mike g. posted:Hi Matt, I did the military train. the tanks are form Menards $2.99 bin, and the flat cars are also from Menards. The Blackhawk is from Menards. and the small Helo is from Menards for $2.99 also put on an empty Menards flat car.
Very good. I've looked for the older MTH issue of tanks on flats and they are as rare as hens teeth. Menards has a good marketing plan of saturating the market with inexpensive semi-scale product that looks good and fills a niche. I' waiting for them to enter the scale market. I think that they will hurt the big guys. When I go to train shows here in New England, some dealers are selling the Menards cars at 2x the price that we can get them for on line. Many people new to the hobby are buying them up, because even at 2x the price, they are still cheaper than NEW Lionel & MTH. The artwork on their Army/Air Force boxcars is very good, in addition to all the flats with various military weapons and vehicles.
