2014 Nürnberg Toy Fair
ing a large variety of building kits that they describe as being made of paper. But it is like no paper I have ever seen. The material is thin, .030″ and is rigid. I was given a sample that builds up into a staircase. The stair treads are made to represent perforated steel and they have .010″ holes. What makes this even more impressive is that there are no burned edges. The buildings cover everything from passenger station sheds to houses, coal mines and, my fa- vorite, blast furnaces. The prospect for what can be made using this technolo- gy and material is inspiring. The show was large and well attend- ed and there was a general air of opti- mism among manufacturers and buy- ers that business will be good for 2014, due largely to the improving American economy.
On a side note, my independent re-
search project continues. I have accumu- lated a lot of data, but as yet my research fails to support my thesis that you can find bad beer in Germany. I shall contin- ue my research next year.
Bachmann had a number of new products on display including a 1:29 large scale Peter Witt trolley (above) and an HO scale Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 equipped with DCC, all wheel pickup, sound and razor sharp detail and graphics (below). For now the classic five stripe version and the silver and red version will be available. Notice that the window grilles are separately attached and the fine printing of the graphics (below left). Bach- mann’s new 50′-6″ drop end gondola comes with several different loads. Shown here (bottom left) is a load of baled automobiles. These brightly colored bales are printed from photos of actual baled scrap loads. Joswood produces elaborate model kits made from a laser-cut paper product. Shown here (bottom right) is the pithead structure for a colliery. Detail is clean and crisp and the model, although delicate looking, is not fragile.
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