Hi Everyone,
Here's your tease for Tuesday's O gauge release! Happy guessing!
Thank you,
Mark the Menards Train Guy
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Coffee house, farm or a art museum
A Cattle Car ~ Livestock Car.
Rusty
Farm house?
Barn?
Flat car with hay bales?
Wind mill?
A Santa Fe caboose! Hahahaha!
A barn. ....Paul
So, we are going to get to see the 8/15 release before we see the 8/1 release. Ok, we now have not one, but two releases to look forward to. Better get those credit cards ready.
I've been looking for a steady source for scale pitchforks for my layout. Has a stock car been done yet?
wild mary posted:
That's not a church, it's a farmhouse.
American Gothic by Grant Wood.
Rusty
I'm thinking of a different kind of car, a cattle car hauling well, cattle and of course hay.
Dave
I may be wrong but for some reason I remember this guy being on a box of Corn Flakes.
Prozac transport car for depressed people (or train modelers having just looked at the MSRP of other manufacturers).
Alan
That's the farmer that grows the barley and hops for the brewery that's coming next week.
Barber Shop.
cylindrical hopper for the grain
My Uncle Fred on a flatcar?
Cabinetbob still looking for the Santa Fe caboose in his older years...
Rock Island Caboose
...............Farm House!
Regards,
Swafford
That's the American Gothic house so since we are this close to Halloween, something gothic-like.
Or something to do with Iowa.
I know this is American Gothic and no direct reference to PA, but the first thing that popped into my head was Pennsylvania Dutch, which then begat: Pretzel Factory.
cabinet Bob posted:
Come on Bob, I am always happy, but if it was a Brewery I would be Christmas Happy!
Carl, that's funny here in my home town the same picture was used to tell everyone the county fair was about to start! LOL
A wood chip car.
Still think it looks like my Uncle Fred! Unfortunately it also looks like my Aunt Frieda! Uncle Fred always carried the pitchfork! Wasn't welcome in too many stores! I know I'm not making sense, this caboose thing is making me crazy! LOL
Roving Sign posted:Rock Island Caboose
This could be a good guess. The house that inspired American Gothic is now a museum in Eldon, Iowa - where at one point two Rock Island lines met. There's also a railroad museum at the old Eldon depot with a Rock Island train on display.
My guess is something related to farming or Iowa. Corn? Who knows...
inlaws
If you noticed, M has focus on the pitchfork. Those forks moved hay. I say a hay bailer on a flatcar!
I think M should send a FREE whatever to the poster who first guesses correctly.
Dominic Mazoch posted:If you noticed, M has focus on the pitchfork. Those forks moved hay. I say a hay bailer on a flatcar!
That's a good point - note, the pitchfork also is appears in the stitching in his overalls...
"we are this close to Halloween" it's a pitch fork, not a broom! Russ
Joeceleb posted:I may be wrong but for some reason I remember this guy being on a box of Corn Flakes.
New Country Cornflakes. They won't wilt when you pour on milk. A cornflake boxcar.
TShearer posted:New neighbors for the Hooters servers.
Ha! Frightening to imagine the posts here if the girls were standing side by side
Trainman52 posted:Joeceleb posted:I may be wrong but for some reason I remember this guy being on a box of Corn Flakes.
New Country Cornflakes. They won't wilt when you pour on milk. A cornflake boxcar.
Yoiks! I remember that commercial. Now I won't be able to get it out of my head for the next few days...
Rusty
Paul 2, this means we must be twins? Also means we're much better looking than Dad! LOL
PLAY TRAINS, you could be right. So one of us is older. I remember when dad snapped that pic. After taking it he jumped in the car and took off. We had to take the metro home. LOL
The painting is by Grant Wood, so it could be related to wood. Log carrier?
Paul, I'm concerned! This is becoming real for you! LOL
If you boys behave today, maybe you will get a treat soon............
Dad, another clue or teaser for this coming week or last week's item
From the look on his face, it is a boxcar of Miralax.
Isn't that Pa Kettle??!!
SO it must be....... a hot metal kettle car!!
cabinet Bob posted:If you boys behave today, maybe you will get a treat soon............
I want a Santa Fe caboose!
Matt Kramer posted:cabinet Bob posted:If you boys behave today, maybe you will get a treat soon............
I want a Santa Fe caboose!
The wait is over! Below is the link, so we don't get the 8/15 thread off topic haha.
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...34#74213916800183134
-Mark the Menards Train Guy
Traindiesel posted:Isn't that Pa Kettle??!!
SO it must be....... a hot metal kettle car!!
Brian you're not old enough to remember Ma&Pa Kettle or are you. Loved them when I was a kid.
TShearer posted:
Pitchfork - Hay - Horses - Clydesdale - Brewery - mic drop.
Son number three, you just never know.. I'm glad you don't look like your other brothers ...LOL..
I too, will go with General Mills New Country Corn Flakes box car.
A building that is GOTHIC in design.
A theme park ride!
A wig factory.
Small GOTHIC farmhouse!!!
Monday evening. Any leaks or info as to what tomorrow will hold...............Paul
Yea Bigrail.....
Let's do the "Time Warp" again! It's just a step to the left.....
Paul ,tomorrow, partly cloudy, 40% chance of rain, temperature in low 70s!LOL
paul 2 posted:Monday evening. Any leaks or info as to what tomorrow will hold...............Paul
Paul I would say ask your Dad, but after reading he left you and Your brother Play Trains just standing there, I doubt he would tell you anyways! LOL
I'm saying a Still! LOL
paul 2 posted:Monday evening. Any leaks or info as to what tomorrow will hold...............Paul
I know nothing .......... LOL .....oh wait.......someone will tell you tomorrow.....after lunch sometime...or so..
Well it was painted in Iowa, and displayed in Chicago. Could be rock island?
Andrew Lawrence posted:Well it was painted in Iowa, and displayed in Chicago. Could be rock island?
You maybe on to something....or not...Tuesday it will be on track..
A brewery!!! Lol.
Ok Mark its 4;30 am Seattle time! Where is it?
Mike, what are you doing up so early..... are you going through the Menards containers looking for a brewery LOL..........Paul
paul 2 posted:Mike, what are you doing up so early..... are you going through the Menards containers looking for a brewery LOL..........Paul
sure.. give him the location of the containers and poof.. he's gone.. I 've heard of dumpster diving, but container diving ???? Come on Mike, tell us what it is ... LOL..
cabinet Bob posted:I know nothing .......... LOL .....oh wait.......someone will tell you tomorrow.....after lunch sometime...or so..
We could really use a Santa Fe Caboose review & video to pass the time
TShearer posted:cabinet Bob posted:I know nothing .......... LOL .....oh wait.......someone will tell you tomorrow.....after lunch sometime...or so..
We could really use a Santa Fe Caboose review & video to pass the time
OK..OK... I'm working on it now....opps.. the boss just came in...... me.....
paul 2 posted:Mike, what are you doing up so early..... are you going through the Menards containers looking for a brewery LOL..........Paul
I was up at 3:30 but didn't want to post to early and wake you guys up! Plus it is a little drive to the port from my house and didn't know how long it would take! LOL
Mike, they have these little white pills for this problem! But seriously as long as you're up ,ride with the engineer and help him find Eau Claire without detours! LOL
play trains posted:Mike, they have these little white pills for this problem! But seriously as long as you're up ,ride with the engineer and help him find Eau Claire without detours! LOL
I would have, but the train has already left the station!
CSI SUV and backhoe. His wife is missing.
Me thinks this release is somewhere in Chicago also, fork in hand.
I'm going to take my guess a different DIRECTION, saying that this will be Menard's first tubular track switches; also known as a FORK in the (rail) road.
Menards posted:The wait is over! Below is the link, so we don't get the 8/15 thread off topic haha.
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...34#74213916800183134
-Mark the Menards Train Guy
Mark.. thread is way too long. As previously requested, please unveil your new items on a fresh post, not at the end of a three-page thread like this one! Thanks.
RadioRon posted:Menards posted:The wait is over! Below is the link, so we don't get the 8/15 thread off topic haha.
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...34#74213916800183134
-Mark the Menards Train Guy
Mark.. thread is way too long. As previously requested, please unveil your new items on a fresh post, not at the end of a three-page thread like this one! Thanks.
Is it really that hard to go to the last page of a thread?
Any word on the release for today?
RadioRon posted:Mark.. thread is way too long. As previously requested, please unveil your new items on a fresh post, not at the end of a three-page thread like this one! Thanks.
I like that the release is part of the original thread. It's fun to read through the build up if I don't keep up with it for a few days.
I also like the natural rythym that these threads take:
1. Mark posts initial hint
2. Wild *ss guesses ensue, some in jest, some serious
3. Complaints about guesses
4. Mark posts second hint
5. Amateur comedy hour (days)
6. Where is the release?
7. Product release
8. Crowd goes wild for reasonably priced, reasonably featured products that are immediately available for purchase
9. Complaints it's not scale, not their road name, not a brewery
10. Cabinet Bob's video review the following day.
It's a perfect formula, don't change it!
JD
JD2035RR posted:RadioRon posted:Mark.. thread is way too long. As previously requested, please unveil your new items on a fresh post, not at the end of a three-page thread like this one! Thanks.
I like that the release is part of the original thread. It's fun to read through the build up if I don't keep up with it for a few days.
I also like the natural rythym that these threads take:
1. Mark posts initial hint
2. Wild *ss guesses ensue, some in jest, some serious
3. Complaints about guesses
4. Mark posts second hint
5. Amateur comedy hour (days)
6. Where is the release?
7. Product release
8. Crowd goes wild for reasonably priced, reasonably featured products that are immediately available for purchase
9. Complaints it's not scale, not their road name, not a brewery
10. Cabinet Bob's video review the following day.
It's a perfect formula, don't change it!
JD
Too funny !! I wish others would think like you !!
Tom Blevins posted:These threads are about as stupid as they can be with everyone's witty (or so they think) comments! Just post the new product so I don't have to cycle through a multi page thread to see it. I could give a rat's behind about all the other comments on the thread!
You're right. All those clicks and only you to do it.
Save yourself the energy and just go to menards.com tomorrow.
all in good fun
JD
Tom Blevins posted:These threads are about as stupid as they can be with everyone's witty (or so they think) comments! Just post the new product so I don't have to cycle through a multi page thread to see it. I could give a rat's behind about all the other comments on the thread!
I kind of agree. It's the same 5 people in every release thread, who pretty much could just cut and paste their comments from previous release threads. Personally, I don't open the thread until the release date is at hand.
No, it is not hard to scroll to the end. However, often once the release is posted, two more pages get added by comments, so you really do have to search these long threads. I did that just now...and hey no release.
I agree with Radio Ron. Perhaps either a new thread titled "RELEASED", or change the topic of the current threads to say RELEASED. Then we know if we open the thread we might actually see it.
Don't get me wrong, I love my Menard's products, but the novelty of these guessing threads wore off after the first couple.
JD2035RR posted:I like that the release is part of the original thread. It's fun to read through the build up if I don't keep up with it for a few days.
I also like the natural rythym that these threads take:
1. Mark posts initial hint
2. Wild *ss guesses ensue, some in jest, some serious
3. Complaints about guesses
4. Mark posts second hint
5. Amateur comedy hour (days)
6. Where is the release?
EDIT: 6b. This thread is too da** long!
7. Product release
8. Crowd goes wild for reasonably priced, reasonably featured products that are immediately available for purchase
9. Complaints it's not scale, not their road name, not a brewery
10. Cabinet Bob's video review the following day.
EDIT: 11. Order for product placed.
It's a perfect formula, don't change it!
JD
Fixed with Edits.
Topic views don't lie, the buzz for these products is audible to the industry.
JD
Hey guess what everyone its been released! LOL!
Happy Tuesday!
Our tech team has been tying to get the new item online for a couple hours now but to no avail.
We'll keep trying but I suspect we will make the release tomorrow morning. Sorry for the delay!
Thank you for your patience!
-Mark the Menards Train Guy
Menards posted:Happy Tuesday!
Our tech team has been tying to get the new item online for a couple hours now but to no avail.
We'll keep trying but I suspect we will make the release tomorrow morning. Sorry for the delay!
Thank you for your patience!
-Mark the Menards Train Guy
LOL like Cabinet Bob said I went container diving and I know what it is! But I will never tell anyone cause it takes the fun out of it! \
So my brothers Paul2 and Play trains are going to just have to wait! Ha! Ha!
Tom Blevins posted:These threads are about as stupid as they can be with everyone's witty (or so they think) comments! Just post the new product so I don't have to cycle through a multi page thread to see it. I could give a rat's behind about all the other comments on the thread!
And we thank you for taking the time to contribute the stupidest comment yet.
Tom Blevins posted:These threads are about as stupid as they can be with everyone's witty (or so they think) comments! Just post the new product so I don't have to cycle through a multi page thread to see it. I could give a rat's behind about all the other comments on the thread!
And we're live!
Some folks have requested that I post the new release in a separate thread. Here's the link!
PS: If anyone had guessed a container handler (AKA a container fork lift), I would have been blown away! Tough teaser this week!
Thank you,
Mark the Menards Train Guy
Outside the box just got way bigger. Mark and crew....well done. Now we have another way to have a container facility......Paul
Menards posted:If anyone had guessed a container handler (AKA a container fork lift), I would have been blown away! Tough teaser this week!
That was a very good clue in retrospect. Must keep an open, clear mind in the future.
What, me worry?
Not sure if this was mentioned elsewhere, but I think there is a small mistake on the warbonnet caboose design.
The silver end is the rear and the tail lights are correctly placed on that end. But the winged logos are then facing the wrong direction; they should face forward, towards the orange end. Both logos face the rear.
Other than that, a beautiful car.
BwanaBob posted:Not sure if this was mentioned elsewhere, but I think there is a small mistake on the warbonnet caboose design.
The silver end is the rear and the tail lights are correctly placed on that end. But the winged logos are then facing the wrong direction; they should face forward, towards the orange end. Both logos face the rear.
Other than that, a beautiful car.
I saw that too and did't know if the lights were on the wrong end or something, did not want to reply as I did not have enough information on the subject. Glad you had the info to back it up.
Now imagine if Menards corrects this and puts the wings facing forward, instant collectible
Oh I doubt it will be corrected simply for the fact that if they did then I would actually own a collectible. Not possible.
If I was wrong I will happily take correction.
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