What do Marklin players see first? Young enthusiasts might first see Marklin at a friend’s house running around the tracks. Displays in store windows present a colorful moving orchestra of windup and electric toys working in harmony. The bright lights and realistic sounds would draw in those walking by. If you were lucky, your dealer might give you a catalog to bring home and look
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THE BEGINNING, 1859 The founder of Märklin (also “Marklin” and “Maerklin” more commonly in the US) was Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin (1817-1866), a master tinsmith. He moved to the small southern German town of Göppingen with his second wife Caroline (his first wife had died) in 1856, where he purchased the “Resident-rights” from the city and was henceforth registered officially
Read moreMiniatur-Autos The year 1935 brought several additions to the Marklin product range. Several cars under the “Miniatur-Autos” line were introduced for the first time as beautifully Zinc die-cast cars with rubber wheels and moving axles. The 1935/1936 main customer catalog offered a package of these cars numbered 5521 G/6 which included each of the non-clockwork cars that were released during
Read morePlans for the smaller 00 Scale began as early as 1933 (although it originally began in 1912) with the miniature “Liliputbahn” set that was sold for dealer display only. The rising prices of raw materials and the consumer demand for a smaller layout system greatly slowed the production of O Gauge to make way for the new Spur 00 (Ho Gauge
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