Märklin acquired a Nuremberg based model train manufacturer Trix. Today Trix is another brand of Märklin Holding and covers N-scale and DC-operated HO scale. Märklin's older trains are considered highly collectible today, and Märklin's current offerings enjoy premium status among hobbyists.
Although Märklin is best known for its trains, from 1914 to 1999, the company produced mechanical construction sets similar to Meccano and Erector. Between 1967 and 1982, the company produced a slotcar system called Märklin Sprint. Märklin also produced numerous other toys over the years, including lithographed tinplate toy automobiles and boats.
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 3 Vol Collectible Toys ID Guide Cars Trains & Soldiers |
 Vintage Model Toy Train Ref Book Hornby Bing Marklin |
 Vintage Large 1930's Marklin Train Staion |
 Vintage 1930's Marklin Large Model Train Tunnel |
 Vintage Marklin Train Set #23014 Rare NR |
 HO train FLEISCHMANN(4)Car Crane Jib Wrecker Set#1495/4 |
 VINTAGE MODEL TRAINS MARKLIN MODEL SIGNALS HANDBOOK |
 Live Steam Engine Model Dynamo Casting for Stuart DYN-1 |
 9 marklin 8 locomotive and 1 bogie vintage!!! |
 1950s FALLER FACTORY Nr. 214- AMAZING HO STRUCTURE! |
 EARLY 60s TRI-ANG STEPHENSON S ROCKET BOXEDSET-SMOKE-NR |
 WRENN METAL A4 SIR NIGEL GRESLEY-STREAMLINED CLASSIC-OB |
On 11th May 2006, the company, which had until then been owned by the three families Märklin, Friz and Safft, was sold to the British investment group Kingsbridge Capital, with the support of the employees. The new shareholders plan to restructure the company and make it profitable again. The purchase price was approximately $38 million. At the time, Märklin had approximately $70.5 million in debt, as a result of several years of slumping sales.
In 2007, the company expanded its product offering by buying the remaining assets of the bankrupt firm, Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk, who owned the LGB brand and product line of G scale model railways.