 Joined: 22/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 14,879 Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square
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 Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,871 Location: Gibraltar, Europe
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Nice to see new products aimed at kids again!  |
Ray
Mostly Marklin.Selection of different eras and European railways
Small C track layout, control by MS2, 100+ trains but run 4-5 at a time.
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 Joined: 25/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 1,106 Location: Guelph, Ontario
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HI,
It may be for Kids but I see that it needs a I-Pad to run it . Might as well get a Train Simulator and forget about the Model Train.
How are kids going to learn practical knowledge how do build a Layout and all that goes with it.
Martin
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 Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,704 Location: United Kingdom
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Originally Posted by: Hoffmann 
HI,
It may be for Kids but I see that it needs a I-Pad to run it . Might as well get a Train Simulator and forget about the Model Train.
How are kids going to learn practical knowledge how do build a Layout and all that goes with it.
Martin
I agreed with you. |
Large Marklinist 3- Rails Layout with CS2/MS2/Boosters/C-track/favorites Electric class E03/BR103, E18/E118, E94, Crocodiles/Steam BR01, BR03, BR05, BR23, BR44, BR50, Big Boy. |
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Joined: 15/02/2008(UTC) Posts: 693 Location: Bournemouth, Dorset
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Slick advert, surpised it s in English, roco are not known for too much English communication, their club magazine is still in German only.
I think I am missing the point though, by the time you have even the cut down z21 and an onboard camera, that is going to be a pretty expensive kids train set I would think? If not, then serious modellers are going to be buying them and ripping the camera and electronics out.
Nice fantasy ICE liveries though!
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 Joined: 10/07/2002(UTC) Posts: 3,298 Location: Patagonia
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If the factories think that the future of MRR is convert it in a video game.....we are so lost!!!!!!!! |
 German trains era I-II and selected III, era depends on the mood, mostly Maerklin but i can be heretic if needed XD, heresy is no longer an issue.. LOL |
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Joined: 22/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 14,879 Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square
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this video above, this is what I call achievement, to destroy the mind in youngsters |
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Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC)
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It´s very sad new,but Roco did toke an step to illusion world for the kids.
Trains is to see in real and play with them!!
And of course...to feel them too. |
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DCC = Digital Command Control
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 Joined: 15/12/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,598 Location: Spain
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I watched the video, and browsed a little around ofr more info.
Maybe it´s my age or something, but I dont really get it. Hopefully the guys at Roco knows what they are doing, but *I* cant see the point of it.
Reminds me of the excellently well executed, but totally pointless, Apple iphone slotless slotcar set! ("Anki Drive") |
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 Joined: 18/08/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,081 Location: Denmark
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Great! You don't need a train anymore, you don't need to be excited about the models, you just need an iPad. I think this commercial fails in telling me what the product is all about. The only thing I learn is, that I do not need the train. I think this product will crash and burn, simply because it fails to be what model railroading is all about: Being creative.
LEGO tried similar things in the late 1990'es and it did not work. What I think Works, is to find the essence of what makes your products interesting and then go with that. I don't believe that kids today does not like to build and "play" with model railroads. I think it is because they do not get the opportunity. I don't think creating a virtual platform, and putting kids in front of a tablet, is the essence of what makes model railroading interesting. It is just trying to make your product look cool, by wrapping it in technology, and that will only last for a very short time. They may sell a few, but I think these products will be removed very quickly.
I think Märklin MyWorld and PIKO MyTrain are much better products, because they appeal to the "creative mindset" which is in all of us. I would have been thrilled to have Märklin MyWorld when I was a kid. :-) |
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