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1963 Before the well known colours of blue and white were used, Märklin introduced orange.
The top carried a drawing, whereas the side had a picture.
The content of the box was announced in 4 languages: German on top ~ French, Dutch and English at the side. This box was made in September.
Märklin 4621 |
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1965 The box of this tank wagon was made in June 1965. The orange colour has been replaced by light blue. |
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Three models of tank wagons were made in 1965 for Aral, Esso and Shell (viz. 4500, 4501 and 4502). Now these models are incomparable to modern standards. To me they are models "from the old days".
I like to display them on a Märklin Metal Track behind a toylike steamer BR 89 (#3000)...
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1981 On the day I graduated for high school in 1982, I bought myself ten of these freight cars behind my first real steamer (class 50 Kab, #3084).
This box from November 1981 is still made of cardboard. It's colour has changed into dark blue and white.
Even the name 'Märklin' is modernised in its outlook.
Märklin 4624 |
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Since long, Märklin has printed a special code which indicates the number of models (64 024 OA), The date is mentioned with 11 81 (November 1981) The box was printed by wd (unknown to me). |
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1988 To display models, Märklin experienced with cardboard boxes and plastic windows. Because of the vulnerability of the windows, these boxes were of no great success. |
1990 Improved and changed in colour is the look of this box. In 1990 Märklin left the blue colour and changed it's house style into white. Blue has only remained in the line. The name Märklin is changed form black into red.
This box dates from February 1994 and is still common in use.
Märklin 4705 |
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To lower
the cost, Märklin decided to use only one sticker on each box
instead of two, for each side. Quite inconvenient for
retailers...
Even the blue line is gone. It looks rather dull. |
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Even more inconvenient is the storing of commercial models or 'Werbemodelle'. These models are used for commercial purpose. |
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And this is the frontal look. Still anonymous... |
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For the Post Museums Shop, Märklin made some lovely cars. Although recognisable as a Märklin model, it shows the (German) postal colour yellow. These cars are only available at the Post Museums Shop.
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