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{{Short description|German toy company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Faller.
| logo = Gebrüder Faller Logo.svg
| image =Faller (Gütenbach) 4487.jpg
| logo_size = 200px
| foundation = 1946
| founder = Edwin Faller and Hermann Faller
| location_city = [[Gütenbach]]
| location_country = [[Germany]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = {{Unbulleted list|[[Hobby]]}}
| website = [https://www.faller.de/App/WebObjects/XSeMIPS.woa/cms/page/pid.14.16/lg.en/Home.html faller.de]
}}
'''Faller''' (stylised in [[all caps]]) is a German toy company founded in [[Stuttgart]] in 1946 by brothers Edwin and Hermann Faller. The company later relocated to the brothers' home town of [[Gütenbach]] in the [[Black Forest]].<ref>[http://www.faller.de/App/WebObjects/XSeMIPS.woa/cms/page/pid.14.19.23/ecm.p/About-us.html faller.de] Faller official website, Company, 9 January 2011</ref>

Faller now specializes in making scenery, [[plastic model]] kits and other accessories for [[Rail transport modelling|model railroads]] but has manufactured a range of toys during its history, such as model airplane kits, the 'Auto Motor Sport' (AMS) [[slot car racing]] sets and die-cast model cars. Their modern product line includes railway structures, houses and commercial buildings, bridges, amusement rides and terrain accessories in [[H0 scale|H0]], [[N scale|N]], [[TT scale|TT]] and [[Z scale|Z]] scales, as well as the Faller Car System (FCS). Since 1997 Faller also owns the Pola brand, which is now solely devoted to [[G scale]] structures.<ref>[http://planetdiecast.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=polas-1-87-vehicleshtml&Itemid=157 PlanetDiecast.com] 2 March 2011</ref>

Faller's older toys and models can be highly [[collectable]] today, together with their early product catalogs.

==Faller Car System==
[[File:Aurora tjet chassis.jpg|thumb|150px|right|A Faller/Aurora T-jet chassis.]]
From the 1960s into the 80s, Faller produced the Auto Motor Sport (AMS) [[slot car]]s, based on existing patents, similar to the [[Aurora Plastics Corporation#Model motoring|Aurora Model Motoring]] system. The Faller controller and the car had a small [[selenium rectifier]] on board so two cars could run independently on the same track on the positive or negative [[Rectifier#Half-wave rectification|half wave]] [[Alternating current|AC]]. The cars were in 1:65 scale but could be used with the 1:87 H0 scale model railways.
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[[Image:Faller-Car-System.jpg|thumb|right|300px|H0 scale autos with ''Faller Car System''.]]
Faller has a "Car System" ('''FCS''') in both the H0 and N scale, which consists of battery-powered road vehicles, made by other manufacturers such as [[Wiking Modellbau|Wiking]], that have a [[magnet]] attached to the front [[steering]]. The magnet follows a steel wire hidden under the road surface, resulting in trucks and buses that behave in a realistic fashion without the need for guide rails or a slot in the road. This system is extensively used by the ''[[Miniatur Wunderland]]'' ('miniature wonderland') model railway attraction in [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]].

Mechanisms are also available to stop vehicles and to switch them from one route to another, as at an intersection. These can be integrated with sensors and working [[traffic light]]s to create a realistic operating scene.

In September 2013, Faller released their Digital Car System allowing computer control of the system.

==Amusement park fairground models==
Faller has produced [[amusement park]] fairground models for over 20 years, with well over a hundred different models. Many have been discontinued as newer models have been introduced. Faller offers models in H0 scale and a limited number of amusement park fairground models in N scale as well.

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.faller.de/App/WebObjects/XSeMIPS.woa/cms/page/pid.14.16/lg.en/Home.html Faller's official website]

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