Does anyone have knowledge of Sakai HO Model Trains,made in Japan in the 1960,s/70,s ?. I do not have any,but am interested in the history of our hobby.
Sakai was a Tokyo-based Japanese toy company who sold trains priced at the low end of the market. Their product designs most closely resembled Lionel, but with Märklin-like couplers and detail parts that werecopied from Ives. "Seki", another Japanese company, was an entirely different and independent company. They first appeared in the late 1930's. Sakai re-entered the U.S. market after World War II, selling trains that were often nearly identical to Marx designs and undercutting Marx's prices, from 1946 to 1969. There is little collector interest in Sakai today, possibly because of difficulty identifying the equipment and because the brand is much less widely known than its U.S. counterparts.
I found no information about them at HO seeker
Thank you both for your replies,very interesting Owen Robinson