PIKO at the Sinsheim Show March 12th through 15th brought a record attendance to the last „Faszination Modellbau“ show at the Sinsheim expo centre.  Shortly after the International Toy Fair during February in Nuremberg, many PIKO fans used the opportunity to visit our show booth and learn more about the extensive selection of PIKO new products in various scales.  The interest in our garden railway (G-Scale) program was especially strong.  Here, more than anything, the wine-red BR218 diesel, the VT98/VS98 railbus, and the G-Scale starter set were the centre of attention.  The PIKO G-Track system, whose simple and modern geometry was shown in clear charts, was also of great interest to the visitors.  With spring - and the beginning of the garden railway season - just around the corner, many garden railway fans learned from our expo team members about the advantages of the PIKO G-Track system.   On the model train layout and in the display cases, visitors could see and experience some H0-Scale 2009 new products which had already been delivered to the market.  For fans of TT-Scale, the BR 151 locomotive was a highlight.  The newly-tooled model will be delivered to retailers shortly after this show.    Many PIKO fans came to the booth and shared their enthusiastic anticipation of the PIKO Open House Day on June 20th in Sonneberg.  As they expressed to our show team members Mrs. Matthäi and Mr. Gerritschen, little can keep them from coming to Sonneberg for this great event.   Sonneberg, March 17, 2009

The PIKO show team with Mrs. Martina Matthäi and Mr. Stefan Gerritschen answered the questions of many PIKO fans in Sinsheim.  PIKO trainee Anne-Kathrin Leimert found the happenings at the show booth very interesting.

Through excellent cooperation between PIKO and the MEC Hildesheim (Hildesheim model train club), PIKO-G models accented the club’s modular layout and made it a spectator magnet in the model railway exhibit hall.