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Cars is a Great Movie

Sunday, June 25. 2006
Though Cars came out on the 9th, and I've had Lightning McQueen done a week before that, it wasn't until this weekend that we actually got a chance to visit the theater. In short: great movie, I'm just sorry it took two weeks to get to see it.

I think Cars carries the Pixar tradition quite well. It was fun, beautifully rendered, full of automotive history and cool little references (Doc Hudson as The Hudson Hornet is my personal favorite), and just a nice story overall. It's gotten some mixed reviews, but it seems like those people are either:

A) Comparing it to previous Pixar movies, or
B) Having trouble getting past the main characters being automobiles

Is it as amazing as The Incredibles? No, probably not. Then again, it's not a sequel to The Incredibles, either. It's still an excellent movie, though. As for not relating to the mechanical stars of the movie? If you're a fan of any motorsport, appreciate automotive design in general, or just enjoy driving nowhere in particular, you should have no problem.

So my recommendation: see it, buy the DVD when it comes out, and be sure to check out the soundtrack for some really cool driving songs in the meantime.

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New item added to the "Stuff for Sale" page

Thursday, June 22. 2006


I recently picked up the '86 Pace Car from Greenlight Collectibles from Amazon.com. It turns out that I got one of their red variants, though - perfect for the diecast collector looking for variants (or an owner of one of the 1:1 red Corvettes), but I wanted a yellow one for my own collection. A few days later I found one of Monogram's Pace Car kits, so I don't need the diecast version any more and thought someone else might like it. If you're interested, you can pick it up here or e-mail me for details.

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Back to Transformers

Friday, June 9. 2006
It's been a while since I finished my last Transformer-based model, and I have quite a few "unbuilts" piling up. With the new movie coming, I thought it would be nice to get back into things starting with Cliffjumper.

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Amazing Dioramas/Art

Tuesday, June 6. 2006
A link to this site was posted on the Scale Auto forums. If you're not familiar with the work of Alan Wolfson, you really need to view his gallery: these dioramas truly are works of art.
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Lightning McQueen

Sunday, June 4. 2006
I'm part of the camp that's solidly looking forward to the release of Cars this Friday. It looks like it should be a fun time, and Pixar's track record is certainly a plus.

I did some touch-up work on the Lightning McQueen diecast this weekend, and I'm very happy with the results. He was one of those cases where everything to make the model look nice was already there, it just needed a little detail work to make it pop.

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Support the Military Toy Replica Act

Saturday, June 3. 2006
Even if you personally don't build military models, I urge all model builders to support House Bill 4806, the Military Toy Replica Act. In short, US Defense contractors & agents want to start charging licensing fees for models of current and past military equipment, and a Bill currently under consideration will keep these machines part of the public domain.

For full details, plus information about what you can do to add your support, visit Revell's web site.

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Tip of the Month Back on Schedule

Thursday, June 1. 2006
After being a bit late with the updates for April and May, the Tip of the Month feature is back on track with a first-of-the-month update.

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