed! [:p] And - you can easily identify the "Chinese manufcturing".  
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Ah...
That is why they are not trumpeting loudly "Made in West Germany" like in the old days...
Guess those stickers meant that they are made in China, Lutz?
I don't mind though so long as quality is up there. |
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Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by dntower85
<br />I wonder where the Chinese marklin factory is? With the bad earth quake in Chongqing, which is a very modern industrial city, I hope the marklin factory was not near there.
Mostly likely in the Canton Pearl Delta area which is close to Hong Kong's infrastructure. Chongging is in the mountain inland - kinda like Colorado.  |
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Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by TimR
Guess those stickers meant that they are made in China, Lutz? Surely means shipped from there; if it's that what the U.S. govmt is eager to know. I could as well not care less.
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Made in Germany sent to China and shipped to the USA As long as you like it and it works then enjoy. David |
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What does the European CE safety mark have to do with China? Certainly not "Chinese Export".... Ahhh, you mean that other stuff stamped into the mould, m-something... Well, we all know those are made in China nowadays... Hal, could you please post a pic of the box note? As Kevin says, our main concern should be the quake victims... Even if that thought about the M production plant also up in my head, since the province affected is a big export assembly industry area... |
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That's funny! Never compared it that way.
The French sure had some unique designs in the fifties and sixties. The Citroen DS series for example.
If I wanted french models, this would be one. I wonder why they raked the windshields like a GM a-pillar dog leg like the cars from 1957? It certainly wasn't to reduce wind drag.
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Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote: Originally posted by Hemmerich<br /> Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by TimR
Guess those stickers meant that they are made in China, Lutz? Surely means shipped from there; if it's that what the U.S. govmt is eager to know. I could as well not care less. Probably Made in China., as there is no Marking saying Made in Germany. |
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Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by nevw
<br />... as there is no marking saying Made in Germany Well Nev - those markings are long gone. As well as good ol' german quality that made 'em famous ... [xx(] |
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Thanks John,
Had a Look at a lot of my items. nothing new in the past 2.5 years has Made in Germany on them. Older items have so I presume that for the past 3-5 Years M has been manufacturing in other countries in Europe and that C Word Country.
Looking at older M Items and the newer there is a definate drop in Quality.
Impossible to put priesers into dining cars. just not enough room.
I was looking at some HAG and Fleischmann Dining Cars and there is ample room to insert Dining Priesers. Hag quality is superior to M. you have to pay for it but it is worth it.
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Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Impossible to put priesers into dining cars. just not enough room. Nev - try the Preiser "Made in China" line. Perhaps more compact |
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Yeah. Or try Flash D's. He cut their feet ... [xx(] |
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I can only see little red "x"s.
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That's weird, Räy ( ) - on my screen they are fine. I'll try again when I get home this evening. Photos are not bad so worth the effort. |
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Looks good! Just peel that little sticker off the box and it's perfect!
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Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Webmaster
Ahhh, you mean that other stuff stamped into the mould, m-something... Nope! Take another close look - otherwise I'll have to open a new thread in the quiz section. Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Well, we all know those are made in China wadays... Another Nope! The "märklin" mark in the mold simply indicates that it is a Märklin product and could have been assembled at and shipped from any of their worldwide manufacturing locations (currently still nearly 90% of all Märklin products are manufactured and delivered from their own factories in Germany/the EU). Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:...since the province affected is a big export assembly industry area... Not related to or affecting the current Märklin subcontractors in the PRC.
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Very fine, Hal
It was worth waiting for her
Perhaps some pics with the PBA coaches ?
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Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote: Originally posted by soren36<br /> Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Impossible to put priesers into dining cars. just not enough room. try the Preiser "Made in China" line. Perhaps more compact Nothing is impossible for the advanced and informed model railroader.  Preiser indeed offers both, unpainted and painted figure sets with the "correct" size.  PS: I had no problem so far downloading and viewing those pictures. Thanks!
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Very nice, Thanks for the pictures soren36. |
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<br />Got pics now Thanks
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Same like Nev - red x here, too ... |
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Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote: Originally posted by Hemmerich<br /> Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Webmaster
Ahhh, you mean that other stuff stamped into the mould, m-something... Another Nope! The "märklin" mark in the mold simply indicates that it is a Märklin product and could have been assembled at and shipped from any of their worldwide manufacturing locations (currently still nearly 90% of all Märklin products are manufactured and delivered from their own factories in Germany/the EU). Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:...since the province affected is a big export assembly industry area... Not related to or affecting the current Märklin subcontractors in the PRC. How can you be so sure of the 90% being made in Europe. If M is using factories in other low cost countries what % of M products are made outside of Germany. THis would include other EU countries and China.  |
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Me too won't buy that number (a twenty years back he were right). But today - nope [xx(] Just propaganda stories, that is. I say 90% China and 10% Germany production |
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Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote: Originally posted by Hemmerich<br /> Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote: Originally posted by soren36<br /> Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Impossible to put priesers into dining cars. just not enough room. try the Preiser "Made in China" line. Perhaps more compact Nothing is impossible for the advanced and informed model railroader. Preiser indeed offers both, unpainted and painted figure sets with the "correct" size. PS: I had no problem so far downloading and viewing those pictures. Thanks! Lutz, Thanks for that information. I did not know that you could gt 1:100 scale Priesers. Cannot find any in hte stores here so maybe have to look elsewhere. Have you actually fitted any into the Dining/restaurant cars? Thanks again. Nev Post Scriptum: I had a look at the Preiser Site and the 1:100 and 1:120 Seated Figures are NOT Suitable for sitting at the tables of the Dining Cars. Funny seating angles. Unfortunately there is nothing in the 1:100 scale that matches the 10391 Figures The Seated Figures that you show do not fit into M Dining Car Seats.Nev |
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Hi all, Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Webmaster
As Kevin says, our main concern should be the quake victims... Even if that thought about the M production plant also up in my head, since the province affected is a big export assembly industry area...
I very much doubt that some care about that,as long as we get our train&toys& things and the Marklin factory wasn't damaged. Dr [V]
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"Made in China" does not mean "transhipped" through China. It means, by KYOTO, by US and by EU authorities that the last "substantial transformation by manufacturing or processing" of the product took place in that country.
At the risk of boring some readers:
On "Country of Origin" - it seems that some believe this is an American matter of concern, however, the concept actually has its roots in British and German competitive situations in the late 19th century. Its conceptual complexity grew steadily as markets began to perceive that certain products made in certain countries were superior to all others. This, of course, led to an expanding variety of attempts by third parties to "deceive" buyers by labeling products in ways that "suggested" origins other than actuality.
The United States simply seeks to assure compliance with labeling requirements in an attempt to prevent one of many potentially deceptive practices engaged in by unscrupulous manufacturers from all over the globe.
Here are some brief extractions from KYOTO (1974):
FROM THE 1974 KYOTO CONVENTION ON “COUNTRY OF ORIGIN”:
The concept of the origin of goods enters into the implementation of
many measures whose application is the responsibility of the Customs.
The rules applied to determine origin employ two different basic
criteria: the criterion of goods " wholly produced " in a given
country, where only one country enters into consideration in
attributing origin, and the criterion of "substantial transformation",
where two or more countries have taken part in the production of
the goods. The " wholly produced " criterion applies mainly to "
natural " products and to goods made entirely from them, so that goods
containing any parts or materials imported or of undetermined origin
are generally excluded from its field of application. The "substantial
transformation " criterion can be expressed by a number of
different methods of application.
In practice the substantial transformation criterion can be expressed:
- by a rule requiring a change of tariff heading in a specified
nomenclature, with lists of exceptions, and/or
- by a list of manufacturing or processing operations which confer,
or do not confer, upon the goods the origin of the country in which
those operations were carried out, and/or
- by the ad valorem percentage rule, where either the percentage
value of the materials utilized or the percentage of the value added
reaches a specified level.
AND, FURTHER DEFINING “SUBSTANTIAL TRANSFORMATION”:
the term " substantial transformation criterion " (4) means the
criterion according to which origin is determined by regarding as the
country of origin the country in which the last substantial
manufacturing or processing, deemed sufficient to give the commodity
its essential character, has been carried out.
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So, according to your first paragraph, the products should be labelled "Made in China" also in the EU, which is not the case.
My conclusion is that the US uses a different criterion for deciding on "Country of origin" labelling. I therefore believe that you are wrong. It is 'de facto' an American matter of concern. |
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Does the engine perform well? |
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My 2 cents worth.
If all of the parts are made in China and assembled in China = Made in China
All parts Made in China and assembled in Germany or any other country in the Eu = Made in China Assembled in EU or Germany as the country of final assembly. Does not matter if the design is in G* or USA.
If most of the components are made in China they are made in CHINA and M* cannot claim to be made in Germany [xx(]
In OZ Land we have had a change. If the product was packed in Australia it could be claimed to be Australian Made or Australian Product.
NOW we have truth of packaging for Food. Manufacturers and resellers (Supermarkets) have to display the Country of Origin of the items in the packet. so we have Australian Packed , and product of China.
Bet that would not go over in Germany or the EU
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Unfortunately it's a 21st Century world, but we're still thinking in terms of what was appropriate in the 20th century.
In today's "globalised" economies, manufacturing is done wherever it creates more profit for the shareholders. This is a universal phenomenon.
Fifty years ago, you associated particular countries with excellence in manufacturing. This is no longer the case, as manufacturing technology is easily transported from one country to another.
Today, we need to look at the experience of the company designing the new product. In the case of Marklin, I believe it's still professionals sitting in Germany who come up with the ideas, design the products, and then deliver the specifications to the manufacturing plant. Whether that is in Germany, Hungary or China, I believe it's still a German product. The last Madonna CD could quite possibly have been pressed in the Far East. Does that make it oriental music?
OK, coming off my soap-box now, The 39401 does look like a lovely model (Thanks to VT08.8!). Troy make a good point, "Does the engine perform well?" If it looks good, and performs well, what more do we want?
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I totally agree with you . But I hate it when People say it is made in Germany when it is not the truth .
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On the boxes I've seen, it doesn't say "Made in Germany", but neither does it say "Made in China". I think nowadays it is actually more accurate to leave it out completely, as Marklin is doing, rather than give the wrong impression.
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Here in the UK all goods have the label of the country where they were made (and I think we are still part of Europe) My view is that items made in China which sell cheaply are usually not worth buying .. and in the case of toys can be dangerous.
I would have to buy my Marklin items from a UK shop to see where they are made but as I buy from Germany then I do not know the country of origin.
There was a time when items made in Japan were considered inferior but now they make some of the best products available. In the years to come maybe China will go the same way.
I would not buy Marklin now just because they are made in Germany as little is made there now which is better than any other country but i buy because i like the models and if they work well then thats OK by me. Same goes for Brawa and HAG although i think HAG may still be made in Switzerland hence the high price and better quality.
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as an old goat I can remember toys and other items that were packaged and sold as Made in England. Made in USA et etc.
Actually they were made in Japan in towns named England, USA etc. This was the really cheap junk that came from Japan in the late 30a early 40s.
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Dave, I've bought loads of Marklin stuff in the last couple of years from UK dealers. None of them have country of origin on them.
I've noticed that, in the place where the boxes used to say "Made in West Germany", and then "Made in Germany", they now have the little symbol with a child and 0 - 3 crossed out.
This is obviously an EU requirement. Maybe the country of origin label is not?
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Agree with you, friends But besides of the various jurisdictions there is another most valid point. Why can't they be <u>honest to us</u> and tell us clearly where it's made F.E., Daughter-in-Law got this little SUZUKI, and for its name one might think it's made in Japan. But no - the label on the B-pillar clearly reads "MADE IN HUNGARY BY GENERAL MOTORS ESZTERGOM PLANT". Well, that's what we call honest customer information Forget boxes. The only cause we must suspect why M tries to keep its customers in the dark [xx(]
when <u>deleting the country of origin on the loco</u> is they wanna pretend it were still German quality ...Such is aggravated insult to the IQ of all of us. Didn't work. Now, who's the idiot ... [}:)][}:)][}:)] |
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Joined: 25/03/2006(UTC) Posts: 858 Location: Connecticut, USA
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Ray - "My conclusion is that the US uses a different criterion for deciding on "Country of origin" labelling. I therefore believe that you are wrong. It is 'de facto' an American matter of concern." Perhaps we are dealing more with semantics than substance here. The criterion is the same, i.e., "substantial transformation" rules. The American issue is "to label or not to label" (that is the question . And Troy - she runs well and looks good. Personally, I don't care where it's made. In fact, these days, in the US, one is hard pressed to find any manufactured consumer item that is not "Made in China". |
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Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,460 Location: Scotland
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Ray It looks like the dealers in the UK are not showing the origin of the product which they should do but then again being imported in small numbers probably nobody cares. I know that some still sell transformers with the German type two pin plug and not the UK three pin with earth. This is also not legal but again with such low sales I suppose nobody will notice unless there is a fatality.
You are right in saying that if it is good quality it does not matter where it is made but then again I like to think the people making the stuff are being paid a reasonable wage and the paint that is used is suitable and lead free.
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Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,871 Location: Gibraltar, Europe
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You're right, David, those are the most important things.
When I bought a Starter set from Gaugemaster I was given the option of having the 2 pin plug changed for a 3 pin at the shop. I guess that gets them round the legal obligation.
On the question of the country of origin labelling, I would actually be interested in reading the letter of the law on this, as I'm pretty sure that there would be an EU directive on this which all EU member states have to abide by. In the same way as they have to include the "not suitable for under 3 year olds" label, which they do, they should then not be able to get out of a legal obligation on the country of origin. The fact that they do means to me that the law is not as clear cut as some think it is. Marklin would not be able to put on the market a product with illegal labelling.
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Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,460 Location: Scotland
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Hi Ray Gaugemaster are a well organised firm and it is good to see they offered to change the plug. Most manufacturers from Europe etc would have the correct plug fitted when sending goods to the UK but the German model rail manufacturers ( includes Fleischmann) dont bother but seem to get away with it. I am not sure about Roco as anything from them that I bought here had the correct plug but it may have been dealer fitted.
Not completely sure what the European law on labelling is but it may well be different here in the UK (if the currency is different then perhaps many other things are)
I think again that being toy trains - which to date I presume have not killed any children - nobody is really concerned.
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