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    It Had To Happen Someday: 24 Hours Of LeMons 1:24 Scale Model!

    So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    06/14/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    I think I might deliberately enter a car that's rusted to shit with the theme of tetanus and billetproof.


    You know, something completely unsafe looking and badass, that looks like someone probably did build it for $500, mostly out of scrap they found lying in some farmer's field somewhere.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    @Plecostomus needs GALVANIZED SCREWS: We've seen at least one rusty car (Neon) with a tetanus theme.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/14/09

    In reply to It Had To Happen Someday: 24 Hours Of LeMons 1:24 Scale Model!
    These are the only 1:24-scale plastic Volvo 240s I can find. If anyone has any better ideas, let me know - I'd rather like to build myself a Black Metal V8olvo, though I'm not sure what paint job I'd go with.
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    Image of OldeEnglishD OldeEnglishD
    06/14/09

    In reply to It Had To Happen Someday: 24 Hours Of LeMons 1:24 Scale Model!
    This is most excellent! I need to get my kid into this...
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/14/09

    @OldeEnglishD gets no hat tip love: If you buy your kids LeMons toys, I'll tip my hat to you.
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    Image of Unevolved has three moving parts. Unevolved has three moving parts.
    06/14/09

    In reply to It Had To Happen Someday: 24 Hours Of LeMons 1:24 Scale Model!
    Off-topic, but why isn't there any coverage of 24 Heures du Mans?


    LMP1 as it stands now, is Peugeot, Peugeot, Audi, Aston Martin.

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    Image of Bon5ai Bon5ai
    06/14/09

    @Unevolved- Recommended by 4 out of 5 dentists.: I am also amused at how the 24h of LeMans is going on this last day and not a single mention of it. But, when some retarded 24h of LeMons is going on, 400 posts per week about 50 different rules. That is Gawker for you.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/14/09

    @Unevolved- Recommended by 4 out of 5 dentists.: I was also wondering that. I just finished watching. I would think that Mr. Orosz is about to do some crayon drawings and such.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/14/09

    @Bon5ai: You can't argue with LeMons. $500 cars with ridiculous themes? That's real racing, not highly-paid celebrities in homogenized race cars.


    Now, as for why F1 got covered and LeMans didn't, that's truly beyond me.

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    Image of Jim Hubert Jim Hubert
    06/14/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    Muri, I dun care if these guys are neo-Nazi skinheads, destroying their car three times, for the amusement of all the peopple whose cars weren't destroyed, is over the top.


    These guys may not be loveable, but they worked just as hard on their car as anyone else, putting in (most likely) hundreds of hours to build their car, and while the Curse can and should be liable to fall upon anyone at least once, three times...especially out of 90+ different competitors...makes a good case for "If your car was previously Cursed, it is ineligible for a second such...:ahem:...award."


    You may not be able to vote on the Curse, but your failure to protect these guys from persecution places you squarely in the "conspiracy" seat, and deservedly so.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    @Jim Hubert: No, failing to protect them places me in the "executioner" seat; I'd be a conspirator only if I'd worked to disregard the ballots in order to crush some other car (e.g., the Cajun Jihad, who would have enjoyed being the curse). And you know what? I have no problem pulling the Destructo switch on a 3-time or even 10-time Curse winner, if that's how the vote goes (though actually you give me credit for too much influence on the process; Jay Lamm tends to make such decisions singlehandedly, though in this case we were all behind him 100%).


    Without the People's Curse, the only safety valve for the racers who get pissed off about some other team that they hate is whining. At us. All weekend long. Without the Curse, hair-splitting paddock lawyers would be creating and/or exploiting endless loopholes and gray areas in the rules (even more than they are now), and the best lawyer's team would run away with the race... which would make the race much less fun for 90% of the racers.


    Now that we have a "nobody" option on the Curse, we may well have many races in which no cars get crushed. But when a team wins the Curse vote, we expect to see them accept it with dignity and humor.

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    Image of Earl_of_Gumout Earl_of_Gumout
    06/14/09

    In reply to It Had To Happen Someday: 24 Hours Of LeMons 1:24 Scale Model!
    Now I know what to do with my old unbuilt model car kits!!


    Has anyone entered a '69 440 Six-Pack Road Runner or '53 Corvette yet?


    No? Oh well...

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    Image of vr6john vr6john
    06/14/09

    @Earl_of_Gumout: How about a M4 Sherman? Maybe a B-17 Liberator?
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    Image of Almostbanned Almostbanned
    06/14/09

    @vr6john: Or a Millennium Falcon?
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    06/14/09

    @Almostbanned: I believe that Solo got a 300 light years penalty and as of yesterday is still out there.
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    Image of AngryChineseDriver hates four-wheeled fatties! AngryChineseDriver hates four-wheeled fatties!
    06/13/09

    In reply to It Had To Happen Someday: 24 Hours Of LeMons 1:24 Scale Model!
    They actually make 1:24 scale models of Honda Civics?!
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    @AngryChineseDriver: Tamiya makes them too. In fact, a model of just about any Japanese car you can think of can be obtained JDM.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/14/09

    @AngryChineseDriver: Don't worry, just revel in the Canadianess of it all.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/13/09

    In reply to It Had To Happen Someday: 24 Hours Of LeMons 1:24 Scale Model!
    We get a couple more of these and it'll be contest time!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/13/09

    In reply to It Had To Happen Someday: 24 Hours Of LeMons 1:24 Scale Model!
    "You spent more than $50 on this, didn't you?"
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    06/13/09

    In reply to It Had To Happen Someday: 24 Hours Of LeMons 1:24 Scale Model!
    You're gonna need to produce some receipts.
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    Image of DrJimmy DrJimmy
    06/13/09

    In reply to It Had To Happen Someday: 24 Hours Of LeMons 1:24 Scale Model!
    Ya know, an RC model race series can't help but follow this development.


    BTW, I live in Texas, and have never had a bad Canadian beer. Could y'all let me know if there is such a thing, and gimme some brand names to avoid?

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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    06/15/09

    @DrJimmy: Canadian, Blue, Carling, Lakeport, Steeler...
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    Image of 3304HL 3304HL
    06/13/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    Let's see if I've got this straight.
    When the gvm't pays people to crush old cars, it's evil
    When a bunch of drunken hoons wants to do crush one, that's cool.


    riiiiight

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/13/09

    @3304HL: You're overlooking the condition/nature of the car being crushed.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/13/09

    In reply to It Had To Happen Someday: 24 Hours Of LeMons 1:24 Scale Model!
    Maybe there will be a new LeMons prize---the team that brings the best replica of their raggedy-ass car.


    Of course, to be accurate, these models will need to have an oil leak, busted radiators, transmission bits falling out, blown head gaskets, and a "smoke" option.

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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    06/13/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    -20 here if I go by the exact scorings, but on some questions we didn't fit any of the answers
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    06/13/09

    In reply to It Had To Happen Someday: 24 Hours Of LeMons 1:24 Scale Model!
    Up next, the 24 Hours of LeMons cake, followed by a casemod, an iPhone app, a steampunk version, and finally a car with imbedded twitter.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    06/13/09

    @weatherman: Then LeMons feature film, novels, autobiographies, PAs, interviews, endorsements, and Esquire Murilee Martin Photoshoots.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/13/09

    @weatherman: I'm calling case-mod honors.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/13/09

    @Mobius_1: And looking forward to those photoshoots. She's already out of my league anyway...
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    Image of Insert Meme Here Insert Meme Here
    06/14/09

    @Ambiguously Fuzzy Plushroom: Murilee isn't... oh, you'll figure it out when the playboy centerfold comes out.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/14/09

    @Insert Meme Here: Don't worry, I figured that out almost two years ago.
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