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Offline franciscohg  
#1 Posted : 14 April 2012 03:01:50(UTC)
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Hi everybody, perhaps this topic belongs to the NMR section but as it is about a product not produced anymore, and they where in the last pages of that old catalogs that made (and still make) us dream i will put it here. It take to me years to finally can grab a couple of these boxes, and i finally found them here in chile by pure and great luck.

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Four boxes of Marklin Metall, some boxes are a little worn, but all the pieces and catalogs are there and they seems to have been never putte away from the cardboard base....i just loved the wrap paper with the Brand and old bicycle logo on it.
I just so very Happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont know about the pricing of them, they are so rare to find...at least for me, but it seems that the buyer did not know what he has...less than U$ 200 for the four boxes!!!!
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Offline Ian555  
#2 Posted : 14 April 2012 05:41:21(UTC)
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What a great find, enjoy them. ThumpUp

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Offline 3rail4life  
#3 Posted : 14 April 2012 06:25:31(UTC)
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Very cool, how can you not love the German Meccano? Congratulations on the great find!

Gordon
Offline kimballthurlow  
#4 Posted : 14 April 2012 09:37:14(UTC)
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Hi Francisco,
What spectacular condition for those pieces! Great! A joy to find.

Thanks for sharing.

Gordon, I love your avatar, the WP F unit colour scheme was slightly understated, which makes it appealing.

regards
Kimball
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Offline Iamnotthecrazyone  
#5 Posted : 14 April 2012 10:38:30(UTC)
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It was a great deal. You have over there in the middle the 1952 catalogue (or at least it appears to be), if it is in good condition that alone should be at least $50 USD. Is it in Spanish?
Offline steventrain  
#6 Posted : 14 April 2012 10:49:50(UTC)
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Good hunting.ThumpUp
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Offline franciscohg  
#7 Posted : 14 April 2012 18:07:21(UTC)
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hi, thanks for your replies. the three bigger boxes has two catalogs each, all in German. also every box has the little brochure you can see.
the little box, has a Spanish catalog, wich is show open and with an image of Marklin factory.
they are all better than mint!
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Offline Iamnotthecrazyone  
#8 Posted : 14 April 2012 21:50:32(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: franciscohg Go to Quoted Post
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hi, thanks for your replies. the three bigger boxes has two catalogs each, all in German. also every box has the little brochure you can see.
the little box, has a Spanish catalog, wich is show open and with an image of Marklin factory.
they are all better than mint!


Hi Marklin has used sometimes the same photos on the back of other catalogues. Now that you show them in more detail I have more doubts the 1952 (steam engine) is just that. If it has the trains it should be but in your photo the spine seems to be on the wrong side so I assume it is just the back of the erector catalogue.
There is also the one with the diesel engine (1950) that one seems smaller than what it should be so probably neither of the two are the full Marklin catalogues for those years but they have the reused the photos. If they were, both should be desirable on their own but even if they are not those particular catalogues you still got a great deal with those sets in such great condition.

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Offline Yumgui  
#9 Posted : 15 April 2012 00:05:59(UTC)
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Great find Francisco ! ThumpUp ThumpUp ThumpUp

I see some doubles in there ... ?

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Offline Bigdaddynz  
#10 Posted : 15 April 2012 00:06:01(UTC)
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A great find Francisco. I've always had the thought/intention of getting some Marklin Metal - they produced a small set in 2009 for the 150 year anniversary which I wish I had got.

Takes me back to my childhood days - I had some Meccano, but sold it to buy trains.
Offline franciscohg  
#11 Posted : 15 April 2012 00:50:16(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Yumgui Go to Quoted Post
Great find Francisco ! ThumpUp ThumpUp ThumpUp

I see some doubles in there ... ?

Y Tongue


jeje, yes, every big box came with two catalogs.....

not really care about the price, I don't think to sell them, it just was like open a treasure chest! priceless!
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Offline cookee_nz  
#12 Posted : 15 April 2012 06:10:13(UTC)
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Wonderful stuff the Marklin Metall.

The ideal combination for me would be robotic control and PC connectivety....

As I understand it, the 1019 ('digital-type') controller never actually made it into production and was originally suggested at something over 500Dm!!

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Offline Markus Schild  
#13 Posted : 15 April 2012 11:31:05(UTC)
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As I understand it, the 1019 ('digital-type') controller never actually made it into production and was originally suggested at something over 500Dm!!



Hi cookee,

The 1019 control-unit not only never went intro production, it also was never developed. All they made was that empty housing, you see on the photo. Today it is in a private collection ;-) .The scheduled retail-price in Germany was 459,-- DM. Märklin also planned to add pneumatic elements to the system in these years, but that also didn't came to market.

Regards

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Offline steventrain  
#14 Posted : 15 April 2012 12:46:38(UTC)
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Another good find.Smile
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Offline cookee_nz  
#15 Posted : 15 April 2012 13:17:16(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: cookee_nz Go to Quoted Post


As I understand it, the 1019 ('digital-type') controller never actually made it into production and was originally suggested at something over 500Dm!!



Hi cookee,

The 1019 control-unit not only never went intro production, it also was never developed. All they made was that empty housing, you see on the photo. Today it is in a private collection ;-) .The scheduled retail-price in Germany was 459,-- DM. Märklin also planned to add pneumatic elements to the system in these years, but that also didn't came to market.

Regards

Markus



Thanks for the update Markus, and yet this is something LEGO managed to do with ease and simplicity, and affordable.

My late Son absolutely LOVED Lego Technic when he was young and could make the most amazing designs beyond the packaged kit design.

Yet another example of Marklin tempting the market with a brochure and then failing to go to production. Wonder what it was with the 1019, 'technical difficulties' or insufficient advance orders? (hardly surprising at that price, even their well-healed Swiss customers probably got a tear in their eye at that price-tag!!)

Cheers

Steve
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Offline 20-VOLT-AC  
#16 Posted : 17 April 2012 21:31:05(UTC)
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Super find Francesco !!

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Offline john black  
#17 Posted : 28 April 2012 15:35:18(UTC)
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Coolness, Francisco - not a deal but a steal LaughLOLThumpUp
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Offline drstapes  
#18 Posted : 23 April 2015 18:12:22(UTC)
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Congratulations, what a wonderful find. As a boy I used mix and match English Hornby meccano. My father was a great fan, He built me a "Cliff Lift" which was one of the major pre-war Meccano constructions.

Geoff
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Offline Minok  
#19 Posted : 03 January 2017 22:31:12(UTC)
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I recall having a metalbaukasten (metal building kit) in the late 1970's (77-78) at the grandparents. Those green, blue and red colors feel so familiar.
Mine looked sorta like this (I don't have it anymore and the grandparents house in Germany was sold a long time ago.. I suspect it ended up in the trash bin)
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Offline Jabez  
#20 Posted : 04 January 2017 00:02:50(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: cookee_nz Go to Quoted Post


Thanks for the update Markus, and yet this is something LEGO managed to do with ease and simplicity, and affordable.

Steve

There were many predecessors. I recall in the late 40s in UK a pal of mine had something called Minibrix I think. The reddish rubbery brick units had holes top and bottom which were joined by separate little black pins called universal plugs. You could construct all sorts of stuff, primarily architectural. They were near, but not quite near enough to make a Lego breakthrough.
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Offline Jabez  
#21 Posted : 04 January 2017 00:11:34(UTC)
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I recall having a metalbaukasten (metal building kit) in the late 1970's

Wasn't Fischer or Fischerbautechnik the leading German Meccano equivalent in those days?
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Offline Minok  
#22 Posted : 09 January 2017 22:09:35(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Jabez Go to Quoted Post
Originally Posted by: Minok Go to Quoted Post
I recall having a metalbaukasten (metal building kit) in the late 1970's

Wasn't Fischer or Fischerbautechnik the leading German Meccano equivalent in those days?


Märklin Metalbaukasten was the equivalent to Meccano, based on what I see Meccano is/was.

Fischer, with its FischerTechnik products, was another construction kit option. I had some of that product line as well as a child. They were AWESOME. The FischerTechnik product is plastic based for the most part (its Fischer after all). You had extruded square profile beams with slots in each side and the ends had pins that would slide into the slots, that gave you much of the structure. Then add the gears, rods, chains, etc and later smart/robotic controlers and off you went. In my day, the basic blocks were a grey plastic.

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I'd say Märklin was metal and Fischer was plastic but both gave you lots of options.

Now they are more colorful and varied as FischerTechnik still exists today.

http://www.fischertechnik.de/en/Home.aspx

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Offline cookee_nz  
#23 Posted : 10 January 2017 05:48:29(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Minok Go to Quoted Post
Originally Posted by: Jabez Go to Quoted Post
Originally Posted by: Minok Go to Quoted Post
I recall having a metalbaukasten (metal building kit) in the late 1970's

Wasn't Fischer or Fischerbautechnik the leading German Meccano equivalent in those days?


Märklin Metalbaukasten was the equivalent to Meccano, based on what I see Meccano is/was.

Fischer, with its FischerTechnik products, was another construction kit option. I had some of that product line as well as a child. They were AWESOME. The FischerTechnik product is plastic based for the most part (its Fischer after all). You had extruded square profile beams with slots in each side and the ends had pins that would slide into the slots, that gave you much of the structure. Then add the gears, rods, chains, etc and later smart/robotic controlers and off you went. In my day, the basic blocks were a grey plastic.

I'd say Märklin was metal and Fischer was plastic but both gave you lots of options.

Now they are more colorful and varied as FischerTechnik still exists today.

http://www.fischertechnik.de/en/Home.aspx

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Fisher Technik looks very similar to Märklin Plus?

PLUS_Kastenauswahl_1.jpg

And even this had a sub-set called minex, not to be confused with the 0 Scale/H0 Gauge Minex Confused





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Offline waorb  
#24 Posted : 10 January 2017 18:38:46(UTC)
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Hello!

Wonderful rememberings...

I still have my Märklin Metalbaukasten from late 70's (maybe 80's). It was a gift from a trip of my father to Germany.

But it is a yellow/stainless steel version (not green/blue). Only the battery-powered motor, gears and the tire caps are red.
Some accessories are from red plastic also.

Meanwhile, if some of you are interested in a modern one-time series:

http://www.maerklin.de/de/produkte/details/article/10891/

Cheers,

Walter
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Offline Crazy Harry  
#25 Posted : 26 January 2017 04:16:30(UTC)
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I was organizing the basement, I'm trying to make room to get my trains set up again, when I came across my old favourite Marklin Metallbaukasten. So instead of figuring out my track plan (I've been procrastinating on this for the last year and a half) I decided to build one of the projects in the plan book. Here's the result:

Marklin 1014 Project.jpg

It was fun and brought back a lot of memories. Now back to the trains!

Harold.

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Offline bobsr  
#26 Posted : 20 April 2017 22:28:53(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Crazy Harry Go to Quoted Post
I was organizing the basement, I'm trying to make room to get my trains set up again, when I came across my old favourite Marklin Metallbaukasten. So instead of figuring out my track plan (I've been procrastinating on this for the last year and a half) I decided to build one of the projects in the plan book. Here's the result:

Marklin 1014 Project.jpg

It was fun and brought back a lot of memories. Now back to the trains!

Harold.



Thanks for the story Harold, as now I am remembering I had a couple of these sets back in the mid 1950's as well. I remember the 105 set, and I think an electric motor. Probably haven't seen it since the late 50's, but I think it is in the attic. Should have gotten it out for the kids, but they were into the Lego's and then the Fischer Technic and LGB. I also have, and am looking at, the original red Mercedes Rennwagen-Baukasten which I built in the 1950's. It's in my den with a big Marklin key sticking out the top. (Unlike the Marklin wind up engine and tender from the 1950's I have which seems to be missing the key).

During a trip to Germany, I found the re-release of the same kit, in 1989, "1914- 1989 Seit 75 Jahren of MetallBaukasten von Marklin, " the same Red Mercedes Race Car and I bought it and brought it home (# 1076). Still have it unbuilt in the box. Box is a little beat up, but it is all original. I just looked at it and the key is not as good as the original, which has the Marklin logo on it. Times change! :)

Probably time to spend some time in the attic and see what else is still up there. Marklin and VB track and catinery, some rolling stock, whistle, bell, grade crossings, bloc signals are all still up there. Had it all set up in the1950's in a train room. No one I knew had anything like it. Used to play a 78 record for the train sounds, and at night it was all lit up and absolutely magical. I remember adding the lighting kits for the series 346 passenger cars. Analog fun....Maybe that is what the world needs more of at the moment. You can learn a lot setting up the original bloc signals, getting the special track pieces in the right place to set them off, wiring them up, and learning not to have the trains going too fast and over run the signals. Worked great, well before computers!

Thanks again for your article.

Best, Bob
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