• wjrii@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      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?

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        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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        There is at least one Menards with a railroad siding, or at least was 20 years ago when I lived in the area. (oakdale mn) I undrestand some deliveries came via rail to that store and them by truck to the rest of

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        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.”

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      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.

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        Menards used to be way cheaper than Home Depot but now they’re about the same except Home Depots are usuallymuch cleaner

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          I’ve heard bad shit about where Menards money goes and I know for a fact Home Depot donates to batshit gay conversion bullshit so I only buy at Lowe’s if I can.

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        Aww man I’ve never been to a two-floor+ Menards :( none of the ones around me are (they do have the lumber loft but that hardly counts).

        Now I feel like I’m missing out.

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      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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      It’s prebuilt and handmade, hence the price. Making it cheaper - molds and better plastic in them would never pay for itself. It’s a large model so either a huge injection molder, or one wall at a time. Add to it the fact that probably between 30 - 50k needs to be spent per mold (one for a single wall) Add in time for the dude to supervise the machine. Etc etc. Shit would add up. For this, an artist probably makes them, assembles them en masse, could probably use low volume techniques. It’ll be more expensive, but you can put 2 - 3 in each shop, not many people would buy them anyway and it gets free marketing (as we can see in this post). Depending on the time it takes to make one, the dude could easily be making $50 an hour doing that.

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    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!

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    This is something you could buy with employee incentive reward points(company store dollars) that somehow made it onto shelves.