CSXect wrote:If Ready made toys made a smaller version of the silver bullet would it be calld the BURP & BARF???
No! It would be called the Barf Lite
North of the 49th
Ogaugeoverlord wrote:I'm telling you - some black spray paint and a few NYC cigar band logos and you'd have perfection on three rails.
Bob.......the NYC ran some ugly stuff but nothing this ugly.
I can see the influence on children now with this set. Any kid would get sick at the thought of drinking beer after looking at this train.
pbjwilson wrote: lionroar88 wrote:Well this could get really bad but...I wonder why MTH didn't have a demo with some scantilly clad Coors Light Girls holding the train... think it would give the wrong impression? I guess model railroading isn't for kids any more???? Could this be the engineer?
lionroar88 wrote:Well this could get really bad but...I wonder why MTH didn't have a demo with some scantilly clad Coors Light Girls holding the train... think it would give the wrong impression? I guess model railroading isn't for kids any more????
Could this be the engineer?
I'll be her FIREMAN!!!
laz57
jonadel wrote:Like Laz, I saw it demo'd at York and I was just blown away with the number of folks signing up to order one, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.Jon
Maybe that should be "beauty is in the eye of the BEER HOLDER" in this case.
just a thought.....
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
You almost got that right Bob on the "pure perfection." Instead of the NYC logos, I'd put Penn Central on there for perfection!
Oh sorry Bob. I know you love "the Central." I do too!!! Only your version has "New York" before the word "Central" and mine has the word "Penn."
At least they're both black! So we won't have another "color" war of orange versus purple.
brianel, Agent 027
"Praise the Lord. I may not have everything I desire, but the Lord has come through for what I need."
Bob Keller
I guess lots o beer drinkers out there? Not my beer, but guess they like it?
SchemerBob
Really. What part of my statement didn't you understand? Were you at the booth at York?
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Well, last year it was Lionel's horrible G scale Christmas train, this year it's this... thing. Time to pull Barfman out of mothballs:
- Clint
Really. If I understood right, the whole reason that MTH made this train was because they got REQUESTS for it!! Of all of the trains in TV commercials I've seen, this would have been the last one I'd choose to make a model of. What sounds better to me is a Norfolk Southern set with an Evolution locomotive, stack cars, an intermodal truck, and a remote controlled tree that grasps the containers from the semi truck and transferrs them to the train .
Sitting here watching Kenny Chesney on 60 Minutes it dawns on me that his Sexy Tractor song suits this Bullet Train
Bruce Webster
Frank - Thank you for posting a picture of that "THING". Now I really know how ugly it is.
Stan.
THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH.
Saw it demo'd at YORK. It really is pretty cool, especially when the doors open and see the blue glow and the smoke come out, a real hoot. The only thing I didn't like was that stupid song it played, I think Love Train.
So when can we expect a snuff toy from skoal or a ciggarette train from Winston?
Anything for the kids,
Crash mobiles didnt hurt them, I guess they are safe with these.
Thanks for posting this Frank. While I didn't think I wanted one, now I know I don't. I have never seen the commercial, so perhaps with the commercial and if you really like Coors, then you may want one. Lacking these, it has no appeal to me. What is with that wheel configuration anyway?
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Yeah, I saw this when I was searching the net for......well, I can't even remember what I was searching for, and I thought "Wow, that seems kinda tacky...but hey to each his own." I can't say that there will be one of those active on my rail-lines.
BobbyDing wrote: Twenty years from now it will probably be a collectors item, and we'll all wish we bought one.Bobby
Twenty years from now it will probably be a collectors item, and we'll all wish we bought one.
Bobby
For better or for worse, this truly will happen! This is the stuff of legends, as in "Who'd a thunk it?!
Hmmmm. Instead of a whistle, does it Belch?? Does it stop at every restroom?
I could see it being a great conversation piece at parties.
Not my cup of tea. But what do I know. I play with trains!
I recall reading this about the Silver Bullet, in comparison to the Harry Potter set:
Perhaps some mature adults prefer a fictitious train for grownup tastes and interests, while others prefer a fictitious train based on a children's story.
Well, judging from the looks of it, it is most definately for "Mature Adults Only", if that's your taste and interest, of course.
Frank53 wrote: Might be some folks cup of tea, and if so, by all means enjoy it . . .
Frank......
ICK!!
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