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

[Anonymous]

And to think......I am going to use Atlas track.

[JohnT14808]

Antonio....tune in to www.kbsg.com and sign up for the radio feed. You'll hear all the oldies but goodies on this NW oldies station!!
Oldies forever!![tup]

Update....Rats....I just checked and KBSG doesn't have the high speed radio feed any more....Sorry, Antonio!!.

[Anonymous]

I would rather see them rapping...At least it might have some soul.......Hope they paid royalties to Steve Cropper and the boys for that one (the guys who wrote and recorded "Soul Man")....As my father used to say "Bad taste costs no more...."

[AntonioFP45]

Well,

I don't know how old you guys are, but that pretty much sounded like a lot of the stuff I used to hear as a kid in the 70s. To me, the music was actually cool. ( I have an incredibly hard time digesting today's rap and goth music! )

The dog moonwalking? Now that was a bit much ( and from the 80s). The "woof-woofing" could have sufficed.

I guess I'm the oddball here, but I didn't think that was all that bad. A friend reminded me today that while it's good young people are entering the hobby, manufacturers and dealers seem to have the "over 30, middle-to-upper income modeling group in mind."

I'm only guessing here, but the advertisment seems to have a double intention:

The cartoon to attract the younger crowd, the music to attract guys from my generation and older.

I'm willing to assume that some of you that are my age or older "probably" took a momentary trip down memory lane when you heard the music style and beat. I admit, I do miss those days when James Brown and Blood-Sweat-and-Tears were topping the music charts. Those were fun times for me.

Peace.

[espeefoamer]

HELP! There's a dancing dog on my layout,and he's smashing all my scenery[:(!]!
Don't look for this song to rocket its way to #1. The lower it finishes on the charts,the better off we all are.Take this ad and drive a wooden stake in its heart.Let the shadow of a cross fall on it. And shoot it with a silver bullet and wave garlic in front of it just to be safe[xx(].

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by bwftex

Therapist?..........Right ......... its time to get off line now....gotta work on the layout....yeah..... work on the layout......what if those guys and that dog are in there?........maybe they'll stay in my computer...... they could get out......yeah.....they could be in the train room.......dancing....dog moon walking....... No...... can't work on trains now.......trouble......... No.......can't go in there. They're in my train room....they're on my layout.....they've got my tools. They're singing. They're singing....... the trainmen are on my layout singing! ...The trainmen are on my layout! .....My models! My Models! ............They're turning into plastic RTR....... Can't look ....can't go in there. Oh no.......not now.........my models........ Got breath........gota breath.....its better........ that's better......it's OK.....I'm OK. They’re not real......They're not real ......they not in there.......It's ok..... They’re not in there. They're in my computer....right ....in my computer ..............just a bad idea that got in my computer..........someone will take them away........yeah....... they'll take them away.....someone made a dumb mistake...........It's OK .........they'll be gone soon.........No more trainmen.........no more trainmen..........no more trainmen.

Welp, we've lost one...[:p] DARN YOU ATLAS![xx(][:D]

[bwftex]

Therapist?..........Right ......... its time to get off line now....gotta work on the layout....yeah..... work on the layout......what if those guys and that dog are in there?........maybe they'll stay in my computer...... they could get out......yeah.....they could be in the train room.......dancing....dog moon walking....... No...... can't work on trains now.......trouble......... No.......can't go in there. They're in my train room....they're on my layout.....they've got my tools. They're singing. They're singing....... the trainmen are on my layout singing! ...The trainmen are on my layout! .....My models! My Models! ............They're turning into plastic RTR....... Can't look ....can't go in there. Oh no.......not now.........my models........ Got breath........gota breath.....its better........ that's better......it's OK.....I'm OK. They’re not real......They're not real ......they not in there.......It's ok..... They’re not in there. They're in my computer....right ....in my computer ..............just a bad idea that got in my computer..........someone will take them away........yeah....... they'll take them away.....someone made a dumb mistake...........It's OK .........they'll be gone soon.........No more trainmen.........no more trainmen..........no more trainmen.

[Big_Boy_4005]

I wonder if they played that at *** Maddox's retirement party? Yikes.

Maybe seeing that caused him to retire.[:0]

[JohnT14808]

Well I watched it....kinda cute....kinda silly....the adult in me goes ..WOAH!! But the modeler in me puts this intro in the same category as a business decision made by an Atlas executive...somewhere in the same ballpark as the executive decision to remove the Events Section from a popular RR magazine earlier this year........

[Adelie]

The really scary part is that there are names listed if you hit the Credit button. I wonder if those folks know anything about this!

[Pruitt]

Come on, guys! I got a real kick out of it!

I'll show this to my wife - she'll enjoy seeing this thing, too!

It's so bad it's hilarious!

[brothaslide]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cwclark

somebody had way too much time on their hands...chuck

That could be said for all of us who spend time on the forum.

[dave9999]

At least he wasn't rapping... Dave

[Darth Santa Fe]

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]

[Anonymous]

Puh--LEEEEEZ....!!!

[Anonymous]

oh dear lord....


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

woah......i need a beer....

[ARTHILL]

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"?

[AggroJones]

My nephew got a kick out of it.

[railroadyoshi]

that was just creepy

[MisterBeasley]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[TrainFreak409]

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]

[Anonymous]

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.

[MAbruce]

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!

[tstage]

A bull dog doin' the moon walk...When I'd thought I'd seen everything. Truly hideous...[(-D][(-D][(-D]

Tom

[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

[onetrack64]

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.

[TrainFreak409]

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(]

[jwareing]

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

[skiloff]

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.