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    I quit in 2009ish and came back in 2019ish. I get it.
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    The wife and I LOVED it. Binged it in a day. I'm a sucker for grifter stories.
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    I'm turning into one of the olds too. I can't read on a Kindle. I hate them.
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    I wish there were 3rd party metal frames for the PG's.
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    Who knows how advanced some of these scalpers are. I suppose it wouldn't be too hard to have a bunch of burners or even more than one number per phone.
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    Jeez. Seems like a lot of effort for lottery winners to be limited to one set and still find it's worth getting one to scalp. What are they making? $50? I'd wager if they clocked the exact amount of time it took them to enter the lottery. Follow up on it. Receive the package. List the item. Deal with the sale. Ship the item. And most importantly incur the risk of it getting damaged in shipping and having to deal with that.. They would have made more money going to work for the same amount of time. If they had 8+ sets you amortize your effort/risk and it makes more sense. Time is money.
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    Any info on what the purchase limit was?
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    I think it looks like someone puked up a Gundam. I can't even tell what is going on.
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    Arcadia VF-5000G

    sqidd replied to daBlah!'s topic in Toys

    It would have to be an organized mass influx of requests I would think. And I don't have Twitter.
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    Arcadia VF-5000G

    sqidd replied to daBlah!'s topic in Toys

    Does anyone know if Arcadia has a customer input portal? I'm thinking that a lot of us would like one of the different liveries. Maybe we should say something.
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    Batman is actually Satoshi Nakamoto!
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    No. Not at all. The Amazon series is going to be a insult to Tolkien and the world he created. I refuse to watch it.
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    The Jada Toys 1:18 just showed up. Pretty cool! I like the new Batmobile even more now. From the perspective of someone who has been building custom cars for 30yrs this thing is pretty neat and depending on what is in the "Frunk" (front trunk) it looks like a real car that could be built by a handy car builder (not Wayne Enterprises) and doesn't have anything going on that you would have to suspend belief to get. I could build this car. It looks like it's based on a 70' Dodge Charger (man, didn't they destroy enough of them for the Dukes of Hazard?). It's got a Chevy LS series motor in the back with twin turbo's. That's a combo that is easily capable of 1400hp. The exhaust/turbo piping routing is a little goofy and over done from a technical standpoint. But it looks cool. And you could absolutely do it that way. I'm not sure what they are going for with the "jet engine Batmobile" thing on the back of the motor. I can't think how that would be functional at all aside from bypassing the turbo's. But, we're talking about the Batmobike after all. It's going to have movie stuff. I personally would have mounted the turbo's behind the motor (having two "jet engines) and using the dump circuit as the flame makers. I'm looking at it from a hot rodders perspective though. Not a Hollywood car builders. The one thing I don't understand is what is under the Frunk. I hope they explain it in the movie. It has its own exhaust (the lit up part behind the front wheels). It would be bonkers crazy if that was a second motor up there and it was all wheel drive! If that's the case, holy crap. Hot rod nirvana! Oh, ya know. It could be an electric motor up front driving the front wheels too. The "exhaust" being routing for the heat exchangers???? That's more of a stretch than a internal combustion engine though. Anyway, I think it's super cool.Almost Mad Max Interceptor cool. And maybe the only reason it's not is that car is so iconic. From a technical standpoint the Batmobile is arguably cooler. I want one.
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    What happens is that it's running lean when revving like that (not enough fuel to be ignited, but some). You pump unburnt fuel into the exhaust until there is enough for ignition and then it ignites. Most of the time you see it on deceleration. The lingo for it is "Lean Popping". The EPA's emissions test loop/parameters don't test for it or take it into account. Actually there are a ton of situations where cars don't "pass emissions" that occur under normal driving conditions because they simply are not accounted for in testing. If there weren't there would be no such thing as supercars/big horsepower muscle cars/etc that make nearly the power they do able to pass emissions. The power out of modern high zoot cars is quite extraordinary. Well, Elon does like to poke Biden pretty hard on Twitter. He'll probably get Swatted soon. I mean, it's not as egregious as being a journalist and having a copy his daughter diary.........................but certainly skirting the threshold for getting your doors kicked in. Well, if we can suspend it for the Tumbler. I think we can suspend it for this.
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    Some not comic book cars blow flames out of the exhaust. This Lambo isn't even a turbo (which I think the new Batmobile is suggesting it is. I have to get a better look at it)). Turbo cars blow even more flames! Motorcycles blow all sorts of flames too.
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    Agreed. I wasn't very impressed with mine. Certainly not as much as its mythical status would lead you to believe. And no one seems to talk about it's terrible paint chipping problem.
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    There is only one light on the engine. It's the exhaust. Which flames can come out of.
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    A Moose rack is only 40lb. Even at 4x the size most 200lb men could carry that. Not forever of course. But carry it without issue. A big powerlifter/strongman would laugh at that much weight. I've got a powerlifter buddy who runs stairs with 120lb log on his shoulders.
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    I don't know why so many people love his movies. I'm not impressed at all.
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    Reacher The Boys Goliath Bosch Hannah The Grand Tour The Expanse The Tick Invincible Clarksons Farm Good Omens The Man In The High Castle Jack Ryan Carnival Row
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    Jada Toys 1:18 Batmobile
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    This is going to be a Star Wars size disaster. But worse.
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    LOL Mine is still in transit.
  25. sqidd
    Got it! Are there any more? Like up his butt or something? Thanks guys!!!
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