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Happy Winter-een-mas!

Saturday, January 31. 2009
Winter-een-mas '09 comes to a close today, and in celebration I've just wrapped up my 1/24 version of the X-Bot "Zeke" from Ctrl-Alt-Del. You can see the latest addition to my webcomic model collection here.

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First Annual Bandit Awards - Polls Now Closed

Monday, January 26. 2009
The polls are now open for the first annual Automotive Film Excellence Awards, AKA The Bandit Awards! You can cast your votes in the below categories:
 

Best Car Movie of 2008

Death Race
Gran Torino
Speed Racer
Transporter 3
The Dark Knight

 

Best Movie Chase/Race Scene of 2008

Death Race/Escape (Death Race)
Batmobile/Semi Chase (The Dark Knight)
Opening Chase Sequence (Quantum of Solace)
Casa Cristo 5000 ("The Crucible") (Speed Racer)
Audi A8/Semi Trucks (Transporter 3)

 

Best Movie Car of 2008
(Stock/Slightly Modified)

1972 Ford Gran Torino (Gran Torino)
1969 Pontiac GTO (Sex Drive)
2007 Audi R8 (Iron Man)
2008 Aston Martin DBS (Quantum of Solace)
2008 Audi A8 (Transporter 3)

 

Best Movie Car of 2008
(Custom/Heavily Modified)

Frankenstein's Mustang "Monster" (Death Race)
Mach 5 (Speed Racer)
Bat-Pod (The Dark Knight)
Tumbler Batmobile (The Dark Knight)
Racer X's Shooting Star (Speed Racer)

 

Best Actor in 2008

Jason Statham (Death Race)
Christian Bale (The Dark Knight)
Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino)
Daniel Craig (Quantum of Solace)
Emile Hirsch (Speed Racer)

 

Best TV Car of 2008

1967 Chevrolet Impala (Supernatural)
1971 Challenger R/T (NCIS)
2008 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 KR (Knight Rider)
1973 Dodge Charger (Burn Notice)
1965 Lincoln Continental (Entourage)

 

Best Die-Cast Line of 2008

The Dukes of Hazzard (Johnny Lightning)
Batman 1:50 Scale (Mattel)
Disney/Pixar Cars (Mattel)
Speed Racer (Mattel - Hot Wheels)
Indiana Jones (Hasbro)

 


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It's all a Blurr to me...

Sunday, January 25. 2009
I don't normally do Transformer figure reviews here, but I have to make an exception today.

Although my Transformers G1 collection essentially contains all of the cars from the first three years, I never bothered to get Blurr. I just never really cared for either mode, and as a non-wheeled vehicle he never really fit in with the others anyway. I got Armada Blurr primarily because I was collecting all of the Armada cars, but again I wasn't really blown away by either mode.



Animated Blurr, though, is a whole different story. This is easily my favorite of the TFA figures so far (beating out Jazz), and looks great in both robot and car modes. It's well engineered, well articulated, and holds together solidly in both modes. Most importantly for this particular character, he looks fast. The G1 Blurr was way too boxy to convey his speed, but this one just looks like he's ready to break the sound barrier in either mode.

In short: if you're still on the fence about the TFA series, I recommend you check out Blurr. If you like what you see in the above photo, you won't be disappointed.

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Kyle Busch to Drive Tranformers Car this Summer

Thursday, January 22. 2009
Kyle Busch is scheduled to drive with a special Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen paint scheme at Infineon Raceway on June 21st for the Toyota/Save Mart 350. Action Diecast will be releasing a 1/24 version of the car as part of their Platinum series:



You can preorder the TF2:RotF car at BuddysToys.com.


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yUm jaM

Tuesday, January 20. 2009
Check out the license plate for the upcoming TF Universe Hot Shot:



Not exactly the bumper sticker I used, but darn close. The rest of the TFU Hot Shot gallery can be seen here.

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Correction to Tip of the Month

Monday, January 19. 2009
I forgot to include the byline in January's Tip of the Month. Gary had sent me the idea back when my Fuzzmobile was still in the planning stages, and so proper credit belongs to him. The entry has now been corrected.

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Bo's Jumpyard

Sunday, January 18. 2009


Here's a really cool & unique custom for 1/18 collectors: John Schneider has personally customized, signed, and numbered ten "after" General Lees, damaged to look like the 1:1 cars looked after they finished a jump scene. He seems to have a lot of fun wrecking the cars, and you can see it all on his video at JohnSchneiderOnline.com.

If you'd like to add the #1 car to your 1/18 collection, you can still bid on it here.

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2008 Hollywood Car Awards

Saturday, January 17. 2009
Joe Johnson of Hollywood-Diecast.com and I are launching the first annual Hollywood Car Awards! With award season upon us, we thought it would be nice to celebrate the four-wheeled stars that graced the screen over the past year. Details are still being hammered out, but here's what we have so far for nominations:

Best Car Movie:
- The Dark Knight
- Death Race
- Gran Torino
- Sex Drive
- Speed Racer
- Transporter 3

Best Movie Chase/Race:
- Audi/Semi Trucks (Transporter 3)
- Casa Cristo 5000 "The Crucible" (Speed Racer)
- Opening Chase Scene (Quantum of Solace)
- Jungle Chase (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
- The Death Race (Death Race)
- Tumbler Chase (The Dark Knight)

Best Movie Car (stock/slightly modified):
- 1969 Pontiac GTO (Sex Drive)
- 1972 Gran Torino (Gran Torino)
- 2007 Audi R8 (Iron Man)
- 2008 Aston Martin DBS (Quantum of Solace)
- 2008 Audi A8 (Transporter 3)
- 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10 (Wanted)

Best Movie Car (custom):
- 1932 Ford (Iron Man)
- Bad-Pod (The Dark Knight)
- Frankenstein's Mustang (Death Race)
- Mach 5 (Speed Racer)
- Shooting Star (Speed Racer)
- Tumbler (The Dark Knight)

Best TV Car:
- 1967 Chevrolet Impala (Supernatural)
- 1971 Challenger R/T (NCIS)
- 2008 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR (Knight Rider)
- 2008 Caterham Seven R500 (Top Gear)

Best Actor:
- Christian Bale (The Dark Knight)
- Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino)
- Daniel Craig (Quantum of Solace)
- Emil Hirsch (Speed Racer)
- Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones)
- Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
- Jason Statham (Death Race/Transporter 3)
- John Goodman (Speed Racer)
- Robert Downy Jr. (Iron Man)
- Shia LeBeouf (Indiana Jones)
- Steve Carell (Get Smart)

Best Die-Cast Line:
- Hasbro/Titanium Indiana Jones
- Hasbro/Titanium Star Wars
- Johnny Lightning Dukes of Hazzard
- Johnny Lightning Star Trek
- Mattel Batman 1:50 scale vehicles
- Mattel Pixar/Disney Cars
- Mattel/Hot Wheels Speed Racer

If you'd like to add to the list of nominees, send me an e-mail or go here to send us your thoughts!

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Guest Gallery Update

Friday, January 16. 2009
Matt D has sent in some photos of his '99 Eclipse - check them out in the Guest Gallery!

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Ricardo Montalban

Thursday, January 15. 2009

Ricardo Montalbán
November 25, 1920 - January 14, 2009


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Another 1/24 Transformer Builder: Movie Optimus Prime

Wednesday, January 14. 2009
DigitalGhost posted this video showing the build stages for his excellent movie Optimus Prime model:



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First he saved the world, now Brown wants to call Transformer Optimus Prime

Monday, January 12. 2009


"Just weeks ago, Gordon Brown claimed that he had saved the entire world from disaster with his economic nous.

"The Prime Minister's stock was rising as people looked to have decided he was the right man to lead Britain through a crippling recession.

"But today, as a new poll revealed business figures' confidence in his ability to handle the crisis has slumped, Mr Brown declared that he might need a hand after all.

"And it was not to Chancellor Alistair Darling that he was referring - but the Transformer Optimus Prime who he lauded for his 'great problem solving skills'..."

Read the rest of the article here


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Guest Gallery Update

Tuesday, January 6. 2009
Welcome to Matt D, the latest modeler to join the gallery! Head on over to check out his Bill Comments (0) Trackbacks (0)

Happy New Year!

Friday, January 2. 2009
Here's wishing everyone a great 2009! The new Tip of the Month is now online.

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