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Posted by FJ and G on Friday, January 13, 2006 9:32 AM
Keith,

How about a shark on a train?

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Posted by MartyE on Friday, January 13, 2006 9:32 AM
QUOTE: Did anyone ever do a Crapsman Tools train car?


If you mean Craftsman...yes MTH did one in 2004-2005.

Trying to update my avatar since 2020 Laugh

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:33 AM
Sorry for posting on this topic so late but I have to throw in the lionel#44 missile firing engine.A diesel with full armament of missles sitting on a launcher on top ready to fire?
Never liked it, never bought it, reminds me of the edsel.. a clunker when it came out few were sold but are valuable today[2c]
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Posted by krapug1 on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:27 AM

In addition to some of the ones mentioned.

I'll ad the "Elvis He Dared to Rock" Set by Lonel, and lets not forget the original Girls Train from 1957. Granted this turkey, of, all turkeys has spawned a number of recreations and reissues, but the original reason for this train was truly idiotic.

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Posted by darianj on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:53 AM
My vote goes for the Hurricane Katrina car too. What were they thinking?
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Posted by garyseven on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:12 AM
The Greendale set gets my vote. On so many levels the set was ridiculous (so were the album sales.) Satan chasing a woman car?!? Let's all commemorate domestic violence! Unless you are, of course, one of the few that bought the album let alone, groked its deeper meaning.
Most ridiculous was the response by the rabid "Neil Young is God!" Thrasher Wheat Pinheads to some of the hobbiests on OGRForum. The whole thing spiraled downhill fast with personal attacks on both sides. The set was silly cross marketing, the response by hobbiests was silly, the reply by the music fans was silly... How ridiculous!
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Posted by Frank53 on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 11:24 AM
this is looking pretty absurd - sliding a few cases of explsoives down a 30 or so foot chute.


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Posted by FJ and G on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:02 PM
Gary,

I miss those posts (that used to be allowed).
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Posted by Brutus on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:08 PM
I might ad a crane lift with some radioactive waste containers and a flatcar next to the bean cars....

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