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 Posted - March 08 2010 : 06:32:03 AM
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a new kit by vollmer,who also do a burger king,ken
http://vollmer-online.de/en/novelties/index.html
Edited by - catfordken on March 08 2010 07:35:01 AM
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Posted - March 08 2010 : 09:52:42 AM
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well its about time jeez  As the Life-Like one goes for $100 or more
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Posted - March 23 2010 : 7:58:27 PM
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I saw a pre-production of the Vollmer McDonalds, it's a good kit. (I did see the actual building in Stuttgart - the kit is pretty close.) Most Vollmer kits are. I have the Vollmer Burger King and that is was an excellent kit. You can bet the McD's will be a $70+ kit though. :^) So, it'll be a little cheaper than Life-Like's rare kit, but still a good chunk of change. At least Vollmer contributes to the RonaldMcDonald Children Foundation (in Germany) - which allows them to make the model. And unlike the Life-Like kit - you'll get all the parts, unwarped, and they'll all fit together like they're supposed to. :^) I'll ask for it for Christmas.
I'm with microbusss - it's about time. Lionel has had McD's buildings (even animated ones) for years in O Scale from MTH.
When Vollmer finally makes it available, I probably should make a mold of my Life-Like McDonald's sign and make castings to sell on eBay as a "Vollmer HO McDonalds American Conversion Kit." :^)
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Posted - March 23 2010 : 9:58:02 PM
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I am glad to see that Vollmer is doing a modern day McDonalds too. I like the V Burger King kit but the McDonalds kit I'm not sure if I like the looks of it.
As for my layout going to be just a tribute to all the old Tyco & Life-Like, I will be happy with my Tyco Burger King & the Life-Like McDonalds...
Happy for those who want a McDonalds kit, soon they will have one! 
Walt
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Posted - March 24 2010 : 01:41:29 AM
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The issue with Vollmer is ... they're the European market. Like Faller - except Faller went one step further and too narrowly focused on southern Germany. The "V" McD kit is accurate for current period Europe. I've seen a lot of US McDonalds now that are the 2006 Forever Young building design that doesn't even look like the ubiquitous 1970s red roof McDonalds or the original Arch McDonalds.
But if someone has been wanting a McDonalds in HO ... they're coming. Maybe the flood of these Vollmer kits will curb the prices on the Life-Like kits. Heh heh heh. From $225 (I think that's what the last sealed one on *Bay went for) to ... $224? :^)
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Posted - October 30 2021 : 09:29:19 AM
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https://www.micromacromundo.com/Vollmer_43634_H0_McDonalds_with_McDrive?gclid=CjwKCAjw2vOLBhBPEiwAjEeK9ulkkepFl0EEL_von1qA-FLmaDZtFtv_GHp-gTTc6zQDpmg1kIwu-BoCIkgQAvD_BwE
1-305-279-8033
May have some left for those interested. Call first.
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 Posted - October 30 2021 : 09:31:37 AM
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Photo of the restaurant.
Other internet sites may have this on sale as well.
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 Posted - October 30 2021 : 09:39:30 AM
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Then there are those who want to build the newer versions.
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