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    Blowin' Up Toy Cars In Slow Motion!

    Toy Car Wall Art

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/15/09

    In reply to Blowin' Up Toy Cars In Slow Motion!
    Nice teaser. When's it going to be in the theaters? #toycars
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/14/09

    In reply to Blowin' Up Toy Cars In Slow Motion!
    That makes me sick. It's like a snuff war footage. #toycars
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    Image of superveloce superveloce
    11/15/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: I agree...Completely pointless and idiotic #toycars
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    07/03/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    No thread about toy cars would be complete without pictures. Most of these I bought as an adult. My childhood collection still safely ensconced in the vintage collection case.



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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/03/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    Loser. Be a big boy and get the 1/18s. I have one that even has leather upholstery. I try to go for less common ones. People always like to touch them/pick them up, which is ok, I guess, but what I find interesting is that even admittedly "non car" people are really intrigued by old models--cool design is cool design even if you don't "care" about cars.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    07/03/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    They say in the article that the cars are plastic, but from the fact that all the details including the windows are printed and the way some of them are dented, I'd bet money they're stamped metal. Attempt to be "artsy" = FAIL.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    07/03/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    This is an awful art installation. They used cheapie 99-cent store cars.
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    Image of JDcarguy1 JDcarguy1
    07/02/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    Tsk, tsk, tsk ... a faux-aficionado. I'm more than mildly disappointed. He/she hopefully will remain forever nameless, in shame. There are way too many duplicates for this to be a converted collection. Probably went to the local 5 and dime and bought whatever was in the discount bin. I can just hear them now "Oh, darn it, I need more red ones and they've only got 15 at this store. My entire color scheme will just be horrid! What time does Wal-Mart close?"
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    Image of vr6john vr6john
    07/02/09

    @JDcarguy1: not a hot wheel, matchbox or corgi among them...fail
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    07/02/09

    @vr6john: I have a nice little collection of quality die-cast (all Le Mans veterans) that I display in my office. It bums me out that, to the average person, this is exactly the same.
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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    07/02/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    I received most of my Matchbox/Hot Wheels collection from a much older friend, I gave my collection to a (then) 5-year old kid, assuming he would enjoy them as much as we did.


    But then of course, the Playstation came along...

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    Image of Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face
    07/02/09

    @Dhillaz drives a Chevrolet Taco:


    Matchbox cars.. v Playstation...


    Id rather imagine than be stuck in front of a tube..

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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    07/02/09

    @Tossed Accordtaco salad over Malibu: You can't really blame the kids of today: video games are just so advanced and amazing.


    Though it does make you wonder if our creativity is going down the drain. Even Lego has been dumbed down to the point you have 5 prefabricated pieces that you just stick together.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/02/09

    @Dhillaz drives a Chevrolet Taco: Lego geeks call those POOP: Piece Out of Other Pieces. I suspect part of it's laziness, and part of it's so it's less of a choking hazard. I was never dumb enough to choke on a fucking Lego, and I was known to take some of the tougher stuck bricks apart with my teeth. You tell me.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    07/02/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    I judge people who judge my collection of toy cars.
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    Image of Triborough Triborough
    07/02/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    What good are they if you can't play with them?
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    07/02/09

    @Triborough: That's what she said?
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    07/02/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    Why pack them all together like that?


    Missed opportunity to replicate a birds-eye view of gridlock traffic...

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    07/02/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    As hard as I squint, I still can't see the dolphin.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    07/03/09

    @smalleyxb122:


    [englishrussia.com]

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