I'm a bit late tot he party with these, but tidying up a box from the office, I found some Busch HO scale bogroll bandits - a tribute to the famous toilet paper shortages of 2020. I couldn't resist setting them up for photos.
The models here are 7910 and 7912 - supplied ready painted and assembled, with empty shelves and signs.
Put them on your layout and you've firmly nailed the sate down, but that might be what you want.
I think these will be interesting collectables in years to come. Something to remember the early days of the pandemic by - something that will (hopefully) be a memory.
Have you also seen the Preiser "Working from Home" figure? Features a chap sitting at home on a video call wearing a shirt and tie but no trousers? Preiser has always had a sense of humour!
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I think The Sun summed it up brilliantly - a new spoof game called "Spot the Bog Roll".
ReplyDeleteOf course, those in the know reckon they saw the things disappear a few seconds after their local shops opened.
Apocryphal reports refer to 8 packs of 18 rolls last being seen in the back of a rough looking estate car, being thrashed out of the car park at a local Lidl.
Of course, it might have been Aldi, or Tesco, or Morrisons ... .
All I know is that it sounds "gross" - especially when a number of people who were elderly, disabled, or in poor health, would probably have been glad of even one of those hoarded packs.
What struck me as interesting, though, was a major supermarket chain being reputed to have "war gamed" a pandemic scenario a few years beforehand, with their "blueprint" being reputed to involve - rationing - increased stocks of reduced ranges - possibly even pooling resources / supply chains.
"Curiouser and curiouser ... ."
Preiser "working from home" figure?
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, I'm reminded of a broadband advert, featuring some guy in similar attire, doing an online job interview.
I wonder what other stuff could fix model scenes in the current pandemic:
* Buses with 1 or 2 passengers - and route indicators displaying "Bus Full", or even "Don't Travel" (I've seen both - the latter being part of a sequence).
* Long queues everywhere - (anti) socially distanced, of course, with most people wearing blue masks.
* Yellow dots on pavements, 2 metres apart - distancing signs - and "one way" markings - by shops.
I'm sure I could go on, but do I really need to?
I think it's a bit early for pandemic themed layouts - although they would be right for "modern image" :-)
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