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jeehring		#1 Posted : 08 December 2012 11:54:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		yesterday, in the display-windows of my favorite store, I saw a strange new car, all white, with an inscription on each side, one side in English, the other side in German. There was one word printed in black characters : German side : "TECKNICK" English side : "TECHNOLOGY" My dealer told me that this mysterious model*** was accompanied by a letter from Marklin. Basically, the letter said: this car was the first of one serie of three cars that will announce, under the form of a riddle, a surprise that will be unveiled at the upcoming fair in Nuremberg ... In the meantime, two other cars are coming ... Marklin ​​said something like: " ...Such important news, deserves a bit of suspense...."(forgive my basic English..) The dealer told me " yes, Marklin is preparing something..." ( he doesn't know what/ or he doesn't want to tell me...) Visiting Marklin sellers gives you so much fun & pleasure...Let's play ! Despite the web gives you plenty opportunities of games, stay glued to the internet may help us to get some info but does not enjoy models in their true dimension... Pictures are pictures, they never gave the emotion you felt having the model beside you.... (yesterday , some novelties were just arrived, I really like some of them.....) *** a basic model. All is in the message.
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franciscohg		#2 Posted : 08 December 2012 13:17:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/07/2002(UTC) Posts: 3,299 Location: Patagonia		what can it be? sadly there is no dealer around, i will have to stay only with the internet....
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jeehring		#3 Posted : 08 December 2012 14:32:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		....the first clue is "TECHNOLOGY"...so we can guess that it will be something new in the field of technology.... To know a little bit more about it, we have to wait for the second clue....(that will be sent to dealers within 2 or 3 or 4 weeks, probably...)
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H0		#4 Posted : 08 December 2012 14:38:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,467 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: jeehring English side : "TECHNOLOGY" The German term for "technology" is "Technik". Whatever it is, the new items brochure should be online between the ides and end of January, so then we will know it. I have no idea what it will be ... ... but I won't have sleepless nights until I know.
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jeehring		#5 Posted : 08 December 2012 14:40:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		Originally Posted by: H0 Originally Posted by: jeehring English side : "TECHNOLOGY" The German term for "technology" is "Technik". . Yes I've mixed some "c" with some"k"....sorry for the wrong spelling....I refere only to my poor memory....and I'm not German speaking...I have not the model beside me, as the dealer receives only one (not for sale)
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H0		#6 Posted : 08 December 2012 14:52:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,467 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: jeehring sorry for the wrong spelling....I refere only to my poor memory No problem. Sometimes they intentionally use incorrect writings. If all dealers get this car, we should see some pictures on the web soon.
		Regards Tom --- "In all of the gauges, we particularly emphasize a high level of quality, the best possible fidelity to the prototype, and absolute precision. You will see that in all of our products." (from Märklin New Items Brochure 2015, page 1) ROFLBTCUTS
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jeehring		#7 Posted : 08 December 2012 14:53:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		Originally Posted by: H0 Originally Posted by: jeehring English side : "TECHNOLOGY" ...... but I won't have sleepless nights until I know. Ah...
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DRG		#8 Posted : 08 December 2012 15:49:23(UTC) Retweet
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jeehring		#9 Posted : 08 December 2012 15:59:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		Originally Posted by: DRG Maybe it will be a reintroduction of the toy construction set. Or the reintroduction of 0 gage. Greedings DRG Oh....
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DRG		#10 Posted : 08 December 2012 17:18:05(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/01/2010(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: Schweinfurt,Germany		Quote: Oh.... Not good jeehring ????? Greedings DRG
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jeehring		#11 Posted : 08 December 2012 18:25:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		Originally Posted by: DRG Quote: Oh.... Not good jeehring ????? Greedings DRG Huh.....
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river6109		#12 Posted : 09 December 2012 04:39:08(UTC) Retweet
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Bigdaddynz		#13 Posted : 09 December 2012 05:58:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 18,778 Location: New Zealand		It's probably a CS3.................groan! Or maybe a new app that runs on Andriod tablets and works with the CS2. Maybe it is a new 3D printer app where you can print out any loco design you want! (This is only mindless speculation on my part, but what the heck??) Whatever it is, they sure want to make some noise about it!
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ozzman		#14 Posted : 09 December 2012 06:29:21(UTC) Retweet
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Mark5		#15 Posted : 09 December 2012 07:16:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 29/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,422 Location: Montreal, Canada		Originally Posted by: Bigdaddynz ..... Maybe it is a new 3D printer app where you can print out any loco design you want! .....! Well... I tried working with that kind of equipment before. 3D scanners still have a way to go!... Objects look like fancy soap bars.... perhaps they have managed a way to get lasers inside solid objects to make the moving parts. - Mark
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jeehring		#16 Posted : 09 December 2012 12:11:23(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		Originally Posted by: ozzman Digital for Z scale? Don't laugh, they tried it about 25 years ago. ..I don't laugh. Actually they are making serious efforts regarding Z scale. Last Z-novelties look more & more fine... If one day they make an offer about digital for Z-scale....I will not be surprised. 25 years ago they abandonned digital for Z because they felt that it was not reliable. What about electronics today...? My speculations about the "surprise" : I don't think it will be a CS3...I rather think it will be something complementary to the CS2...as a part of the whole Marklin-digital system...(?)
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NS1200		#17 Posted : 09 December 2012 12:26:36(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/08/2009(UTC) Posts: 3,443		Perhaps 3 different sound waggons,steam,diesel and electric? Years ago M issued two sound coaches,one steam and one diesel,to put behind loco's having no sound module.
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Goofy		#18 Posted : 09 December 2012 19:25:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 9,292		Originally Posted by: jeehring yesterday, in the display-windows of my favorite store, I saw a strange new car, all white, with an inscription on each side, one side in English, the other side in German. There was one word printed in black characters : German side : "TECKNICK" English side : "TECHNOLOGY" My dealer told me that this mysterious model*** was accompanied by a letter from Marklin. Basically, the letter said: this car was the first of one serie of three cars that will announce, under the form of a riddle, a surprise that will be unveiled at the upcoming fair in Nuremberg ... In the meantime, two other cars are coming ... Marklin ​​said something like: " ...Such important news, deserves a bit of suspense...."(forgive my basic English..) The dealer told me " yes, Marklin is preparing something..." ( he doesn't know what/ or he doesn't want to tell me...) Visiting Marklin sellers gives you so much fun & pleasure...Let's play ! Despite the web gives you plenty opportunities of games, stay glued to the internet may help us to get some info but does not enjoy models in their true dimension... Pictures are pictures, they never gave the emotion you felt having the model beside you.... (yesterday , some novelties were just arrived, I really like some of them.....) *** a basic model. All is in the message. I´m not suprise to see what Marklin will show up until Nurnbergmesse 2013. Perhaps Marklin will do the same as ESU by producing locomotivs that works by choising DC or AC. Just pull off pickup shoe and you use 2 rail. Is this suprise? No!
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mrmarklin		#19 Posted : 10 December 2012 06:03:35(UTC) Retweet
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jeehring		#20 Posted : 10 December 2012 09:38:44(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		.... "TECHNIK" Dave...."TECHNIK"....with the letters "C" ....and "H" !... .... why did you write so many "K" ?....
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Goofy		#21 Posted : 10 December 2012 14:36:04(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 9,292		Maybe Marklin did found out how to produce flextrack á la C track...
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Goofy		#22 Posted : 10 December 2012 18:54:04(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 9,292		Is this what Marklin is trying telling to us about new technology??? www.dreileiter-magazin.de
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NS1200		#23 Posted : 11 December 2012 20:14:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/08/2009(UTC) Posts: 3,443		It would be nice if M would issue new signalmasts with remote controlled steering. The technology is already used for the My World range starter sets. It would do away with the need of having to steer signals by means of pushbutton control boards and a lot of electric cable!
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Goofy		#24 Posted : 12 December 2012 19:22:32(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 9,292		Perhaps this time now to change K tracks with nickel silver on the rail...?
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NS1200		#25 Posted : 12 December 2012 20:27:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/08/2009(UTC) Posts: 3,443		The M dealer in the centre of Rotterdam does not have the strange white car(s),i checked today.
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H0		#26 Posted : 13 December 2012 08:53:06(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,467 Location: DE-NW		Stefan Löbich said in a radio interview that they'll present a "Spielewelt" at the toy fair 2013. I don't think the car refers to that. Since the fair 2012 we know about the Märklin Programmer 60801, but it's not in the catalogue yet. Maybe the car refers to that (we know the Programmer is coming, but we don't know the details yet). Rumours say that soon you can load own sounds into mSD (märklin Sound Decoders). A true surprise would be something completely different.
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jeehring		#27 Posted : 13 December 2012 11:23:58(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		Originally Posted by: H0 Stefan Löbich said in a radio interview that they'll present a "Spielewelt" at the toy fair 2013. (...)... Google tell me that "spielewelt" = "monde du jeu" (french) or "game world " (English).....which means nothing for me.. My own translation could give : "univers de jeu" (French) , I really don't know what is the English expression...
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jeehring		#28 Posted : 13 December 2012 12:12:43(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		Originally Posted by: NS1200 The M dealer in the centre of Rotterdam does not have the strange white car(s),i checked today. The most important thing is the letter that accompanied it. I should rather say that the "wagon" accompanied the letter. It was a separate special shipment that was not included in the standard delivery package. I presume that retailers have to check their postal mail... The car by itself is very basic . It serves to support the message. I think every store receives only one "car" because they receive only one letter... Part of the export market is managed by Marklin Swiss. The letter was in French. I don't think that Netherlands belongs to the same "export area"...
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NS1200		#29 Posted : 13 December 2012 20:26:44(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/08/2009(UTC) Posts: 3,443		Just another thought which crossed my (twisted) mind: Could it be that we could see a marriage between Maerklin and ESU shortly? The sound makers of ESU are having their facilities in Neu-Ulm,which is pretty close to Goppingen where Maerklin are. Yesterday,when i was in the M shop in the centre of Rotterdam,one of the senior salesmen,a respected gentleman,was demonstrating a blue and white Maerklin series 218 Dieselloco to a potental client. The loco was doing its rounds on Maerklin C track,together with a My World ICE set. The salesman was explaining all the sound functions of the model,and there were a lot of them,i even believe the name ESU was mentioned. The model was also able to produce smoke,be it that it was the same smoke as produced by the M steamers,nothing like Diesel smoke. The shape of things to come?
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NS1200		#30 Posted : 13 December 2012 20:41:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/08/2009(UTC) Posts: 3,443		And yet another option: Spielwelt.de is a chain of toyshops in Germany. In their on-line(!) catalogue they also offer Maerklin items. Looking at the way they advertise it looks very similar to a chain of shops in Holland called Intertoys,also now selling the My World items. Could this be what Mr.Loebich was referring to?
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H0		#31 Posted : 13 December 2012 21:22:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,467 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: NS1200 Yesterday,when i was in the M shop in the centre of Rotterdam,one of the senior salesmen,a respected gentleman,was demonstrating a blue and white Maerklin series 218 Dieselloco to a potental client. More likely this was an ESU series 215 loco. ESU decoders just have a comeback in Roco's new BR 218 models - but I don't think we'll see new Märklin models with ESU decoders in this decade. ESU makes smoking H0 diesel locos for some time now. I've never seen that from Märklin (or should this be the big surprise in 2013?).
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Frankenbahner		#32 Posted : 14 December 2012 08:47:17(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 625 Location: Nuremberg, Bavaria		Originally Posted by: jeehring Originally Posted by: ozzman Digital for Z scale? Don't laugh, they tried it about 25 years ago. ..I don't laugh. Actually they are making serious efforts regarding Z scale. Last Z-novelties look more & more fine... If one day they make an offer about digital for Z-scale....I will not be surprised. 25 years ago they abandonned digital for Z because they felt that it was not reliable. What about electronics today...? My speculations about the "surprise" : I don't think it will be a CS3...I rather think it will be something complementary to the CS2...as a part of the whole Marklin-digital system...(?) I wonder what's astonishing about digital for Z gauge. Those who want to run their Z gauge trains digital, are already doing this. Why should they wait for Märklin? Several smaller firms are active in this field, like "Digizett", "MÜT Digirail" or "Velmo". And these firms have been successfully active for several years now. So, why should Z gauge enthusiasts wait for some Märklin product which could be propably less innovative than these other products, or even some isolated sysem like mfx (even for H0 gauge, many "Markliniers" prefer DCC instead of mfx, as DCC is international standard)? Regards, Florian
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jeehring		#33 Posted : 14 December 2012 10:54:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		Originally Posted by: Frankenbahner Originally Posted by: jeehring Originally Posted by: ozzman Digital for Z scale? Don't laugh, they tried it about 25 years ago. ..I don't laugh. Actually they are making serious efforts regarding Z scale. Last Z-novelties look more & more fine... If one day they make an offer about digital for Z-scale....I will not be surprised. 25 years ago they abandonned digital for Z because they felt that it was not reliable. What about electronics today...? My speculations about the "surprise" : I don't think it will be a CS3...I rather think it will be something complementary to the CS2...as a part of the whole Marklin-digital system...(?) I wonder what's astonishing about digital for Z gauge. ....(....)....Florian Sorry Mister Florian, nobody said that it was "astonishing".... I only said that 25 years ago, Marklin thought it was NOT reliable....YET . I know that there are some Z decoders on the market.....You should admitt that their avaibaility slowly started 8 / 10 years ago...not more. As for me .... I do not chose material for ideological reasons ..... Being "international" or "not international", this is not my concern.( I just want it available). Anyway....Marklin is a worldwide brand, this forum is the best evidence. Train is a hobby (not my job). I do it to amuse & to distract myself. I choose something that fits my taste .I Have Been discovering Marklin 45 years ago. Marklin has often developed their own systems with their own standards, , this is not a new .... I knew it a long time ago ! HMMM... HMMMM.. Strange subject for this topic about a probable Marklin new... (or not so strange ? )
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DRG		#34 Posted : 14 December 2012 15:58:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/01/2010(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: Schweinfurt,Germany		Quote: ESU decoders just have a comeback in Roco's new BR 218 models..... Hi Tom, how did you get that idea? Stummi ????? It´s all idle speculation No evidence so far. Greedings DRG
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H0		#35 Posted : 14 December 2012 16:59:29(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,467 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: DRG Stummi ????? It´s all idle speculation No evidence so far. A dealer (Modellbahnzentrum Hildesheim) wrote that the BR 218 came with ESU decoder and supports mfx. OK, no evidence, just hear-say. You can read it on Stummi's Forum, DSO, and many other places (but don't believe what you read on the Internet ). Since December 2 there is a new sound project on ESU's site: Quote: BR218 TB11 Motor Diesel-Lok BR218 (MB TB11 Motor) Artikelnummer(n): 11459 Hersteller: Roco Letzte Änderung: 02.11.2012 Does that count as evidence? Back to topic: a new rumour spread on Stummi's Forum: there will be new Märklin light signals soon (technically incompatible to the 76xxx signals sold so far). They won't call it "incompatible", rather call it "new technology" or something to that effect. Just a rumour from someone who heard something from Märklin personnel at the Stuttgart fair. Many 76xxx signals are marked "out of production" in the database. Just a rumour, no evidence.
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DRG		#36 Posted : 14 December 2012 18:16:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/01/2010(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: Schweinfurt,Germany		Tom: Quote: Since December 2 there is a new sound project on ESU's site: BR218 TB11 Motor Diesel-Lok BR218 (MB TB11 Motor) Artikelnummer(n): 11459 Hersteller: Roco Letzte Änderung: 02.11.2012 Does that count as evidence? I would say yes. DRG
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Goofy		#37 Posted : 16 December 2012 09:06:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 9,292		Or perhaps Marklin will this time cooperate with Lenz about telex couple...
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Frankenbahner		#38 Posted : 16 December 2012 15:53:43(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 625 Location: Nuremberg, Bavaria		Originally Posted by: jeehring Sorry Mister Florian, nobody said that it was "astonishing".... I only said that 25 years ago, Marklin thought it was NOT reliable....YET . I know that there are some Z decoders on the market.....You should admitt that their avaibaility slowly started 8 / 10 years ago...not more. As for me .... I do not chose material for ideological reasons ..... Being "international" or "not international", this is not my concern.( I just want it available). Anyway....Marklin is a worldwide brand, this forum is the best evidence. Train is a hobby (not my job). I do it to amuse & to distract myself. I choose something that fits my taste .I Have Been discovering Marklin 45 years ago. Marklin has often developed their own systems with their own standards, , this is not a new .... I knew it a long time ago ! HMMM... HMMMM.. Strange subject for this topic about a probable Marklin new... (or not so strange ? ) Okay, no one said it was astonishing. It just seemed to me that a few forum members didn't know these decoders yet. What I wanted to say is: digital for Z gauge already exists. These small firms showed that digital for Z is possible. So, if Märklin now release their own digital system for Z gauge, it won't be a surprise at least from the technical point of view. I'm not a Z gauge enthusiast myself, but I have seen this digital stuff for several times on model train meetings. In my opinion, a digital system should always be compatible. If a firm develops an own standard (like Märklin did it with their mfx system for H0), there will always be some limits, like a limited number of decoders etc. Personally, I have made far better experiences with DCC decoders as I did with mfx. Okay, the advantages and disadavanteges of either DCC or mfx should be discussed in the digital subforum, and not here. Regards, Florian
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NS1200		#39 Posted : 16 December 2012 17:06:13(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/08/2009(UTC) Posts: 3,443		The exciting thing about a surprise is that it is a surprise! Let us bite our time,surely it will be revealed to us early next year.
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steventrain		#40 Posted : 16 December 2012 17:48:23(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,707 Location: United Kingdom		Originally Posted by: NS1200 The exciting thing about a surprise is that it is a surprise! Let us bite our time,surely it will be revealed to us early next year. Hornby 2013 range to be present tomorrow!
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jeehring		#41 Posted : 16 December 2012 20:37:45(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		to announce 2013 range before Christmas & new years gifts, is it a good idea towards retailers ?
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MikeK		#42 Posted : 21 December 2012 17:30:54(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 176		Last week I was made redundant together with all the people in my office, today I got a new job (actually I got two, had to refuse one and take the other), and after that I got the following, which I believe is what started this topic :) Looks like it's gonna be a great Christmas after all :) ^__^ MikeK
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Danlake		#43 Posted : 21 December 2012 17:59:40(UTC) Retweet
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Bigdaddynz		#44 Posted : 21 December 2012 21:51:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 18,778 Location: New Zealand		Originally Posted by: MikeK Last week I was made redundant together with all the people in my office........... I don't know why companies persist in doing this at Christmas time. Our office is going through a reorganisation, and although it only affects management level (my job is ok), it does create uncertainty, and there will most likely be a few redundancies. I guess there is never a good time to do this. Good to see that you've got another job so quickly Mike, and thanks for posting piccies of the 2 wagons. I don't think we are any closer to finding out what the surprise will be - but if we did, then it wouldn't be a surprise!
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MikeK		#45 Posted : 21 December 2012 23:05:02(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 176		Originally Posted by: Bigdaddynz Originally Posted by: MikeK Last week I was made redundant together with all the people in my office........... I don't know why companies persist in doing this at Christmas time. Our office is going through a reorganisation, and although it only affects management level (my job is ok), it does create uncertainty, and there will most likely be a few redundancies. I guess there is never a good time to do this. Yeah, I know the feeling, have been through that process several times where I was also luckily spared. But this was the second time I lost my job in December due to structural optimizations where the whole site was closed, another job I lost in November when the company ran out of money, but this was the first time where we didn't have any idea of what was coming, just got an e-mail in the afternoon that a manager from HQ would visit the next day, when he came the message was clear, the project is terminated, clean up the office and leave, we handed in our badges the next week, but I'm not complaining this time, got a nicer job out of it, and I have two weeks of Christmas vacation with full pay from the old company :) Funny enough the only time I resigned a job in my current career was also in December. Now I just need to get hold of a 37544 to put in front of the two wagons I got today, does anyone have any idea of how many wagons that will be in this "special" series? I was pretty lucky to get hold of these two, but would definitely like to have the whole set :) ^__^ Mike
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Yumgui		#46 Posted : 21 December 2012 23:38:24(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,660 Location: Paris, France		MikeK, "Technik" and "Spielen" ... to be carried through all and any jobs ... ! I can say that after over 30 years of experience in my own domain, with all the pitfalls that await, these are my only two requirements left ... ; oddly enough, but not surprising, employers listen when you speak with real authority ... Y
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jeehring		#47 Posted : 21 December 2012 23:39:26(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		Congratulations Mike ! Yes that's it ! ...still a third one. It's a kind of riddle, before Nuremberg Toy fair. There will be 3 wagons. TECHNOLOGY-PLAY- and........? Will the third one give us a direction ?.. (if the third word is "train", we are not more advanced....excepted that it could mean an important evolution may be ? ?....a robot ? )
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kc6uvm_George		#48 Posted : 22 December 2012 09:12:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 11/11/2012(UTC) Posts: 131 Location: Lancaster, CA		Could Märklin be thinking of an educational/learning/teaching component of "playing" with trains for the third component?
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H0		#49 Posted : 22 December 2012 09:24:12(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,467 Location: DE-NW		I wouldn't be surprised if the third car bears "LERNEN." (to learn). Maybe they found a German name for their "my world" series?
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MikeK		#50 Posted : 22 December 2012 09:46:57(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 176		Originally Posted by: H0 I wouldn't be surprised if the third car bears "LERNEN." (to learn). Maybe they found a German name for their "my world" series? Actually that sounds plausible with the "Lernen" :)
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