Hi,  I bought my Thermomix 3300 in December 1994 when I was living in Germany.  It had been in storage awhile and I have finally brought it back to the US.  I bought a transformer since it runs on 220.  I tried it out today and it's still working.  I have a cookbook for it, but the recipes are in German.  Are you looking for anything in particular, I could translate a recipe for you.