How did I overlook this? Menards Gas Station is available again.

J Hartley CAE posted:

I wonder how I overlooked this, the Menards Gas Station is available again. 

Missed out on availability in the past.  It is tempting, but now that real estate on the layout is so dear can I find a suitable place?

http://www.menards.com/main/ho...;bargai

More image of this building,   it's currently on the Menards website.

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 http://www.menards.com/main/ho...;bargai

It indeed is on the website again in O gauge. (I just confirmed by navigating to the product using my Menards app.)

Mark posted a new product teaser for this week using the Shell logo. Realistically, I was assuming a Shell tank car announcement, but I wondered aloud about a gas station. Perhaps ... ?

I sure would like to see a more modern station from the 60's or 70's or even a current self serve type.

franktrain

I have the WS too.  Apparently, the names were changed to protect the innocent...

As you can see, that car is over 65 years old and needs a lot of service.  I remember waiting over two years for a suitable gas station that would fit in that space.

Jerry

Good Morning Guys,

We had a few of our "Sold Out Online" buildings transferred back to our distribution center so we could sell them online easier. I believe the Red Owl store is now purchasable as well.

These are very limited quantities, so much so that I believe the gas station is sold out once again.

-Mark the Menards Train Guy

Must be cause the link above is a dead end for some reason. Brings me to Menards page but says page not found

Yeah, because the gas station sold out in less than a day!  

Bummer, luck is not on my side. Saw the station yesterday. Was going to order it. Computer screws up. It took me till today to get it back to normal. Went to Menards all gone. Oh life can be so cruel sometimes...........Paul

Mark, is there any possibility that the gas station may be produced again? I know it is a long shot, but I must have missed that offering the first time around since I do not recall it. It is a great looking station for us who model the small town 40's and 50's era.

Rick

Yes Mark. How about a small run again. Rick, I missed the first run and then I missed this last time. My computer messed up and by the time I got it going they were gone again.......Paul

Mark, is there any possibility that the gas station may be produced again? I know it is a long shot, but I must have missed that offering the first time around since I do not recall it. It is a great looking station for us who model the small town 40's and 50's era.

Rick

paul 2 posted:

Yes Mark. How about a small run again. Rick, I missed the first run and then I missed this last time. My computer messed up and by the time I got it going they were gone again.......Paul

Rick and Paul,

The gas station was produced in collaboration with Woodland Scenics. 

In recent years, we've been focusing on producing our own line buildings and rolling stock. As long as WS is producing the gas station, there is an option to reissue this building, but I think it is unlikely at this time.

-Mark the Menards Train Guy

Menards posted:

Rick and Paul,

The gas station was produced in collaboration with Woodland Scenics. 

In recent years, we've been focusing on producing our own line buildings and rolling stock. As long as WS is producing the gas station, there is an option to reissue this building, but I think it is unlikely at this time.

-Mark the Menards Train Guy

Mark,

If possible from a financial perspective new issues are better than re-issues that aggravate and annoy those who purchased an item when it came out. Even worse if it has more features. Look at threads where Lionel re-issued the same steam engine 3 times with each re-release an "upgrade" of the original. Those whose purchase covered the tooling feel betrayed. Make us some new cool stuff!

Do these ever come up on eBay? Might be worth setting up an alert if you are interested in buying one.

(Update: there are at least two Menards Gas Station buildings on eBay at the moment).

Hello Mark, the Menards guy:  I got the seed and feed for Christmas.  The web site says there is a control switch for the lights.  It is certainly well hidden.  Where is it?

POTRZBE posted:

Hello Mark, the Menards guy:  I got the seed and feed for Christmas.  The web site says there is a control switch for the lights.  It is certainly well hidden.  Where is it?

POTRZBE,

That is pretty much the only flaw that building has. The button is very well hidden.

You'll find the button near the truck, under the Purina sign.

-Mark the Menards Train Guy

Yeah, the WS one is exactly the same except the signs.

As for a footprint, my wife bought me one of these for Christmas when I was still building my layout as I'd said I needed a store structure like this (it's now the only pre-built structure I have on my layout as most of them are scratchbuilt). As much of that structure is incorrect for a WW2-era layout, I removed the entire fenced side, the overhead sign, and all the 'junk' around the sides (as nothing like that would be seen in an era of scrap drives for the war effort) as well as almost all the signs (replacing them with signs more correct for the companies for pre-war era in the TN/NC area). I would up removing at least a third of the structure and I like how it turned out:

It's not a flaw if it is so well designed!  Thanks, Mark the Menards guy.  This is my third building and I love 'em all!

Menards posted:

POTRZBE posted:

Hello Mark, the Menards guy:  I got the seed and feed for Christmas.  The web site says there is a control switch for the lights.  It is certainly well hidden.  Where is it?

POTRZBE,

That is pretty much the only flaw that building has. The button is very well hidden.

You'll find the button near the truck, under the Purina sign.

-Mark the Menards Train Guy

POTRZBE posted:

It's not a flaw if it is so well designed!  Thanks, Mark the Menards guy.  This is my third building and I love 'em all!

Yep! Not a flaw at all, well hidden easy access. We just need a guide to find stuff