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Well, there have been subtle variation, like the 'Start Up' package that has somewhat garrish orange and red stripes, that has occurred over the last maybe 5 years.

The Insider locos this year come in an anthracite black windowless box.

What is not illustrated there is wagon sets and train sets without track. The picture on the box has varied a bit in that for a long time it has been a line drawing or monochrome picture of the wagons, but tis years Insider wagon set has a colour picture of the wagons. Not sure if this is happening generally across wagon sets. Sets that include a loco will (these days, as the loco is always digital now) be in the grey box denoting digital control. The G5/5 set from this years New Items has a monochrome picture on it.

Then there are special sets like the Gottardo loco set that has a picture of the Gotthard Tunnel on the box, and the Tintin Thalys set that is in a box that looks like a suitcase, and the 2014 36621 Football Weltmeister loco and Christmas Br50 that both come in appropriately decorated boxes.

And then there are the commemorative items like the 31100 Crocodile Swedish Visit two loco set and the 37578 Blue E03, and a host of other items including coaches and wagons that are being produced in blue picture boxes as shown in that link for locos from 1958 to 1968 and wagons up to 1970 ...

take your pick, there is that much commemorative and special stuff being produced now that it is hard to generalise the year a box style has been produced.

The reason I was asking is because I have been out of this for a LONG time and currently making up my mind about getting in again.

I was browsing through ebay.de and noticed that pictures did not always match the description like when they stated the item was in "Top Zustand" there was sometimes rust on railings etc

So I was wondering if I could narrow down the age of the items by the box but it seems that is kind of difficult after 1986.....


Does anyone know when they stopped printing "Made in (West) Germany" on the boxes?

I have a few resources on my site for some of the earlier boxes (pre-1950)

http://marklinstop.com/2...marklin-boxes-1935-1956/

or search for "boxes"

http://marklinstop.com/?s=boxes

Paul

Whoops...

Even today some Marklin items are made in Germany, and so some will say Made in Germany, and others will say nothing at all.

As far as I know, all designing is still done in Göppingen.

Hi all,
Marklin items made currently, simply have the word "Marklin" (or Marklin symbol or logo) embossed in the casting, extrusion or molding.
Certainly no place of manufacture.

I believe it is mandatory when retailing an item in Australia, to mark the place of manufacture on the packaging.
So as suggested, it is often just a sticker type label on the package.
The item itself, will not necessarily show any place of manufacture label.
What law of the Australian government requires this, I have no idea.

However, I do find it interesting that small importers just do not get around to it.
So if you currently purchase new Marklin items in Australia, it is likely the packaging will not show where the item was made.
I don't care, and I guess many others don't either, because once the packaging is discarded, no one would know anyway.

regards
Kimball

Thanks for that link. I read that whole thread and it seems Chinese production of some Marklin goods is known to have happened as early as 2001.

Unlike Kimball above, I DO care where it is/was made.

So the question then is, in 2001 were they still printing "Made in Germany" on boxes of stuff they actually made there?

It seems Marklin puts in a deliberate effort to conceal where they make their products. And I am assuming they do that because putting "Made in China" on a box does not help them.


Since I need to somehow narrow down what to collect I would like to stick to stuff made in Europe. If I could only find out what they did/do make there.

Hi Kimball,


I have been browsing eBay.de over the last couple of days and I DID see some of the white boxes which actually had "Made in Germany" printed on the box.

The listings did not list the year of the item though so I can so far only conclude "sometime after 1986" and before they stopped being transparent.


If I would have to guess they would have printed made in Germany on the box at least until they opened up shop in Hungary.


The good news is there is loads of stuff available from 2001 or before.

Sooner or later I WILL find out in what year they stopped printing the origin on the box.


Regards,

Mike