(2020.12.03) M&Ms UFO from Menards!

Something to do with M&Ms.  

I will guess.....A sawmill!

An M&M's (Reg.U.S.Pat.Off.) chocolate tank car filled with the candy no less!  LOL

M&M hoppers!

Menards already has the cars, I'm banking on a Mars chocolate factory.

They've done hoppers and boxcars before so I'm going with a factory or some sort of distribution center.  However the color green may be the bigger part of the hint meaning it could be either piece of rolling stock in that color.

UFO crop circle museum.

Dave

It’s a small “m”. The background looks like wood planking. That’s all I got.

Not Wood Planking, that's an ariel image of a wheat field with tractor tracks through it. The crop circle looks to be photo shopped and the "m" is the same font as the "M&M" candy... I'm thinking something like an agriculture manufacturing plant with menards branding of some sort.

Grain elevator that stores and dispenses M&M's.

A Menard's welcome mat for the train room door!

An M&M loader or watertower that dispenses M&M's!

That m is exactly like the m&m logo, but there is only one m.  Does not seem like it would be on a structure.

There is only one m on the candy and cartoon character, but that is not a cartoon character.  Maybe it is a carload of candy but why the color and background.  Don’t think it is related to m&m.

It is a capital M in Mars Inc and on that candy, so I don’t think it is related to the company/candy.

Looking at other options

Clearly it's the farm m&ms grow on

It's a searchlight to signal Mark the Menard's Guy and the Menardmobile. 😁

If that is a field behind, I was thinking Monsanto hoopers. But their m is a capital M.

I hope they model the M&M/Mars Chocolate Factory in Elizabeth Town , PA. I would list a Parachute Rigger that lived about 2 blocks from the factory and you could smell the chocolate from his front porch. Sweet!

@david1 posted:

UFO crop circle museum.

Dave

Thanks, Dave... I needed that

An M&M's  **cylindrical** hopper?

That's Uncle Martin handywork, drinks that rocket fuel and drives the NSA guys coco.  For you yungins that the character Martin on the show "my favorite  Martian.

My favorite Martian?  The m is not right.  Mars Attacts?

Okay, I'll bite: it's a boxcar featuring the green M&M's Gal. Supposedly, the green ones are aphrodisiacs, as alluded to in her early commercials.

Animated Mickey Mouse lawn with operating lawnmower.

@H1000 posted:

Not Wood Planking, that's an ariel image of a wheat field with tractor tracks through it. The crop circle looks to be photo shopped and the "m" is the same font as the "M&M" candy... I'm thinking something like an agriculture manufacturing plant with menards branding of some sort.

I agree with H1000 that its an image of a crop circle.  Has to do something with UFO's and farming. 

I sure hope it is an M&Ms Factory.   I own a lot of Menards M&Ms Boxcars and Hoppers.  One thing that bothers me, the Open M&M Hoppers do not have any load in them.  So, if Menards did not make a Load for the Hopper, why not include a coal load or top with hatches on the car.  The hoppers are Yellow or Tuscan.  I will use Lionel or Menards Hopper Car Coal Loads.   I will put the real M&Ms in my hopper car coal load (turned upside down).  I have a lot of extra Lionel Hopper Car Coal Loads and when turned upside down, they fit into a quad hopper perfectly.   The only problem with that is if you derail the hopper car, the M&Ms will go all over the ground.  Best to spray the M&Ms (that you put in the upside down coal load) with some kind of  clear paint to seal and hold them in if a derailment happens.    Sincerely yours,    railbear601

PS:  If you know anything about the M&Ms Candy, every Christmas, M&Ms Candy come in bags of Red/Green Candy for the Christmas Look....mmmmmmmmmm

I filled my m&m hoppers with the fun size bags leftover from Halloween  Grand kids love it!!!  I too, hope its a m&m factory...I would have to find some space on the layout...but for that... I am willing

Green M&Ms  ?  Aphrodisiacs ?  Is Menards partnering with Pfizer ?!?

@TShearer posted:

Green M&Ms  ?  Aphrodisiacs ?  Is Menards partnering with Pfizer ?!?

There's been some pretty sexy mimes of the green m&m, and you can get some interesting green (with 'm') dresses for your wife (or girlfriend).  But I don't think that is what Menards is going to use.  Besides, the m&m green is darker than the green in the OP.

Yes, the 'm' in the OP is an exact copy of the one in m&m but nothing else matches the m&m product or anything on-line for m&m.  Maybe Menards found a real obscure m&m reference.

I am still betting it has nothing to do with m&m and we just have not found the right reference yet.  Then again, I've been wrong before.

NOT A CLUE

after visiting Menards today...I found out they already produce a M&Ms factory as a flat for the background...so it's probably not a 3 dimensional factory ... just an fyi

M&M's may not become a cure for Corona, but they still Melt in Your Mouth and Not in Your Hand!

Let me say it again, "its a  crop circle" and nothing to do with M&M's. So what does the picture mean? Hmm, I don't know!!

Wait a minute, I know, I know---Its a UFO landing spot, told you guys I knew!!!

Dave

The background reminds me of beadboard, tongue and groove, or Boxcar siding. I'm thinking a wood sided Reefer or a wood sided Boxcar ... possibly for Mars Candy? I thought Cabinet Bob or Mark commented that the new Ore cars were from new tooling, so, maybe they have new tooling for a wood sided car.

Rusty

Mark:

How about another clue or hint?

Neal Jeter

Here you go!

Thank you,
Mark the Menards Train Guy

@Richie C. posted:

Grain elevator that stores and dispenses M&M's.

THAT would be ideal! Maybe it could be modified to dispense dog or cat treats.

@Mixed Freight posted:

A Menard's welcome mat for the train room door!

It should be made out of wood.

@H1000 posted:

Not Wood Planking, that's an ariel image of a wheat field with tractor tracks through it. The crop circle looks to be photo shopped and the "m" is the same font as the "M&M" candy... I'm thinking something like an agriculture manufacturing plant with menards branding of some sort.

I'm going with H1000's and david1's crop circle guess.  There are pictures of fields with that pattern and light green color, even one that is close to the original post crop circle but a different pattern.  But why the m&m 'm' and not Menards 'M'?

Mark's second post takes us back to the candy, but in space.  Space, crop circle, candy, field, green.  Curiouser and curiouser.

By the way, the most common form of chocolate used in space for the last 35 years is candy coated chocolates, or M&Ms.

Muppets in Spaaaaaaace