The container wagon 8615 has been in the Marklin line-up for many years. Marklin’s earliest 8615 special imprint model was produced in 1979, it was lettered for Germany’s largest malt roaster WEISSHEIMER MALZ with Koll’s #79701 in the stated edition of 100. Lettering on this car is on the roof panel otherwise the car is unmarked and painted yellow. As a note of reference this car was not reproduced by the Koll’s catalogs and this maybe this first photo posted of it online:
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Other cars that followed were Kraft cars that were packed with unique packaging: illustrated cardboard sleeve with an inserted block of styrofoam containing the car and usually some type of track accessory. If you collected all the Kraft editions you would be able to assemble a small oval track with sidings. This includes the Kraft Editions with Marklin type 8615 printed by Marklin.
The order of chronology for the 8615 Kraft cars began with KRAFT Mayonnaise.
- KRAFT Mayonnaise, Koll’s #84701, edition: 500, released: 1984
- KRAFT Miracoli, Koll’s #84702, edition: 500, released: 1984
- FRAPAN, Koll’s #85701, edition: 500, released: 1985
- KRAFT – VELVETA, Koll’s #85702, edition: 500, released: 1985
- KRAFT Miracel Whip, Koll’s #85703, edition: 500, released: 1985
6. Weissheimer Malz, Koll’s #79701, Miba/Monk #M-028, edition size: 100 7. Kodak, Koll’s #85711, edition size: 500 *sold as part of starter set 8. VIESSMANN, Koll’s #86702, Miba/Monk #M-145, edition size: 100 9. Privatbrauerei Their Dortmund, Koll’s #87001, edition size: 200 10. 150 Jahre Eisenbahn in Osterreich, Koll’s #87502, edition size: 500 11. AL Loulakis, Koll’s #87708, Miba/Monk #M-173, edition size: 300
12. Bison, Koll’s #87709, edition size: 500 13. Karl Bissinger, Koll’s #87710, edition size: 100 14. LANDIS & GYR, Koll’s 87712, edition size: 200 15. Mars, Koll’s #87713, edition size: 800 16. Farymann Diesel, Koll’s #87714, Miba/Monk #M-254, edition size: 200 17. SAROTTI, Koll’s #87715, edition size: 300
18. MAXI MALZ, Koll’s #88001, edition size: 100 19. PEPSI LIGHT, Koll’s #88003, edition size: 100 20. SCHLADERER, Koll’s #88005, edition size: 100 21. Schmucker Bier, Koll’s #88007, edition size: 100 22. Birkel, Koll’s #88711, edition size: 100 23. Hamburg-Mannheimer, Koll’s #88715, Miba/Monk #M-266, edition size: 100
24. Hochtief, Koll’s #88716, edition size: 100 25. Philipp Holzmann, Koll’s #88717, edition size: 100 26. Texas Instruments: TMS320C30 DSP – 33 Mio, rote Aufschr. Signale/Sekunde Electronica 88 (car features black text: “Texas Instruments”), Koll’s #88720, edition size: 300 27. Texas Instruments: TMS320C30 DSP – 33 Mio, rote Aufschr. Signale/Sekunde Electronica 88 (car features red text: “Texas Instruments”), Koll’s #88721, edition size: 300 28. SCHINDLER-CHEMIE, Koll’s #88722, edition size: 100 29. Persil, Koll’s #89701, edition size: 500
30. STP, Koll’s #89703, edition size: 200 31. SWG, Koll’s #89704, edition size: 200 32. TIEK MASCHINEBAU, Koll’s #89707, Miba/Monk #M-382, edition size: 100 33. HEIM, Koll’s #89712, edition size: 100 34. PALMERS, Koll’s #89712, edition size: 500 35. Vierzig Jahre Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Koll’s #90709, edition size: 200
36. dallah, Koll’s #90710, edition size: 100 37. H. Bahlsen Hannover, Koll’s #90714, edition size: 500 38. Herder, Koll’s #91704, edition size: 100 *The following cars were sold in a three car set: The Automobile Companies of France. Marklin #88126, Koll’s #92706, edition size: 1000. Released 1992. Distributed to Marklin dealers in the United States, Canada and France. Individual cars are numbered with Miba/Monk reference numbers 39. RENAULT, Miba/Monk #M-736 40. CITROEN, Miba/Monk #M-734 41. PEUGEOT, Miba/Monk #M-735
42. TIEK, Koll’s #92707, Miba/Monk #M-669, edition size: 100 43. MITSUBISHI PAJERO, Koll’s #92710, edition size: 100 44. EUROPA ’92, Koll’s #92711, edition size: 200 45. 90 Jahre Harley-Davidson: 1903-1993, Koll’s #93706, edition size: 1000 46. HERMA, Koll’s #94723, edition size: 100 47. IBM (spelled using pictogram: ‘eye’ ‘bee’ ‘M’), originally sold as part of starter set which included ‘IBM’ pin and tag along with loco and track. Marklin #8180 S, Koll’s #95701, edition size: 300. *Featured on cover of “Koll’s Spezial Katalog 1997.”
48. 150 Jahre Eisenbahnen in Wurttemberg, Koll’s #95713, edition size: 1000 49. Rolls Royce 90 Jahre, Koll’s #95714, edition size: 600 50. Maybach Motonenbau…150 Geburtstag von Wilhelm Maybach, Koll’s #96711, edition size: 1000 51. ALNO die Welt der Kuche, Koll’s #96712, edition size: 100 52. Carl Zeiss, 150 Jahre, Marklin #8615.008, Miba/Monk #M-999 53. Carl Zeiss, Partnerschaft auf lange Sicht, Marklin #8615.016, Koll’s #96715, Miba/Monk #M-1007, edition size: 100
54. B&O Chartered 1827, Miba/Monk #M-1085, released 1997 55. Miele, Miba/Monk #M-1188, released 1998 56. digital, Marklin #8617.068, Miba/Monk #M-1279, released 1999, lettered with Digital Equipment Corporation’s 1993 logo 57. W 02-02-02 M, Marklin #8617.103, Miba/Monk #M-1490, released 2002, car celebrates the 2002 wedding of Prince Alexander and Princess Maxima of Holland