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@marioman & Antoine: yesterday I got the letter including the Swedish stamps. They are reserved for you. 
For those, who are collectiing 1:43-scale-models, I have a special offer, too. I got from my Japanese friend a packet with some original NOS MÄRKLIN-Audi 100 Coupé S - from the original RAK-series, not the actual retro-made stuff! I'll sell them at eBay soon, but if anyone has a personal reservation, please let me know. I'll make photos in the next day, right now I've no time for it.
These MÄRKLIN-toys have a special story, too. In the past I had some more of them, also a lot of VW K 70 from the RAK-series, all from Japan. Why from there, you may ask?
No kidding, it was a real "surprise-discovery" more than 10 years ago.
There were two guys in Tokyo in the early 70ies, who started to import West German made toy-models. But the business doesn't went well, so after a time they closed the shop. Many boxes with MÄRKLIN-RAK-toys were stored in a hidden room in the background. The following shop-owner has put a board before the door, so it was getting forgotten. Randomly it was found again in the late 90ies. Everything still NOS, just a few boxes were fallen down after an earthquake. My friend has picked them all up and sold in Japan and many of them in the USA.
The Audi 100 Coupé and the K 70 were left over - because the original cars weren't sold in the USA, so the Audi- and VW-freaks have preferred the other models, which they have known.
Otherwise: some of the previous Audi's, I've sold at eBay between 2001 and 2004, were bought from US-guys.
For those, who are collectiing 1:43-scale-models, I have a special offer, too. I got from my Japanese friend a packet with some original NOS MÄRKLIN-Audi 100 Coupé S - from the original RAK-series, not the actual retro-made stuff! I'll sell them at eBay soon, but if anyone has a personal reservation, please let me know. I'll make photos in the next day, right now I've no time for it.
These MÄRKLIN-toys have a special story, too.
In the past I had some more of them, also a lot of VW K 70 from the RAK-series, all from Japan. Why from there, you may ask?No kidding, it was a real "surprise-discovery" more than 10 years ago.
There were two guys in Tokyo in the early 70ies, who started to import West German made toy-models. But the business doesn't went well, so after a time they closed the shop. Many boxes with MÄRKLIN-RAK-toys were stored in a hidden room in the background. The following shop-owner has put a board before the door, so it was getting forgotten. Randomly it was found again in the late 90ies. Everything still NOS, just a few boxes were fallen down after an earthquake. My friend has picked them all up and sold in Japan and many of them in the USA.The Audi 100 Coupé and the K 70 were left over - because the original cars weren't sold in the USA, so the Audi- and VW-freaks have preferred the other models, which they have known.
Otherwise: some of the previous Audi's, I've sold at eBay between 2001 and 2004, were bought from US-guys.