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You know I think I need a therapist after seeing this...

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DigitalGriffin
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You know I think I need a therapist after seeing this...
Posted by DigitalGriffin on Friday, October 7, 2005 12:24 PM
http://www.atlastrainman.com/

Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions

Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!

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oleirish
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Posted by oleirish on Friday, October 7, 2005 12:32 PM
Kool
JIM
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joeyegarner
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Posted by joeyegarner on Friday, October 7, 2005 12:43 PM
thats bad, real bad.............Sorry we had to see that
Pay attention to what you read here, you may actually answer someone's question!
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MAbruce
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Posted by MAbruce on Friday, October 7, 2005 12:48 PM
Words fail me...
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 7, 2005 12:50 PM
Thats sad really sad
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selector
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Posted by selector on Friday, October 7, 2005 12:53 PM
[sigh][zzz][tdn]
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loathar
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Posted by loathar on Friday, October 7, 2005 1:04 PM
I don't know, the dogs pretty cool. Took about ten minutes to load on dial up.
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 7, 2005 1:09 PM
What the hell?
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cwclark
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Posted by cwclark on Friday, October 7, 2005 1:09 PM
and just when you thought you've seen everything...somebody had way too much time on their hands...chuck

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 7, 2005 1:16 PM
Modelers are dumping on this animation on the Atlas forum too. Pretty lame!

Woo woo! I'm a model train man! [*^_^*] [banghead]

Bob Boudreau
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 7, 2005 1:19 PM
I am speechless. No mention of where I can buy the album.
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ereimer
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Posted by ereimer on Friday, October 7, 2005 1:42 PM
QUOTE: You know I think I need a therapist after seeing this...


nope , it's not you that needs the therapist , it's the exec at atlas who gave the green light to this project
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skiloff
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Posted by skiloff on Friday, October 7, 2005 2:52 PM
Its professionally done, its just beyond cheesy. I can't believe Atlas would put that on their site for the lead-in to their new product line.
Kids are great for many reasons. Not the least of which is to buy toys "for them."
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jwareing
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Posted by jwareing on Friday, October 7, 2005 2:54 PM
I use Mozilla with Adblock, so I couldn't see whatever it is. And I am sooooooo disappointed.
Should I be?
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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Friday, October 7, 2005 3:08 PM
I think that they should take it down...right now.

I'm not too certain if it is professionally done...When the train went by, you could still see shards of the white background around it. That's pathetic. If they did it intentionally, it just makes it worse.[xx(]

Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern

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Posted by onetrack64 on Friday, October 7, 2005 3:09 PM
jwareing

You are not missing anything special, that's for sure!!

Let's just hope the character that approved this thing is not put in charge of new product development.
What happened to all the color, why is everything in black and white?
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Posted by andrechapelon on Friday, October 7, 2005 3:10 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by DigitalGriffin

http://www.atlastrainman.com/


You're a model railroader. You need a therapist regardless of whether or not you've been to the Atlas website recently.

"They're coming to take me away, ha ha.
They're coming to take me away, ho ho, hee hee, ha ha...
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time,
And I can be happy for the rest of my life.
They're coming to take me away".

Andre
It's really kind of hard to support your local hobby shop when the nearest hobby shop that's worth the name is a 150 mile roundtrip.
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Posted by tstage on Friday, October 7, 2005 3:11 PM
A bull dog doin' the moon walk...When I'd thought I'd seen everything. Truly hideous...[(-D][(-D][(-D]

Tom

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MAbruce
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Posted by MAbruce on Friday, October 7, 2005 3:12 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by jwareing

I use Mozilla with Adblock, so I couldn't see whatever it is. And I am sooooooo disappointed.
Should I be?


You should thank Mozilla for saving you big bucks on therapy.

I'm still looking for those couple minutes of my life back!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 7, 2005 3:13 PM
I think the funny thing is they show an L&N box car...Do I find an L&N box car listed? No!

That's just pathetic.
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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Friday, October 7, 2005 3:35 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by andrechapelon

QUOTE: Originally posted by DigitalGriffin

http://www.atlastrainman.com/


You're a model railroader. You need a therapist regardless of whether or not you've been to the Atlas website recently.

"They're coming to take me away, ha ha.
They're coming to take me away, ho ho, hee hee, ha ha...
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time,
And I can be happy for the rest of my life.
They're coming to take me away".

Andre


They're coming to take me away, ha ha.
They're coming to take me away, ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
To the happy home, with trees and flowers and chirping birds,
And basket weavers that sit and smile,
And wiggle their thumbs and toes,
And they're coming to take me away, ha ha....

Hee hee, good song.[:p]

Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 7, 2005 3:38 PM
Special credit to UP and CSX, and to the MSRP of the TrainMan Line. Would have thought that marketing could have been less for a budget priced line that this is supposed to be. Oh well just more money out of our pockets!
Will
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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, October 7, 2005 3:38 PM
Is their target market kids who are about 6 months too old for Barney, or what? Maybe they can sell this way to the Thomas the Tank Engine crowd, but not to adults, please.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by railroadyoshi on Friday, October 7, 2005 3:48 PM
that was just creepy
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Posted by AggroJones on Friday, October 7, 2005 4:17 PM
My nephew got a kick out of it.

"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"

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Posted by ARTHILL on Friday, October 7, 2005 4:19 PM
Speaking of being Off-topic. Then I couldn't make their track planning program work either. Did it remind any of you of SNL and the Blues Brothers' "Soul Man"?

If you think you have it right, your standards are too low. my photos http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a235/ARTHILL/ Art
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 7, 2005 4:30 PM
oh dear lord....


ummmm...what?......

woah......i need a beer....
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 7, 2005 4:41 PM
Puh--LEEEEEZ....!!!
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Darth Santa Fe
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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Friday, October 7, 2005 4:48 PM
I know of something worse than that. Any of you guys remember the comic books that came with Bachmann train sets? The one I have shows this family who doesn't know how to couple track on a carpet. Than next, "This looks like a job for, Bach Man!" Then Bach Man comes over and blah blah blah. It's kind of spooky.[:O]

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Posted by dave9999 on Friday, October 7, 2005 4:54 PM
At least he wasn't rapping... Dave
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