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Men after they get kicked in the balls:
Who buys these things, honest question.
Folks who like model trains and want to remake their hometown! It’s a small subsection of primarily older-USA-Midwest-autistic folks.
lol, cool cool. Whatever makes 'em happy, eh. ☺️
I don’t get it either, but I love people being happy! My friend took me to a model train museum and they were BEAMING the whole time. I was like “ah, neat! Twains!”
Menard's fans and model railroad enthusiasts.
No clue. Someone who is a big Menards fan and also an O-scale model railroad fanatic. Which must be a pretty small intersection on an already tiny Venn diagram.
I imagine so 😁
Looks like it's built to model railroading "O" scale.
EDIT: Oh, duh. It says so right in your picture. I guess if you want the sweet authenticity that only product placement can buy, this is your set.
To spend almost $140 on a Menards model for your model railroad, you either want some sort of very accurate representation of somewhere that has a Menards or you are way too big a fan of Menards.
Also, pretty much everyone I've known into model railroads is into HO scale, so who is even going to buy this?
Also, pretty much everyone I’ve known into model railroads is into HO scale, so who is even going to buy this?
Sounds like some of them nerds need to go big or fuckin' go home!
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wtf is a Menards
Menards are stuck to methighs
its what a pirate shouts when you kick him in the crotch
A pirate is at a party and a fellow party-goer notices the pirate has a wheel in his pants.
"What's the wheel for," they ask the pirate.
"Arr," replies the pirate, "I don't know, but it be drivin' me nuts."
Since nobody actually answered the question: Menards is a massive hardware store chain in the Midwest. When I say it's massive, it has everything you could ever need in a hardware store and more. Like there are usually multiple floors, a lumber yard, highly specialized sections, and even a small grocery section with food, pet supplies, clothing, etc. it's definitely the greatest hardware store ever conceived, but unfortunately the man who owns them is batshit crazy in classic Wisconsin fashion.
As someone who's grown up in the Midwest, Menards used to be just a hardware store/lumber yard but in the last 15-20 years really has branched out to more than just a hardware store. Hence the home goods, pet supplies, clothing, groceries, appliances, etc in addition to the hardware store/lumber yard bit. In some ways it's a lot more like Fleet Farm than it is like Home Depot, though Menard's doesn't have the farming supplies and tractor parts and stuff like that which can be found at a Fleet Farm.
Since they made this change, the newer and remodeled stores are the ones with the multiple floors since they need all the floor space. But I remember some of the original and smaller stores were also multiple floors (electrical was typically upstairs), but those might be all gone by now. The one we went to when I was a kid wouldn't be anyway close to being ADA compliant today. That store moved locations and the old building is long gone now.
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It's a sort of hardware store that absorbed a Walmart.
a midwestern knockoff of a lowes with some extra product selection you'd find at a walmart or farm store; owned by a far-right, anti-union billionaire.
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Save big money at Menards, but not on Menards...
^...save ^big ^money-- Gaa! That jingle will never leave me. Damn you, midwest!
They play it all the time in the store too. It's maddening.
Oh, no, that's too much. Being from the Chicago suburbs, between Menards and Empire Carpet (before their growth to add the -Today- addendum), there's a deep groove upon my brain made by those jingles. That, and John Madden's congested cadence for various advertisements. Simply John Maddening.
^...588-2300 --damn, it!
I can perfectly hear your post.
Did you notice how they created the "800" before the "588-2300" through a bit of creative audio editing of the original singing when they added the 800 part? If you didn't, you will now.
I am from California and can practically feel the mid western energy radiating from this picture. I also have no clue what the fuck a Menards is but ill hazard a guess that it is either a Minnesota or Wisconsin thing.
Grew up in Illinois and now live elsewhere. I kind of miss Menards. It’s like Home Depot/Lowes but whoever stocks it actually knows what they’re doing.
The variety of stuff is usually so much better. Some examples I remember are things like gas lines for appliances or the anti siphon hose bibbs(through wall in multiple lengths). HVAC duct tubing.
Sure HD/L stock those online in hundreds of models but in store you get like two, maybe. Menards had an entire section of floor rack dedicated to both with dozens of options.
Had way better luck there when looking for specific things and actually getting it same day.
Odd thing is they don’t carry the regular brands you’d probably be use to seeing for power tools at the other stores. Like no DeWalt but has things like Masterforce, Worx, Tool Shop, and Skil.
My understanding is it's Home Depot but green and only in flyover states.
Ohio and Michigan. It's like if a Home Depot merged with WalMart
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Is it just me or is that absolute garbage quality for the price?
My friend brought me to a model train museum and this isn’t terrible quality for the price. Model train stuff is very expensive, and this is pretty detailed as the shelves and people in the store are actual pieces and not just, like… a sticker.
Good to know!
I vaguely want one for diorama purposes with my MST3k Funko Pops.
It's a playtime of savings, at Menard's!
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this is funny as shit, it'd fit right in with the obvious plant mockups
Is there an 11%rebate?
There's always an 11% rebate.
Home Depot and Lowe's are selling similar things this year. The depot actually had one for Halloween and one for Christmas, perfect to add to you Christmas village!
My mom told me about this shit when she used to work there, i guess the owner is an insane model train person.
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