(11/10/16) New Die-Cast Offerings from Menards!

Please.. no more this week ... I'm  out of cash..Lol

I better order my Fire Engine before rogerpete buys them all.

I wish I could have 2 or 3 of them. But right now its time for the grandbabies!

Too many foreign designed trucks.

What Menards needs to make next are truck trailers to go on their basic flatcars. I have like 15 of them now! Various trucking names (Yellow, Roadway, JB Hunt, Conway, etc) would be awesome.

I agree with PRRHORSESHOECURVE. I would like to see more American made vehicles.

jim sutter posted:

I agree with PRRHORSESHOECURVE. I would like to see more American made vehicles.

 

Donald is working on it.

Awesome!

Mark, you might want to consider altering your post title to indicate the 1:50-1:55 scale of the vehicles, since there are some who say they'd like more vehicles in something closer to O scale than the typical 1:43 types.

While some may like more American based vehicles, I suspect these are made from existing dies and tooling. When you look at prices of these sorts of 1:50 trucks from other places, the retail costs are usually considerably higher than what Menards is offering here.

If Menards to undertake the investment for brand new tooling for similar scale American sorts of vehicles, I would guess the prices would also be considerably higher. Retail prices not only reflect production costs, but the recouping of new tooling costs also. Burger King may have said "Have it your way," but they also sell millions upon millions of burgers. The 3-rail market is considerably smaller, and the scale 3-rail market is even much smaller than that. Companies that don't make money, don't stay in business... and we've seen evidence of that in this hobby.

From the illustrations here and on the Menards website, these appear to be very nice vehicles for the cost. And then the closer to scale size to boot is an added bonus.

I like that Menards is doing this. Yes, 1:50, or 1:55 is smaller then O scale, yet these are BIG prototypes and most likely will look too big for some layouts. Like said, they are previous dies. The roller is nice and will probably find its way to my layout somewhere.

Keep up the good work, Mark & the team.

Really nice stuff, between these and the Red Owl building I won't need to use the GPS to find the "local" Menards as I will have the trip memorized. 

I figure I'll just have all my pension checks sent to Menards! "I'm sorry we don't have money for food Honey, but I did buy a grocery store, and yes I'm planning to go into the construction business!" For small jobs!!! LOL

Menards posted:

It's a bonus release Thursday!

Populate your construction zones with these brand-new construction trucks! With scales ranging from 1:50 to 1:55, you are sure to find a piece perfect for your layout! These construction trucks are made of die-cast metal and they are absolutely gorgeous!

Don't forget your free CNW Box Truck! Yes, the die-cast pieces qualify for the free CNW box truck! Just make sure you add them to your cart. The free CNW box truck should be discounted in your cart. Hurry though because the free offer ends at Midnight on Saturday November 12th!

Click here to shop now!

Thank you,
Mark the Menards Train Guy

very nice.  what I would absolutely LOVE would be die cast vehicles with LED lights built-in, with a small power cord and ability to plug into a power adapter.   I buy most non-lit 1/48 cars for about $6 per, and would easily pay a extra dollars for built-in lights (ambulance, police car, emergency vehicle, variety of construction vehicles.  I can't comprehend the near $100 prices some other vendors are charging for their lighted vehicles.

I have purchased 7 or 8 Menards freight flats with Army vehicles, helicopters, and lighted vehicles.  I think Menards product values are the best in the biz and look forward to future offerings.  Stand alone die cast vehicles with LED lights at a great value price point would be an excellent line of items I would definitely start collecting.

Thanks

Garrett

I regularly pass a Menards under construction at roughly I-70 and I-470 in the Kansas City suburb of Independence.  I'll finally have a close Menards to check these things out.  No idea when the store will finally open, but hopefully not too much longer of a wait.

Is the C&NW box truck free if the items are purchased in the store?

Nairb Rekab posted:

Is the C&NW box truck free if the items are purchased in the store?

Nairb,

Unfortunately, this is an online only promotion.

Our stores don't stock the CNW box trucks, therefore they cannot give them away. You could always order online and ship your items to a store for free.

Thanks for asking!
-Mark the Menards Train Guy

Hey Mark, Just a little off subject. Do you know if you will be building in Washington State anytime in the future?

Nowhere in the descriptions of vehicles such as the 1:50 scale die-cast compact wheel loader does it indicate whether any of the parts are movable. Does the loader basket raise to various heights?  The descriptions information should indicate what movability various of the vehicles have, or don't have.

Menards always comes out with some great stuff at affordable prices. I just wish that these models were reflective of the 30's -60's era that many of us model in.  How about a couple of steam shovels??