Menards Withdrawals

Here are some past teasers to get you through the day

With all the flat car offerings, I'm surprised there wasn't  one with Santa and his sleigh, or riding on a tractor!

Or even better a Menards delivery truck!

I'm certain my Dear wife kidnapped Mark until after Christmas! long after Christmas! LOL

cabinet Bob posted:

It's been a long week without any new Menards products...but. my credit card looks better     

Ha, thanks to your efforts in sharing the Menard's products with the forum (you really should be considered the Menard's O Gauge Ambassador!!!), my balance is a little higher considering recent purchases of the Power and Light Plant, Train Station, and Red Owl Grocery (along with a few die cast pieces).

That said, I too feel a bit of withdrawal as I think their products are quite excellent. Hoping their next building is another home run.

My local Menards store shelfs have been thinned out quite a bit, All the hopper cars and tank cars are depleted. Still have a lot of the Army rolling stock and the flatcars with Komatsu backhoes. The boxcars are mostly the green and blue pastel varieties and they have at least one of every building left. I think thats gonna be the last for 2016. I did order two more Milwaukee Road hoppers and the free UP trucks they should be in on Monday when the store gets its weekly delivery.

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I finally made it to one of the new Menards that just opened in my area. I didn't get any train items, but they got me for some storage containers for some train things I already have. My those are BIG stores, you can't see it all in one visit!

You Know Bob, you do such a great job with the Menards Trucks changing them to whatever you wish. This would be a good time to take one of your engines and go the other way and make it a Menards engine for your Menards only layout. Then post picture and a video!

If we had Menard's here, I'd be there at least once a month, trains or no trains. The next time I'll get to visit one is June when I visit my hometown in Wisconsin. Maybe next Christmas I'll be ready to order some items online.

I hope Menards introduces another industrial building that needs railcar service!

I've searched already, but don't see this answer. Was there a group of NS "heritage" hopper cars announced? It seemed to me that the N&W, PRR, and RDG cars all came out of nowhere, and everyone knew all about them. Are there more like this coming?

It is lean times when there are no posts from Mark. But closing in on Christmas there could be an announcement or two  that will knock our socks off sending us to apply for home equity loans to buy all the good things that will be coming from Menards.................Paul

Sam Jumper posted:

I've searched already, but don't see this answer. Was there a group of NS "heritage" hopper cars announced? It seemed to me that the N&W, PRR, and RDG cars all came out of nowhere, and everyone knew all about them. Are there more like this coming?

Sounds like at this time, maybe, they will be on the planning stage at some point in time. but as of right now, no..

paul 2 posted:

It is lean times when there are no posts from Mark. But closing in on Christmas there could be an announcement or two  that will knock our socks off sending us to apply for home equity loans to buy all the good things that will be coming from Menards.................Paul

I do believe with all the products that have come out in the last few months, we could be in for a little lull, just like last year.. But.. who knows, Mark will surprise us when he knows. It's nice to know the OGR forum is the first to know when a new product is coming out.. Bob

I'm praying no new products come out until New Years, my cards can't take it

I love the heritage hoppers.  Although, I really wish they would come out with a stock Norfolk Southern black/white hopper.  I could see my layout with a nice, long modern coal train.    

Twenty some days, before Christmas is no time to have a lull. We should be getting hit with three or more products a week. I wonder, if Menard's had several hoppers all set to be delivered, when so many flaws turned up on their Reading hopper.  Therefore, putting everything on hold until the nesscescary corrections can be made. 

Or else they are in Hanjin shipping containers!! LOL

play trains posted:

Or else they are in Hanjin shipping containers!! LOL

I have never seen so many asking to be teased.

Reminds me of a frat house in my college days! Difference is Menards eventually comes through! LOL

jim sutter posted:

Twenty some days, before Christmas is no time to have a lull. We should be getting hit with three or more products a week. I wonder, if Menard's had several hoppers all set to be delivered, when so many flaws turned up on their Reading hopper.  Therefore, putting everything on hold until the nesscescary corrections can be made. 

Please don't get me wrong here, but Lionel or MTH doesn't bring out 3 or more products a week before the holidays. And , as for the so called hopper problem, many hundreds of those were sold with very little problems at all. As Mark said a while back, it takes over a year from product development to delivery and with all the Hanjin problems, the other products just may be waiting to get to the docks. just my 2 cents worth.. Bob

cabinet Bob posted:

 

As Mark said a while back, it takes over a year from product development to delivery and with all the Hanjin problems, the other products just may be waiting to get to the docks.

Having just dealt with delivery problems of an unrelated item, I can only wonder what stuff would cost if they were Made in America like GarGraves and Ross. If they can make competitively priced track here, why can't others make rolling stock here? I don't know what the profit margin is for GG/Ross, but it must be enough for someone to be content with their lifestyle.

mike g. posted:

You Know Bob, you do such a great job with the Menards Trucks changing them to whatever you wish. This would be a good time to take one of your engines and go the other way and make it a Menards engine for your Menards only layout. Then post picture and a video!

Mike : something like this  ?     LOL

cabinet Bob posted:

mike g. posted:

You Know Bob, you do such a great job with the Menards Trucks changing them to whatever you wish. This would be a good time to take one of your engines and go the other way and make it a Menards engine for your Menards only layout. Then post picture and a video!

Mike : something like this  ?     LOL

There you go! Now all you have to do is the Tender!

mike g. posted:

cabinet Bob posted:

mike g. posted:

You Know Bob, you do such a great job with the Menards Trucks changing them to whatever you wish. This would be a good time to take one of your engines and go the other way and make it a Menards engine for your Menards only layout. Then post picture and a video!

Mike : something like this  ?     LOL

There you go! Now all you have to do is the Tender!

A day at a time....LOL..just a start..

This is interesting. I put the engine house in my cart online and went to check out. It said the shipping was around $6. I forgot about the Union Pacific give away so I went back and added it. Another $10 was added to my shipping. So it's really not a free truck....LOL.

Yes, Menards has energized an otherwise static O-gauge structure market.

Panther97 posted:

This is interesting. I put the engine house in my cart online and went to check out. It said the shipping was around $6. I forgot about the Union Pacific give away so I went back and added it. Another $10 was added to my shipping. So it's really not a free truck....LOL.

same thing happened to me so I just have everything shipped to the store for free.  I am guessing you may not have that option ):

Bill_R posted:

same thing happened to me so I just have everything shipped to the store for free.  I am guessing you may not have that option ):

Nope.   There is no store near me.  I just removed the truck.  If it were the Pennsy truck I'd have kept it.

Hi Everyone,

Here's a teaser for you!

I don't have an exact release date but we are shooting for next week.

Have a great weekend!
-Mark the Menards Train Guy

OH Cool! More military stuff for Bob! I just might have to jump in on this one! I need a lot of military stuff for down the road!

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

I hope Menards introduces another industrial building that needs railcar service!

Yes....Like a large weathered coaling station/tipple for all the coal hoppers

Caboose   !     

TShearer posted:

Caboose   !     

 

 

You took it right out of my mouth,now we will see if it looks like my prototype 

Troy, where do you get large weathered coaling station/tipple from a white star? LOL

Go Hawks!

Didn't see the military white star when I posted reply,  Just wishing for coal mine station for years built like the quality of the seed and feed building

Got it!

It's either a military caboose,---- or a manger! LOL

The credit card bill came this week, wife was not happy. Had the Red Owl store and train station on it. OUCH!!!!!  At least I bought them during the 11% rebate week! I originally decided against the station, but after I saw it in person, I had to have it. Had to rearrange some track to make it fit, but it it looks GREAT!

milnyc posted:

The credit card bill came this week, wife was not happy. Had the Red Owl store and train station on it. OUCH!!!!!  At least I bought them during the 11% rebate week! I originally decided against the station, but after I saw it in person, I had to have it. Had to rearrange some track to make it fit, but it it looks GREAT!

If this is a caboose release and comes along with another 11%, then your savings just earned you a free Military caboose  !

Let her know that you couldn't afford not to buy em !