Marklin 31100 loc set - why no sound functions?

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Donb		#1 Posted : 28 October 2016 21:02:08(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 309 Location: Fraser Valley		I am considering this set (SBB Ce 6/8 and SJ Da ) as I really like it, but I don't understand, for the high price it sells for, why Marklin didnt use a sound function decoder in these locs? What am I missing here? Don
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steventrain		#2 Posted : 28 October 2016 21:11:24(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,757 Location: United Kingdom		Because the 31100 was reproduction from the 1950 and 1960s models. High collector item soon, Sold out at Marklin.
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grnwtrs		#3 Posted : 28 October 2016 22:19:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/06/2005(UTC) Posts: 669 Location: El Sobrante, California		Originally Posted by: Donb I am considering this set (SBB Ce 6/8 and SJ Da ) as I really like it, but I don't understand, for the high price it sells for, why Marklin didnt use a sound function decoder in these locs? What am I missing here? Don I have wondered the same thing. This set is not the first of these limited kind of sets to be without the latest electronics or whatever. Their thinking sure beats me. I passed on this set, for a model equally as impressive, in my minds eye, but that is me. Best regards, gene


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RayF		#4 Posted : 28 October 2016 22:48:08(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,878 Location: Gibraltar, Europe		These are reproductions of classic models. They should come as analogue but Marklin no longer make purely analogue locos so they fit a basic decoder so that you can run it in either analogue or digital. If you want a loco with all the bells and whistles you can get the latest equivalents of these locos with sound decoders and additionally the loco will be a scale model, much more accurate than the old classic tooling. I think you are missing the point by asking for the latest electronics in a reproduction of a 1950s model.
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Donb		#5 Posted : 28 October 2016 23:53:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 309 Location: Fraser Valley		Ok, Thanks for the replies. I now understand that this was done for nostalgic reasons, to be as true as possible to the early originals, with a nod to accommodating modern electronics. Interesting. I could be wrong, but I wouldn't think that modern reproductions of classic models, even with a 'limited' production run of 3,000, will ever be valued as a collectable. If I were a collector, I would only be interested in the originals. I am only interested in running them and having fun, thats why I was curious about no sound. Cheers! Don
		Best Regards, Don ___________________________________________________________________________________ TFT ECOS, C track and Z scale, mostly DB/DR and SBB, SJ

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