GLENN L. TAYLOR posted:On the scenery and structures forum KENJR has a post titled Water Tower. Searching for a manufacture of a modern city water tower. My reply was that maybe Menards would produce one. Menards just liked my reply. Maybe just maybe this is a modern water tower!
Water tower ?
Menards posted:Here's your next tease!
Have a great day!
-Mark the Menards Train Guy
I thought you guys already made Taco Bell?
An American Standard water appliance factory! And/ or a Kholer factory?
2 thrones so far 
Now in GOT Tywin Lannister was killed on the "throne" 
Just a little insight into my life. My Dear Wife saw the new tease and said, "oh a library"! LOL
palallin posted:Menards posted:Here's your next tease!
Have a great day!
-Mark the Menards Train GuyThis clinches it: it will be a White Castle!
(If you don't understand, you have never eaten White Castle.)
Having a White Castle eating contest with my brother was definitely not one of my best ideas.
I didn't even win the contest.
prrhorseshoecurve posted:An American Standard water appliance factory! And/ or a Kholer factory?
Kohler is out of Wisconsin too...… Another good possibility.
Rob
It is a porta potty factory!
Game of thrones! Of course. But seriously, does anyone remember when the Charmin people tried to open a chain of clean restrooms nationwide? This goes back a few years, and obviously it failed. Their slogan was "Why not enjoy the go?" Picture attached. Maybe Menard's is fashioning a nice little throne-in-a-box? :-)
Final answer, it is a factory that makes porcelain restroom fixtures.
Come on guys! It the throne from the ladies room in the new state of the are BREWERY! Self flushing and all!
Got it! It's the Ferguson toilet factory! As Al Bundy would say "It not just a toilet...It's a FERGUSON. The King of bowls!
I give up !!!
Fredstrains
cabinet Bob posted:GLENN L. TAYLOR posted:On the scenery and structures forum KENJR has a post titled Water Tower. Searching for a manufacture of a modern city water tower. My reply was that maybe Menards would produce one. Menards just liked my reply. Maybe just maybe this is a modern water tower!
Water tower ?
It has to be a plumbing truck! My vote is for this one!
Chris Lonero posted:It has to be a plumbing truck! My vote is for this one!
That has to be the funniest, tackiest and most tasteless work truck "sign" ever. One can't help but "crack" up, as it were. I wonder how many rear-enders this has caused? (Sorry.)
D500 posted:Chris Lonero posted:It has to be a plumbing truck! My vote is for this one!
That has to be the funniest, tackiest and most tasteless work truck "sign" ever. One can't help but "crack" up, as it were. I wonder how many rear-enders this has caused? (Sorry.)
Or how many morning cups of coffee were sprayed over dashboards. I love it.
D500 posted:Chris Lonero posted:It has to be a plumbing truck! My vote is for this one!
That has to be the funniest, tackiest and most tasteless work truck "sign" ever. One can't help but "crack" up, as it were. I wonder how many rear-enders this has caused? (Sorry.)
OK guys admit it how many wouldn't want a scale model of this on your layout?! I would!
"Manufacturers and purveyors of fine vitreous china stools and lavs"
Dimensions: 18-1/4”W x 10-1/2”D x 11”H
The basics: This is an impressive factory for your industrial park. The Gamer & Thrones building measures approximately 18 inches wide by 10 inches deep and 11 inches tall.
The building is a mixed stone and corrugated steel construction with a loading dock at the front, and a rear area for either rail deliveries or, by removing the insert, running trains through the back.
The lighting package includes an illuminated loading dock and business sign; and a rotating toilet bowl with spotlights for accenting.
For illumination the factory requires a Menards 4.5 volt power supply, Menards SKU# 279-4061, 279-4062, or 279-4050. You may wish to consider the 8- or 9-piece Plug & Play accessory kits (SKU# 279-4035, 4681) and to serve multiple structures and vehicles. All are available separately.
Why you need this: The Gamer & Thrones Co. is another first for O gauge. It is a manufacturer of a product that every home, business, and hotel room in America has. There is also some clever wordplay at work in the name, but you’ve already figured out that!
Front and center is the backlit business name: "Gamer & Thrones Manufacturers and Purveyors of Fine Vitreous China Stools and Lavs, Est. 1898."
The building has a cut-stone appearance rather than standard brick or corrugated steel. This gives the main building the appearance of something erected in the 1900s or earlier. The corrugated add-ons indicate the firm’s success, causing later renovation to the structure.
The first floor windows are five panes with frames with an arched top, giving a vintage look. There are two on the left end, two on the left front, and one on the right front, next to the office door. The entrance door has four panes.
The second level is impressive with 18 four-pane windows and four more windows mounted in dormers. There are three security lights on the front, just under the roofline.
The loading dock has two double-doors, roughly 2 ½ inches apart. Each door set has 12 windows. There is exterior lighting for those guys working the second shift!
The dock also has three workers (one with a hand truck with load), a pallet with a toilet and a wash basin, and Jack is, of course, in the middle of all the action.
But the star of the show is on the roof of the first floor: A rotating toilet. The stool is hit with lighting from beneath the corrugated roof. This ensures it may be seen in all of its glory, 24/7!
This would be a great freight operation for a railroad. You might have inbound hoppers arriving with material for the ceramic basins and outbound boxcars for completed loads. Not to mention the fun you’ll have when layout visitors see which industry the business serves.
The right, rear side has vintage advertising for Gamer faucets while the back of the run through has a large ad for Gamer & Thrones buggy whips. Obviously the firm diversified just in time. But here is a tip: Don’t discard the packaging right away. It contains the history of Misters Gamer and Thrones and how they became flushed with success!
Gamer & Thrones is a useful and good-looking building. It also reminds us that model railroading should be fun!
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Congratulations to Mark, the crew, Menards and Bob (dad). I really like the looks of this building. I think it is one of the best releases yet. So good in fact I completely forgot about a brewery LOL and I will find a space for it on my layout...............Paul
Love it! Perfect match for my Vetters Door and Sash building which is my all-time favorite! This one is a very close second! Just worried Dad may try to ride the revolving toilet and get "dumped" in the parking lot! LOL
play trains posted:Love it! Perfect match for my Vetters Door and Sash building which is my all-time favorite! This one is a very close second! Just worried Dad may try to ride the revolving toilet and get "dumped" in the parking lot! LOL
Been there, done it...
I love everything about it (ALMOST - toilet has to go) and it fits perfectly in my era. Thanks Menards.
mike g. posted:"Come on guys! It the throne from the ladies room"
How did you know Mike???
Like the building but not the rotating toilet. 
The building would make a nice brewery though.
NJCJOE posted:Like the building but not the rotating toilet.
The building would make a nice brewery though.
My thoughts exactly. Change the signage and replace the rotating toilet with a miniature rotating 
.
And add two grain/hops silos here -
And here -
Perfect, I like it.
Very nice structure, and a great price - amazing!
Not sure about the flashing red lights at the top - not in character with the rest of the building, I suppose they could be trimmed off.
"Gamer and Thrones" the throne part is obvious, but "Gamer" - does that imply that folks now sit on their throne and play games on their handheld, rather than read? I may be behind the times...
"Game of Thrones" show.
What's next? The Must & Erd Sanitary Service Company?
Great thoughts on converting this to a brewery. So close now, it seems like Menards now MUST take the last step. Rotating beer bottle, silo on one side, different signage, sales in the billions.
It is nice to see another building that would be at home on a steam era layout. As others have said, the rotating toilet and red flashing lights may not work for me, but I think this is another winner. I already took measurements on my empty layout table. 
IT looks like the sides have panels that can be taken out to let a track pass through as on other Menard's buildings. Am I correct in my observation? That is how I would use it to save space.
Looks like I should get one shipped to the Warren, O store and make the 74-mile trip. Shipping from Wisconsin can run up a bit.
Nairb Rekab posted:What's next? The Must & Erd Sanitary Service Company?
HMMMM May be series like the Munster's house, Adams family house and the house from Psycho with Noram's carrying a knife coming out of the house?
Mark, the description confirms that trains can pass through. I had to read it through twice to see it, I was wondering the same thing.
I agree. Loose the toilet and it would make a fine looking brewery! 🍺
Menards posted:Introducing Gamer & Thrones! See More >
"Manufacturers and purveyors of fine vitreous china stools and lavs"
Dimensions: 18-1/4”W x 10-1/2”D x 11”H
Ace Plumbing. Nothing beats a royal flush.
Dragons Breath Air freshener.
(Sophomoric jokes, sorry, I had too. (sometimes I miss highschool)).
Steve
Ken-Oscale posted:Mark, the description confirms that trains can pass through. I had to read it through twice to see it, I was wondering the same thing.
Ken, Thank you! I read it twice myself before posting my question? I guess my reading comprehension is lacking!
If not a brewery, make it a distillery. Replace the toilet with one of the minature liquor bottles.
Charlie
Welllll................it's not a brewery but we're getting closer. My first thought was to convert this one to a brewery/distillery as some have already mentioned. With that said, I am still hoping to see a brewery offered by Menard's, if not than maybe Woodland Scenics. Is it wrong to want both on one's layout.
I haven't bought a Menard's building for a while now because they just weren't a fit for me. I am definitely adding this one to my layout, nice job. 
By the way Mark the Menard's Guy, I'm running out of restate.
Cute
Summation of every Menard's building product announcement posts over the previous 12 months:
"Wow, nice, but it's not a brewery"
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