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    Image of ChronicTeutonic ChronicTeutonic
    11/09/09

    In reply to Mercedes Builds 1,300-Foot Slot Car Track Through E-Class Wagon
    Apparently this is the only way Mercedes could figure out how to beat Audi in DTM races. #mercedeseclass
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    Image of emg77 emg77
    11/09/09

    In reply to Mercedes Builds 1,300-Foot Slot Car Track Through E-Class Wagon
    Start geeky electrical engineer comment:

    I'm surprised that even worked. There would be a huge voltage drop over 1300 feet of track.

    :End geeky electrical engineer comment #mercedeseclass
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    11/10/09

    @emg77: On ours, which is only a 72 foot track, we had to add a couple booster wires to various places of the track. Plus, it's powered by a G-gauge train transformer..., no way a standard slot car "power slot" would do anything close to that. #mercedeseclass
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    11/09/09

    In reply to Mercedes Builds 1,300-Foot Slot Car Track Through E-Class Wagon
    James May and slot racing. #mercedeseclass
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    10/22/09

    In reply to LEGO Technic Snow Groomer Oddly Specific
    I want Technic to re-release a larger-scale Seven or something mid-engined with lots of functional parts so I can learn about assembling a car without dropping $20K on a Westfield kit. #lego
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    Image of Clown Shoe Pilot Clown Shoe Pilot
    10/22/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: see if you can find the 8880 "Super Car" kit. it's been out of production for over a decade, but it's a pretty amazing model. 4 speed tranny (or was it 3 + reverse?) 4 wheel steering and 4 wheel drive, pop up headlights, and a pretty intricate suspension #lego
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    10/23/09

    @Clown Shoe Pilot: I think I've heard of that one. Maybe it'll be an Xmas present to myself. #lego
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    10/22/09

    In reply to LEGO Technic Snow Groomer Oddly Specific
    That's probably more of interest to LEGO's Scandinavian customers. #lego
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/22/09

    In reply to LEGO Technic Snow Groomer Oddly Specific

    It's pretty amazing what can be built with Legos. I think this is awesome! #lego
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    10/22/09

    @skaycog: The kits that realistically reproduce cars are amazing. Some of the newer kits are a lot more detailed than the ones i had as a kid. That one is really impressive. #lego
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    Image of BRAWNDO_POWERED BRAWNDO_POWERED
    10/22/09

    @skaycog: Are those wheels from a 360 Modena? #lego
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    Image of chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling
    10/22/09

    @skaycog: as a lover of legos and all things GT40ish......... will you please marry me? or at least move in with me and treat me badly until i finally leave a few years down the road? #lego
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/22/09

    @BRAWNDO_POWERED: Heck, I don't know. #lego
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    10/22/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: I won't marry you, but I'll try to treat you badly, if that's what you want. How badly do you want to be treated? #lego
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    Image of chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling
    10/22/09

    @skaycog: hell, your not marriage acceptance is better than i've got in response in person. i think that if you acknowledge my comments/responses every once in a while you're over-exerting yourself.just continue to ignore me and post all kinds of awesome-ness and i will love you forever! #lego

    no really.. i'm better at english than this... dammit...............
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    Edited by chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling at 10/22/09 6:11 PM chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling was starred chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling was unstarred
    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/22/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: I will not treat you badly. I try to treat everybody with respect. And, since you love all things Ford GT 40ish, I'll treat you with even more respect! How does that sound to you? #lego
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    Image of chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling
    10/22/09

    @skaycog: well.. okay... i will be happy to share jalop/lego happiness with you as long as we can build models together.... ???? sound good? or maybe we can just get together and thrash out the cars we have.... (i know mine deserve it!!) #lego
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/22/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: I'm not a model builder or a Lego lover, but we can share our interests of Jalop/Ford GT. #lego
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    Image of alexander_the_car_salamander alexander_the_car_salamander
    10/22/09


    @skaycog: This is awesome #lego
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/23/09

    @alexander_the_car_salamander: Great photos! Is that a photoshop? Weird finish. #lego
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    10/22/09

    In reply to LEGO Technic Snow Groomer Oddly Specific
    Nice. I don't see many new pieces in that set. They did a good job reusing existing exo-force wings along with the popular slope parts used on most new sets.

    Tank treads look wider though, hmmm, time to go shopping. #lego
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    10/22/09

    In reply to LEGO Technic Snow Groomer Oddly Specific
    The Hagglund is less cool than the snow groomer, esp. with cable winch. What else can shape tons of snow on 45-degree inclines and mow those same slopes in the summertime? #lego
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    10/22/09

    In reply to LEGO Technic Snow Groomer Oddly Specific
    I'm waiting for the Lego Technic margarita machine. #lego
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    09/28/09

    In reply to They're The World's Most Expensive Cars- Let's SMASH 'EM UP!
    Like the crash test dummies of today, only classier.
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    Image of ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig.
    09/28/09

    In reply to They're The World's Most Expensive Cars- Let's SMASH 'EM UP!
    And so now we all know where the big three got their quality standards for their malaise era cars.

    (And yes, the little pull-cords were indeed good for whipping your sister. So was that orange hot-wheels track).
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    Image of coupeZ600 coupeZ600
    09/27/09

    In reply to They're The World's Most Expensive Cars- Let's SMASH 'EM UP!
    I was sitting here at the bar, and when I saw this and was waiting for the main page to finish loading, I asked some friends if they remembered the Kenner SSP Smash-Em-Up Derby cars, and when they gave me a kinda' weird look, I said,
    "Remember back when you were a kid, and it had that rip-cord thing that would get that wheel in the middle spinning so fast it would burn you?"
    "Oh Yeah, I remember!! And you could just yank on it, and put the wheel on your friend and burn him!"
    "And the pull-cord was great for whipping your sister!"
    They were trying to remember the song, and were getting pretty close, but when this page finally loaded and I clicked on Murillee's vid, they all sang the song perfectly and loudly, like it was some Irish-Pub-Drinking-Song with one guy finishing the dialogue right to the"....'cheer" at the end!
    Murilee, you made these guys day! Now they're talking about that little helicopter thing on the wire that flew in little circles on the top of the table........
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    Image of AlienProbe AlienProbe
    09/27/09

    @coupeZ600: Priceless! Wish I was there.
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    Image of TAInvestor TAInvestor
    09/27/09

    @coupeZ600: Do you bring your laptop to a bar or do you have a bar at your house? Either way I find it rather badass
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    Image of Froggmann Froggmann
    09/28/09

    @coupeZ600: I can't relate to you how many shades of awesome that story was.
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    09/27/09

    In reply to They're The World's Most Expensive Cars- Let's SMASH 'EM UP!
    Now I know what was missing from my childhood.
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    Image of Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II
    09/27/09

    In reply to They're The World's Most Expensive Cars- Let's SMASH 'EM UP!
    I can't find them anywhere on the internet, but, does anyone remember the Matchbox cars that when hit, a spring loaded panel would rotate to reveal damage?

    It might have been Hotwheels. I remember having one or two when I was very young.
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    Image of 900pilot 900pilot
    09/27/09

    @Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: Yep, I remember. I believe they were Hot Wheels. I had a couple, I think a regal and a Camaro.
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    Image of Vexorg Vexorg
    09/27/09

    @Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I had some of those... They were Hot Wheels, and I think they were called Crack-Ups.
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    Image of kleinlowe kleinlowe
    09/27/09

    @Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: Yes! I also had one that had a plastic hood that would pop open when the spring-loaded front panel would rotate. Probably still in a box at my parents' somewhere.
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    Image of Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II
    09/27/09

    @Vexorg: Thats them. I had a cop car and something else.
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    Image of 1300ccsoffury 1300ccsoffury
    09/27/09

    In reply to They're The World's Most Expensive Cars- Let's SMASH 'EM UP!
    And somehow, as if by magic, we did not lose a generation of children due to ingestion of small parts.
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    Image of skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube
    09/28/09

    @1300ccsoffury: because kids actually knew to CHEW
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