At that price it will need to repair something......

And I suspect that it has a plastic body..

That's not an issue any more for me, but 2020 was an expensive year (see what happens when you're at home in lockdown with only an internet connection to keep you company.....)

Them itchey finger tips. You can probably get an ointment for it. Unfortunately there’s no cure for me. I bought the wife a dog 🐕, so my fingers hovering over that OBB croc 🐊

Marklin Sale in 2020 6 million Euros plus than 2019...

I don't think so, the prices are in line with items from before Covid Era. The crocodile price is not that different to the 39560 series, it would be about right for the inflation rate since the last ones of those. The other items are commensurate with that.

Just under 12 hours to go ...

Marklin items will be here

Trix items will be here

LGB items will be here.

Hi All

New catalogue is available for down load.

Tim

I am surprised there is no new mould steamer.
The prices of the new electrics are now prices comparable to top steamers.
I will probably go for the Austrian croco and maybe one more, but don' t know yet if any.

With the current Märklin prices it is not possible to have more driving axles! ;-)

I've misread the details

John

Once again, no Swiss era 5...

That's better!

Good observation. Catalogue text makes no sense though.
I assume they meant "axles" when they wrote "wheels".

Update: In the product database it reads axles. So in the PDF we see the usual level of quality assurance.

For now I'm only interested in the BR 78 and maybe the coaches for the BR 78.

The BR01 in the classics still hasn't cab light. I think that is a change M* should do.

The english translation of the CS3 v3 book is a good idea. I don't know if it will be done where they build some special models :)

I also like the BR 194s and the Class 77s.

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The green Br194 and its train look attractive to me. I don't have one in green yet.

I also quite like the starter set with the diesel shunter and wagons loaded with Porsche sports cars. It's very cute!

Other than that I might get a Br56, which I've missed out on up to now, and maybe the Br01, as I don't yet have one with the latest tooling.

I'll wait to see what the delivery dates might be...

I think my wallet will be reasonably well protected this year!

Br 194 and the CS3 book only

I can't understand why this is 'completely new tooling'. I guess they need to change the body for the different year they are modelling, and may have to change the motor from what they have used in the past due to supply issues ... I'm thinking about the freight set that goes with it though.



Yes, I quite like the look of that as well. maybe get one or two of the extra wagon to put some of my Porsche car collection on as well ... - I'm wondering of there is a certain Porsche owner on the forum who will also get this set ...

The other one that intrigues me (no, i'm not interested in getting it) is the 'super heroes' loco which seems to have about six superheroes on it, but only three wagons to go with it. I am guessing there will be another three wagons with the other 'super heroes' in the Autumn NI, in time for Christmas.

The other item I am pondering the announcement of is the Br103 IC livery Messe-Lok. Without having a Messe to go to they have announced it. I would have thought they could have held off on this to see if the Toy Fair actually goes ahead in the middle of the year when it has been delayed until.

Some of the wagons seem to be expensive for what you get. I guess there are a lot of detail bits to fit to them, so a lot of manual work.

The 47146 log carrying wagon set also has a Trix counterpart with the cross numbers referenced in the Trix brochure but not the marklin one (except for the picture at the bottom on the page of the Marklin one). But the Trix brochure shows a train using both part numbers, implying they may have different road numbers between the two sets, although it is not stated anywhere.

The thing that amazed me is that the ballast tamper machine is Digital only - does not work in AC. Not even to travel along the rails!!!

We have another Swiss Gottardo panorama coach in the 43652, to go with the 43650 set and 43650.001 single coach. I wonder what is planned for 43651?

I quite like the set of wagons to go with the crocodile, trouble is one would also like to get the Trix set as well, as they have different road numbers.

Two extra coaches to go with the Belgian Class 1. That would make a reasonable length train for it.

I'm toying with the idea of the Italian set 47107 with the reels of wire load. I have a similar one of these wagons that was issued by Eurotrain a few years ago, so would make a reasonable unit train.

Those among us who run long container trains will have a ball with the additional offerings in the Trix brochure.

I also like the Trix Club Car for 2021.

For the record, I fixed it!
BLS 39462.pdf (205kb) downloaded 88 time(s).

MC

Hmm, prices are indeed going up. Trix 24554 Großraum-Schiebewandwagen Hbbins ...

In the past these have gone for mid Euro 30 range, now we are up to Euro 53 ...

Well, I checked the product database for the 47146 and Trix 24146, and both say that they have different road numbers to the other set, so that settles that.

Another FU like Tom (H0) suggested.

BR78 seems to be the first steamer having red mark lamp by Marklin.

I noticed diesel locomotive class 77 and 66 which is marked as Dynamic Smoke Exhaust. Is it the same as synchronized smoking?

Also I noticed BR194 is equipped with approach lamp. Can someone explain what approach lamp is ?

Thanks

English version of new items video

Florian Sieber said that more and more models will be converted to centrally mounted motors to increase the profit. This year we see this with BR 143 and BR 194.
We might see the old motors in special blue box retro editions, but I don't expect to see them in permanently in the classics series.

Some good news: The track pieces of the 23xxx series are now much cheaper than before. You cannot use those tracks with regular Märklin locos, but you can use them for display or in sidings where no locos go.