Car transport train MINI Cooper S Herpa/Maerklin (Trix DC version 1/160 scale)

In the model train community, Herpa has become more than just the world‘s market leader for car and truck models. Since the International Toy Fair 2003, Herpa has surprised the collector’s community time and again with its lavishly designed train sets.They have become gems, providing new impulses to the model train business as a whole. In the 1/87 scale (HO), a number of very special train sets have already been produced in close cooperation with Märklin/Trix – all sold out within almost no time, and gone down in history as rare and popular collector’s items. The successful “Mercedes Silver Arrow” set was followed by the“Hochtief building site transport train”, and Herpa recently announced the “Maybach – a classic of the future” train set. Thanks to the great partnership between BMW and Herpa, another real treat will come soon – and a MINI one in all respects: a complete car transport train set in the 1/160 scale (N track). The Taurus locomotive carries the promotional design that was used when the MINI Cooper S™ was introduced. Herpa has now been licensed to produce this special locomotive in the 1/160 scale. The locomotive and the transport cars are made by Märklin/Trix, while Herpa contributes the N-scale MINI Cooper S™, a new type in the 1/160 scale. The twenty-four miniature car models have been designed with loving care, come in six exclusive colors, and make the MINI Cooper S™ car transport train a real highlight of every diorama or glass cabinet. The MINI Cooper S™ car transport train comes as an exclusive limited edition of 750, and is scheduled to become available through toy and hobby shops around the globe in November/December 2004.