Originally Posted by: Bigdaddynz 
Originally Posted by: MtrackJai Am I the only one who thinks it is funny that you have to buy a catalogue so that you can see what other items you can buy from them?
No you're not! However many of the catalogs are a record of what has been introduced for the year and will incorporate the items that are in that year's new item brochures. Marklin certainly does it this way - their catalogs are called 'Yearbooks'.
The New Items catalogs are free, so it is expected that those are used for actually doing your ordering from.
Originally Posted by: Bigdaddynz Marklin certainly does it this way - their catalogs are called 'Yearbooks'.
Yes David, I agree with the concept you are conveying
but perhaps we should note that they are
also called other things, including "catalogs".
From the Märklin site :
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Originally Posted by: MtrackJai Am I the only one who thinks it is funny that you have to buy a catalogue so that
you can see what other items you can buy from them?
I am sure you are not alone in that, but I think it also depends on why you want a Märklin cattledog.Oh sorry, pardon the Rhyming
‘Strine , I meant “catalogue”
Nor can a sheepdog like "Wilson" (who is now unfortunately working from home because of Covid)
find your Märklin items for you
:
If you want a printed catalogue simply to know what is currently available then that is available free on the internet.
If you want it because you have the collector bug for them, then good for you, for each his own.
If you want a catalogue as a collectable investment, then you’re dreaming.
If you want a catalogue (like me) as a reference, then they can be very useful : the (otherwise excellent)
Märklin Product Database (https://www.maerklin.de/en/service/product-database/) only has information
since the year 2000. If you use any Koll’s published 1999 or later, together with the matching year
Märklin catalogue, then you fairly well have most of the data pre 2000.
Whilst I expect there are some on our planet that have the Märklin catalogues since the first one in 1895,
I only have each Märklin catalogue since 1951 (I entered this world somewhat belatedly one year later
) :
So together with my Koll’s (not my Bradshaw’s !
) I can get all the information I want about
most Märklin items since 1951.
But not always such items as outsider club or export models.
Nor will special edition products for various clubs, dealers or regions necessarily be found in the
standard catalogues, such as these :
or items like these :
Also, as is well known, there are libraries available online which hold copies of many old Märklin catalogues :
http://www.lctm.info/Sec...teca/Catalogos/index.phphttp://www.marklincafe.com/ .
Just my own view. As I said, to each their own,
Regards,
PJ
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