New 2008 last releases

These are the last arrivals from the New 2008 Marklin and Trix items.
We will start shipping them out starting January 4Th 2009, however, orders are being taken on our web site right now.

Marklin:
26549
37730
39300
39640
42760
43736
43746
43800
43810
43859
46717
55245
58542
81181
81865
86619

Trix/Minitrix
15848
22148
22152
22153
22182
22222
22355
23406
23426
23462
24527

We can say that 98% of the 2008 new program has been released already and we have them all in stock now in USA and in Germany.

Euro back up again making our prices more attractive

Well, again we have the Euro over $ 1.43 what sends again our cost up an extra 14%
If we add the newly increased prices by Manufacturers in Germany to this 14% since the last 20 days, makes our inventory more attractive than ever.

We do not rise prices based on new announcements or increases on those products we have in stock. To calculate our selling price, we take the real cost landed in our Store at the moment we pay for it and only those items on that particular shipment are calculated with a new price, either higher or lower, what gives our Customer the guaranty that they will get from us the lowest available price at release time.

By fortune, our sales remain very strong and we can say we are not falling on the "recession" that hits the World. It is know that when more problems attack people, they hide on their hobbies, so our Industry keeps doing well.

We can not say however that this year can't be better, no. Our sales growth was just a 11% compared with last year even when December has been lower than past year in Marklin and Trix, maybe because there was not enough releases during December so there was not that much to Invoice, but on Radio control and other Train Brands such as Brawa, we did spectacular.

So, as Christmas approaches fast, we would like to wish all our Customers and Friends a very happy Holiday Season, whatever your religion might be and hope that we will continue with the tremendous support we keep having from our Loyal Customers all year long.

Marklin Inc. Takes control on Club items for Marklin and Trix

We have just received the following letter from Marklin Inc. where they state that have taken control on Club items.
We hope they will also take control again on ALL the product line.

Letter follows: (to see full text of announcement click Title link above to read the pdf format letter)

Dear Märklin/Trix Dealer:

We are pleased to announce Märklin, Inc. will be handling the administration of the Märklin Insider Club, 1 FC Club and Trix Profi-Club effective December 22, 2008. We mailed the attached letter to the current membership last Friday.

Once we are up and running we will go back to the database of members who have not renewed the past three years and we will invite them to join the club again.

This is a very positive development for the North American market.

Best regards,

Brenda Hensleigh
Sales & Marketing Coordinator

Brawa New Arrivals 11/29/2008

These are the new items received from Brawa:
BR3401 PLASTIC HOLDER W.BULB
BR40019 Locomotive 75 001 DB
BR40052 Locomotive Fc. K.W.St.
BR40053 Locomotive Fc. K.W.St.
BR40207 Locomotive BR 06 DRG
BR40255 S2/6 K BAY ST
BR40256 S2/6 K.BAY. ST
BR40257 S2/6 K.BAY. ST
BR41050 Locomotive BR 132 DR
BR41051 Locomotive BR 132 DR
BR44086 Railcar ET 65 DB
BR45071 Passenger Coach EM 65 DRG
BR45300 Express Train Car 1. Class A4ü 30/52a DB
BR45301 Express Train Car 1./2. Class AB4ü 30/52a DB
BR45304 Express Train Car ABüe 324 DB
BR45405 Express Train Car Büe 368 DB
BR5814 Lattice Pole Lamp, Set of 2
BR5832 STREET LAMP SET/3
BR6280 CABLE CABINS
BR6290 BUILDINGS FOR 6280

Traxxas Slayer 5908 $ 50.00 rebate

Traxxas as announced a rebate of $ 50.00 on each Slayer model 5908

You may order the car HERE

Rebate Offered by Walthers after we complained on their prices

Well, after we sent on 11/12/2008 at 5.45 PM EST an e-mail addressed to Mr. Kevin Copsey, Vice President of Sales at Walther's Trains and in charge of the Marklin/Trix business where we pointed out several facts regarding the absurd condition Dealers in USA are facing on prices now that the Dollar has gained strength against the Euro and the no possibility to buy Direct from the Factory as used to be 3 years ago, Mr. Copsey (who by the way has been very open to our comments and suggestions and we can not say we have not received full response each time we have requested something, many times, he fixed some problems) has sent an e-mail to USA Dealers offering, if not a full solution, at least a "patch" that may help a little bet our Customers waiting for new 2008 items not released yet and that may be released from now till the end of 2008.

This is the text of the e-mail we got:

" 11/14/2008 4:45 PM CST (2 days after we sent our e-mail to them)
Dear Marklin Dealer:
Given current economic conditions and the volatility in exchange rates, Walther's and Märklin GmbH would like to announce a special program targeting previously undelivered Marklin and Trix new items that will be shipped to you between November 21st and December 31st.
Attached you will find a list of the new items that will be covered in the program. The items in this list will receive an additional 15% discount from Walther's. This discount will only apply to the items in the list that are shipped to you during the program period (November 21st -December 31st). Märklin Insider Club and Trix Profi-Club products are excluded. Please contact your Walther's Sales Representative if you have any questions on this program.
We value your business and hope this new program addresses some of the issues you have brought to our attention.

Sincerely,

Kevin Copsey
VP of Sales
Walthers"

Even when this measure does not affect us due the fact that we bring almost 95% of our items direct from Germany and we were already passing the savings from exchange rate to our Customers, it is not less true that North American and Canadian Dealers will take advantage of this measures and price reduction.

What really upsets me, is the fact that we have always fought for the American Dealers, trying to get the best of the business for all of us and we never got a "thank you" from them.

At the contrary, now maybe they will use this price reduction to fight and compete even stronger against us, but we are not worried about it.

Nobody can deny the power we have due our size and stock on Marklin, the service we provide, the speed we serve our Orders from Customers all over the World (just see testimonials in our web site HERE), the facility for Customers to see Stock availability (others do not offer this service because they just want your order that may take weeks or months to get a regular item) and so on.

So from now on, we will not fight in favor of any other Business than ours and we will keep offering our Customers with the lowest and fairest price we can and the best service they deserve to the limit of our possibilities.

We like to say now, that we will keep adjusting not only New items not released BUT ALL THE LINE of products as they arrive to our warehouse based on the exchange rate paid at the date we paid for them, new items or regular and from all the Brands we import and without any time frame limit.

We thank all our loyal Customers that had faith in our word and placed orders "Blind", some of them paying more than from other Dealers when the Dollar fell to 1.61 per Euro, but that now, are taking advantage on our lowest prices few can compete against us.

We also thank Mr. Copsey for taking time to do something in favour of our best seller Marklin and Trix.

However, if we can not get back to Factory Direct this February at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, we will open operations in Europe to sell direct to whoever likes to buy from us with prices in Euros or US Dollars at your wish by selecting the currency you like to pay, direct from the order form in our web site.

Orders paid in Euros will be served direct from Germany and those in US Dollars from Miami Florida.

As we do not have any tie with anyone in USA because Marklin does not exist here, we also will provide service to those Dealers that like to buy direct from us, paying in Euros and being shipped from Luxembourg.

New Marklin 39301 Special Edition Diesel Locomotive

To commemorate the 9th biannual MHI (Exclusiv) membership meeting, which took place on November 9, 2008 in Cologne Germany, Marklin issued this special version of a ML-3000 Diesel locomotive incluiding a wood base with C track and the metal label with the description on it.

Only 2 units will be available, so first order get's it first.

This order can not be canceled and you will be charged in full $ 536.59 plus shipping at order time, not at delivery time.

Please place your order from HERE

New faster server installed and running

We have today installed a new and bigger Server to allow faster service to our Customers and more secure features to prevent hackers.

Hope it is better now.

Link to Marklin Germany layout plans

If you like to see nice layouts described in detail, use the link above to go to the Marklin Magazine layout plans.
You will see a few detailed described, just browse and navigate into all dates.

New arrivals 11/08/2008

00790 Circus Mondolino Display SET OF 4
29411 "Circus Mondolino" Starter Set.
36081 German Federal Railroad (DB) class V 80. With diesel hydraulic propulsion and universal-joint shaft power transmission.
36420 German Railroad, Inc. (DB Cargo) class 232 "Ludmilla".
36421 German State Railroad (former East German DR) class 132 "Ludmilla".
37142 Museo Ferroviario Piemontese / Piedmont Railroad Museum locomotive no. 3.
37655 German Federal Railroad (DB) class V 60 switch engine.
37670 2 Danish State Railways (DSB) class MY 1100 diesel locomotives.
42045 Belgian State Railways (NMBS/SNCB) passenger cars
46957 German Federal ArmyFlat w/Kurierwagens
48716 Belgian ArmyTransport for Cheetah Tank
66166 Building Kit for Hot Blast Towers (TRIX BOX).
74733 HIGH TENSION MAST
78090 freight car and figures for an attractive expansion to the "Circus Mondolino"
78091 Different figures and C Track material for an attractive expansion to the "Circus Mondolino".
78092 Circus tent building kit and 2 freight cars for an attractive expansion to the "Circus Mondolino".
78093 "Beasts of Prey" Expansion Set.
78094 "Tightrope Dancer" Expansion Set.
86306 German Federal Railroad (DB) type Fad-50 / OOtz high capacity hopper cars (20 cars)

T22184 Royal Bavarian State Railroad (K.Bay.Sts.B.) class B VI old-timer locomotive.
T22604 German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG), Long Distance Service Business Area, class 120.1 electric locomotive.
T23017 TYPE C, 3rd CLASS EXPRESS TRAIN COACH
T24357 2 flat cars for the "Combined Freight Service".
T24523 Italian State Railways (FS) side dump cars.

Vollmer HO 1:87 scale die cast vehicles

Vollmer has just released the series of Die Cast HO 1:87 scale vehicles for 2008 and now can be seen and ordered in our web site at the very low price of $ 4.01 each, a bargain.

A new shipment also has arrived so many buildings are now available again at low price due lower Euro exchange rate.

Circus Mondolino Starter Sets arrived

The new Circus Mondolino Starter set has arrived as well as all the extension and accessories for it. Do not miss this high quality starter sets for your kids, 5 years old and older.

Contains a hand held wireless remote to control locomotive(s).

Put all extensions and accessories to have your complete Circus including animals, trainers and acrobats.

It is good idea to take a look at it.

Offered with the choice of transformer: 220 volts or 110 volts (USA).

Minitrix 15648

We have just been advised that product T15648 has been canceled from production.
We regret having to cancel all backoders received for this item.

Marklin 60213 brochure

For those of you that have interest seeing how is the architecture of the new Central Station Marklin 60213, you can dowload the pdf file HERE

To order this unit, please click HERE

The new Märklin Central Station, created by specialists from the Märklin, covers more possible applications than all other systems known up to now. It is another large step into the easy-to-use future of control of complex model railroad layouts and it offers a maximum of fun even on smaller layouts.

Another unbeatable advantage of this trail blazing central controller is its compatibility with the digital control components of Märklin's earlier digital systems.

You can continue to use all of these components and they can be incorporated into the new system.

The Märklin digital formats for the 6021 Control Unit as well as the current mfx format are supported by this central unit.

Full color display
This controller has been newly developed from the ground up and has a color display and 2 built-in locomotive controllers that show the speed for locomotives on round tachometers. A color image of the locomotive being operated can be shown beneath the tachometers if desired.

Unique built -in card reader
Depending on the type of decoder, the locomotives register themselves automatically (mfx locomotives), are selected from a built-in database (Märklin Delta and Digital locomotives), or are manually set up.

The control surface necessary for this is very easy to comprehend and is designed to be manageable. It is also possible to take in locomotive data from cards, resembling bank cards by means of built-in card readers on the Central Station.

An individual information card with all of the relevant data can be set up for each locomotive. This simplifies registration of a locomotive on someone else's Central Station or selecting a locomotive again while operating another unit.

Locomotive control
The configuration of the individual locomotive parameters is done with an operations menu just for this purpose, in which a model railroader without a technical background can determine the running characteristics of the locomotive to meet his (or her) needs.

The acceleration and braking delay can also be set for earlier Märklin Delta and Digital models without high-efficiency propulsion.

This control feature is then taken on by the Central Station during operation of the locomotives.

Ergonomic design for easy use
If you like, locomotives can also be used in automatic shuttle train service with 2 endpoints and an intermediate stop.

The control knobs and function switches are ergonomically designed and are easy to use with their special surface design.

Built-in detent steps give you a precise feel for the position of the control knobs when you are turning them. The function switches feature a definite on/off point.

Built-in booster
The booster built into the Central Station provides a maximum output current of up to 3 amps. If you have a larger power requirement on your layout, you can use either the 6015 or 6017 Booster offered in the past or the new 60173 Booster.

The 60173 Booster has been designed for optimal operation with the Central Station.

For example, the output voltage, the output current, and the temperature of this booster can be monitored by means of an indicator on the display for the new Central Station.

Operation of solenoid accessories
Twenty built-in solenoid accessory controllers (keyboard) allow you to try out solenoid accessories in a direct, straightforward manner without entering these accessories in the Central Station.

The control surface for this application area can be adapted to existing types of solenoid accessories (turnouts, signals, etc.).

The Märklin digital turntable can also be controlled with the new Central Station.

Built-in route control
Thirteen built-in route controllers (memory), each with 32 routes, can be activated manually as well as by trains by means of the s88 feedback module.

Automatic or safety circuits such as block operation, staging yard control, etc. can be set up just as easily as easy-to-use layout control whereby operation steps always taking place in the same order can be done by pressing a button.

Track diagram control board
A track diagram control board (layout) is being built into a Märklin multiple train central controller for the first time.

The individual switching elements for solenoid accessories and the routes from the Memory as well as Marklin 60880 feedback contacts are included in this control feature.

This control surface represents the best in 4 layout control in terms of manageability and ease of operation.

The track occupation detection feature lets you know whether a train is on a particular area of track.

This is a real increase in safety for concealed areas of your layout.

Connect to your computer
The Ethernet connection allows you to connect a personal computer to the Central Station, and a computer mouse, a computer keyboard, or a memory stick to back up Central Station settings can be connected to the Central Station via the USB host.

A personal computer is therefore no longer absolutely necessary to back up individual layout data. A simple USB stick is enough for backing up data.

Compatibility with current and past digital components
In addition to other 60213 Central Stations as auxiliary controllers, the Mobile Station can be connected to the new Central Station, and the older 60212 Central Station and/or the 6021 Control Unit with the controllers connected to them can be connected to the new Central Station by means of special adapters.

This means you can continue to use these units.

The control surface for your entire model railroad layout can therefore be tailored to your own wishes and needs.

Also, operation by several people is not a problem.

An appropriately broad spectrum of control setups can be realized from the stand-alone solution for a small layout to networked control boards on a large layout.

Future updates
The Central Station can be updated easily in the future over the Internet or by means of the appropriate data in a USB stick. This complete process was designed so that even users without knowledge of a personal computer can easily do this on their own.

Kyosho Inferno GT 2 already in stock

Finally the highly expected Kyosho Infernos GT-2 are here:

The version of the Corvette is item Kyosho_31816B and can be ordered HERE
The version of the Audi is item Kyosho_31817b and can be ordered HERE
We have already received the first shipment but it is going out the door very fast. Spare parts are all available in our Store.

Detailed pages can be seen HERE

President of Marklin GmbH gone

Whoo. We are seers of the future.

I predicted in February 2008 at the Fair in Nuremberg, that the actual President of Marklin GmbH will not last due his lack of knowledge on the train business and his negative to confront real problems and face the Dealers.

This guy, denied us and all US Dealers the opportunity to have a meeting to discuss the tremendous problems that all of us face in USA.

The Team he named is also the most incompetent that ever Marklin had. One "Export Director" that is a joke as he also does not want to answer real questions, respond to problems or take action to solve what the American Market is demanding from Marklin.

Yes, he had a few trips to USA, but we ask for what? to do what?

Why he never has gone to see real large Dealers and speak one to one with them and take actions on what Dealers are complaining?

Why not alow the Dealers that want to do so to comeback to the Factory Direct program so North American Customers and Collectors can take advantages on a Global Pricing that is they same for all? What is Marklin afraid of from US Dealers? What is behind this deal with Walthers trains?

Of couse the hand of Fred Gates is behing all this, that now, after getting his retirement that was all what he wanted, now is a "consultant" of Marklin GmbH.

Consultant of what? On how to destroy and Industry? He is very good on that. He even destroyed his own business Marklin Inc.


I will say now and will stay here for History, that this guy, the Export Manager will not last either and if there is a owner or someone who cares at Marklin GmbH, the actual high management of the firm must be revised and many removed.

Walthers rises prices as October 20th. 2008 as predicted

As we predicted in February, Walthers has risen prices for Marklin, Trix and Minitrix products.
Even when the decrease on cost of Euro is now a fact, they have now risen prices based in an increase of about 4% to 8% by the Factory in Germany.

It is well known, that Walthers made a special deal with Marklin Inc. and Marklin GmbH to have a preferential exchange rate during the year to keep "happy" USA Dealers that were concerned with the future of Marklin in USA due the problems of distribution and prices that always Walthers had in the past.

At the current Euro price of today, it makes no sense to rise prices as the only thing they are doing, is to put more ground on the Marklin grave in USA.

If they do not lower the prices to a competitive price with German Dealers, Customers will fly to Europe to get their products as they have always done when the US Dollar has been strong.

Micro Macro Mundo will keep the policy to price each item at the time of import based in actual cost and exchange rate at date of import, what makes us very competitive with German Dealers and the cheapest in USA.

Of course, some items may be higher priced if we bought them when Dollar was weak and we still have stock, but normally, we average prices with new stock arriving each week from Germany.

Preiser, a new large shipment has arrived to our Store

A new large shipment of Preiser has arrived today to our Store.

Due lower cost on Euro, many prices have gone down. We invite you to visit our Preiser pages and check it out.

Many new Presier 2008 items have been released and are on this shipment.

US Dollar is stronger and our prices are starting to go lower.

A very good week that has changed the power of the US Dollar against the Euro.

Even when we do not believe that it will last too long, all imports of new items released during this period will have the benefit of a lower price in US Currency.

For all those that trusted us buying blind (at no set price) this is the proof that sometimes playing the "blind" game will help and prices will go in your favor.

Unfortunately, we had almost all year long a dollar under 1.55 per Euro, so most of the items released in 2008 are a little bet pricy.

Thank you all.

Marklin Central Station 60213 in stock now

The new Marklin Central Station 60213 has been released and we have it in stock now.
Go to Central Station Marklin 60213 to see all the details.