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Taipan wrote: Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:39 pm I've got white crocs ftw! :thumbup:
No doubt with white Adidas socks :banana-dance:
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Yorick wrote: Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:55 pm
Taipan wrote: Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:39 pm I've got white crocs ftw! :thumbup:
No doubt with white Adidas socks :banana-dance:
And a genuine Louis Vitton manbag from Shein! :thumbup:
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gremlin wrote: Tue Oct 03, 2023 12:18 pm I had a pair of Oofos.

I liked them.

The dog liked them even more. :angry-cussingblack:


I then bought a pair of Birkenstocks. Mrs. Gremlin said if I ever wore them out she would disown me.
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One of these:
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to house one of these (the workbench not the bloke):
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to store my Ninja Woodfire, pizza oven and gas Weber grill and set it up as an outdoor kitchen, should be plenty of space for the gas bottle(s) and other garden clutter, but the key consideration is being able to cook within it / close by.
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Pick up a series 2 Land Rover tomorrow, test drive incoming

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Couchy wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:36 pm Pick up a series 2 Land Rover tomorrow, test drive incoming

That looks like an ice cream van 😋
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Looks more like a child's toy to me :p
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Couchy wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:36 pm Pick up a series 2 Land Rover tomorrow, test drive incoming

You should relax more Couchy....your spine will get hammered if you are too tense.....
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KungFooBob wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:38 pm Looks more like a child's toy to me :p
Grown up toy if it's anything like the RC Toyota that popped up on Instagram yesterday. Dunno how many ££s it was but the mechanisms underneath (diffs, props etc etc) looked pretty impressive.
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:42 am
KungFooBob wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:38 pm Looks more like a child's toy to me :p
Grown up toy if it's anything like the RC Toyota that popped up on Instagram yesterday. Dunno how many ££s it was but the mechanisms underneath (diffs, props etc etc) looked pretty impressive.
Check out this badboy... might be the same underpinnings as what you saw as they do Toyotas too. Incredible attention to detail – it's not an awful lot simpler than a real one, and they thoughtfully provide various parts so you can configure it to match your real one.

I want one real bad! Though they're the best part of 700 quid... and you need to add your own RC stuff, motor, batter, servo...

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Potter wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:45 pm
Count Steer wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:42 am
KungFooBob wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:38 pm Looks more like a child's toy to me :p
Grown up toy if it's anything like the RC Toyota that popped up on Instagram yesterday. Dunno how many ££s it was but the mechanisms underneath (diffs, props etc etc) looked pretty impressive.
My Tamiya Hornet had all that in the 80's, I keep meaning to buy another kit and build it just for nostalgia, but I think I'd put it away ten minutes after building it and then never get it out again.
See the one I linked to above - I love Tamiyas, but these are a million miles away.
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Slenver wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:58 pm
Count Steer wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:42 am
KungFooBob wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:38 pm Looks more like a child's toy to me :p
Grown up toy if it's anything like the RC Toyota that popped up on Instagram yesterday. Dunno how many ££s it was but the mechanisms underneath (diffs, props etc etc) looked pretty impressive.
Check out this badboy... might be the same underpinnings as what you saw as they do Toyotas too. Incredible attention to detail – it's not an awful lot simpler than a real one, and they thoughtfully provide various parts so you can configure it to match your real one.

I want one real bad! Though they're the best part of 700 quid... and you need to add your own RC stuff, motor, batter, servo...

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That looks likely. :thumbup: It's not just detail for detail's sake on those transmissions, as you say, it all appears to work like the real thing.

Gertcha wallet out I say! :D
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:08 pm That looks likely. :thumbup: It's not just detail for detail's sake on those transmissions, as you say, it all appears to work like the real thing.

Gertcha wallet out I say! :D
I'd love one, but cost aside, it would take me months to build I think. There are thousands of parts and the instruction manuals are like the bible.

Also, annoyingly, they do a truck cab option or an open top, but not one like mine which is an ex-army 109, so 2-door with a canvas top. There's a thriving facebook community though, and I did a guy who'd fabbed his own aluminium hoops and canvas!
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Potter wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:45 pm
Count Steer wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:42 am
KungFooBob wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:38 pm Looks more like a child's toy to me :p
Grown up toy if it's anything like the RC Toyota that popped up on Instagram yesterday. Dunno how many ££s it was but the mechanisms underneath (diffs, props etc etc) looked pretty impressive.
My Tamiya Hornet had all that in the 80's, I keep meaning to buy another kit and build it just for nostalgia, but I think I'd put it away ten minutes after building it and then never get it out again.
I sometimes think the same thing. I had a Hornet. Also acquired a Dakar 959 and the huge monster truck pick up thing at one point.
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Slenver wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:58 pm I want one real bad! Though they're the best part of 700 quid... and you need to add your own RC stuff, motor, batter, servo...
Tamiya Hilux kits are maybe £5-600? I thought they were cool but this thing you've linked to is light years ahead.

Bargain!
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ChrisW wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 6:48 pm
Slenver wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:58 pm I want one real bad! Though they're the best part of 700 quid... and you need to add your own RC stuff, motor, batter, servo...
Tamiya Hilux kits are maybe £5-600? I thought they were cool but this thing you've linked to is light years ahead.

Bargain!
Yeah, it's pretty crazy.
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Try them. You can thank me later! :thumbup:

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Taipan wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 6:44 pm Try them. You can thank me later! :thumbup:

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Sale at Horrible Fright this weekend. I will be adding another 44in to my 27+ linear feet of toolboxes.