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Underlying Systems are Checked and Functioning...Start 'er Up

Saturday, May 4. 2024
Between KIFT from a few weeks ago and the kits from Viper, it feels like mid-1990s AMT/Ertl was placing a lot of bets on made-for-TV movies.

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We Need an Exterminator, One that would Drive Away King Ghidorah

Saturday, April 20. 2024
When Round 2 announced their Invasion of Astro-Monster Jeep, I thought it was a fun spin on an old kit. Since it got so little screen time, it was a good opportunity to give it a few upgrades as well!

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Is That You, Michael? You Look Like Crap.

Saturday, April 6. 2024
I know that Knight Rider 2000 had its problems, but I actually enjoyed it and would have liked to see where a series went. Ah, well...at least we got a cool model kit out of it!

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Spice Must Flow

Saturday, March 23. 2024
To fill out the squadron of fighters in Return of the Jedi, several commercially available MPC X-Wing kits were purchased and built/weathered to act as filming miniatures. I have no evidence that the same thing happened in Dune, but the one shot of the Sand Crawler sure looked a lot like the Revell kit with a motor stuck inside.

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The Truth is...The Cars Speak for Themselves

Saturday, March 9. 2024
If, one day, I were to come into a stupid amount of money, a Stratos would be on my short list of ridiculous purchases. In the meantime, I can entertain myself with tiny versions of it.

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Cundalini Wants His Hand Back

Saturday, February 24. 2024
I've been acquiring kits for the various Mad Max cars for some time, but the one that was always out of reach was a Holden Sandman to represent the Rockatansky family car. I had almost committed to a whole lot of scratch building when DDA Collectibles decided to expand their product line into plastic kits based on their diecasts - including the Sandman.

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Partly Metal, Partly Real

Saturday, February 10. 2024
I had originally planned for Steelheart to be part of last year's slate of "Toy & Game"-related models. But as the year wound down and time started getting close, I figured that since the show was supposed to have been set in the 29th century, it would be a good one to shelve until this year.

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The Giant Leap for Mankind...More Like a Stumble in the Dark.

Sunday, January 21. 2024
My dealings with 1/24 Amphicats goes back over a decade, to when I had picked up one of Jim Small's kits. It was a nice piece, but I was torn on whether I wanted to build it up as a Space: 1999 Moon Buggy or a Banana Splits Banana Buggy, and as a garage kit it was a little dear to buy enough to do both. Round 2 to the rescue, with a repop of their original kit!

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It Looks Bad - We're Being Surrounded!

Saturday, January 13. 2024
I had picked up the Diskhound some time ago, having never seen Crusher Joe but liking the look of the mech and happy to see that it was 1/25 scale. It sounded like an impressive machine, too - the box art (loosely translated) spoke of how it chased down infiltrators and escape was nearly impossible once it was on the hunt. Imagine my surprise when I finally watched the movie, only to find it was one of a few mechs that each had a split second of screen time before being blasted to pieces by a sidearm. Still a cool design, at least!

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2023 Year in Review

Sunday, December 31. 2023


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Go, Gadget, Go!

Saturday, December 30. 2023
Wrapping up 2023 with one that's particularly near and dear to my heart, the Gadgetmobile! Inspector Gadget was one of my favorites as a kid, and I've long wanted a 1/24 representation in my collection.

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I'm Commencin' Broadcastin' t'you Today from My New Bucket

Sunday, December 24. 2023
I recently had someone point out how many trucks I've posted recently, and it's true - I've built about half as many trucks this year as I have the previous 25 years combined. Well, add another one to the list. The Blue Mule from White Line Fever may not exactly fit the "toy" theme by itself, but I consider it a cumulation of all the blue cabovers I had had when I was younger:
Blue Mules?

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Awesome Edition

Saturday, December 23. 2023
I think one of the things I like about the LEGO 2K Drive sets is how, despite being wholly new and original, there's something "Classic LEGO" about them. They don't have the polished look of their Speed Champions line, or the obvious tie-in appeal of their various licensed properties...they're just good, relatively small sets that you can bang together in an evening and have a cool little vehicle when you're done.

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...and Mean!

Friday, December 22. 2023
Dan Patrick started out in tractor pulls in the early 1970s, becoming a professional pulling competitor by 1983 and soon moving on to funny car pulling with his custom-built War Lord. His work was good enough to allow him to start building and selling chassis to competitors, which followed him to monster trucks as he moved on to become the head fabricator for Bigfoot 4x4. In 1992 he left Bigfoot 4x4 to form Patrick Enterprises Incorporated, where he developed the first standardized monster truck chassis. Over 100 PEI chassis would be built and sold over the years, with Patrick providing hte chassis for nearly every MonsterJam fleet trucks from 1999-2010.

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...Dirty...

Thursday, December 21. 2023
Near as I can tell, the toy that was Black Gold was a mash-up of Kenneth and Paula Geuin's trucks - the name and (loosely interpreted) graphics from Paula's rig on the body of Kenneth's Oklahoman. I don't know if this female driver/two-person team was the inspiration for the cartoon's duo of Red and Redder, but if not it's at least a fun parallel.

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