A Train for the Weekend?

Posted on December 22, 2004 by Tim Hall

I am not at all sure what to make of this latest product from Märklin. It keeps reminding me of an infamous Dutch TV advertisement featuring an Inter-City 125 and Parson’s Tunnel in Devon. (Link from Martyn Read).

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3 Responses to A Train for the Weekend?

  1. Steve Jones says:
    December 22, 2004 at 5:09 pm

    A similar product by a UK manufacturer didn’t sell well as the hole at the end was printed on.

  2. Tim Hall says:
    December 22, 2004 at 5:15 pm

    “But it looked OK at normal viewing distance, and would improve with running in”.

  3. Steve Jones says:
    December 22, 2004 at 5:50 pm

    I bet you say that to all the girls ;-)