Interior/Exterior Fireballed! APR JETWING! (?)
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From: Wilmington, NC
Originally Posted by ImagoX
Even if that's true (and who knows if it is), that just proves PT Barnum's theory of a sucker being born every minute, but it still doesn't make it a good product. Hopefully, you're not hoping people will look at your product in 6 months and say "Jeez, remember whan crap like THAT was all the rage?" 
I was too broke to afford one so I (literally) took a string and some pocket lint, glued eyeballs to them and named them. They lived happily in a matchbox for many years. I bet if I dug far enough in my storage unit they're still cuddled up together! 
I still want a pet rock...a pink one with a little jolly roger tattoo
(call me SuckerStoo)
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From: Greensboro, NC
Originally Posted by ImagoX
It looks from the first pics that it more or less follows the contour via angled bends rather than a smooth curve:
If you look closely you can see the light's reflection in the underside of the wing... the upper edge of the light on a hard top (if I remember right - I have a Cabrio personally) is curved IIRC while the leading edge of the wing here is STRAIGHT. But, at least the two angled, forward-sweeping angles outside of the brackets visually tie the wing in with the curve of the backside. The best LOOK would be a curved leading edge on the wing, but I don't know what the performance trade-offs for something like that would be - I assume they made the leading edge straight for a performance-related reason, but I may be wrong (I admit I'm not in-touch with the "big wing" aesthetic, being yet another "conservative old fart".)
PS - not to hijack the thread, but I saw this in Toys 'R Us yesterday, BoCRon and thought off you - you NEED this on your dashboard! :
If you look closely you can see the light's reflection in the underside of the wing... the upper edge of the light on a hard top (if I remember right - I have a Cabrio personally) is curved IIRC while the leading edge of the wing here is STRAIGHT. But, at least the two angled, forward-sweeping angles outside of the brackets visually tie the wing in with the curve of the backside. The best LOOK would be a curved leading edge on the wing, but I don't know what the performance trade-offs for something like that would be - I assume they made the leading edge straight for a performance-related reason, but I may be wrong (I admit I'm not in-touch with the "big wing" aesthetic, being yet another "conservative old fart".)
PS - not to hijack the thread, but I saw this in Toys 'R Us yesterday, BoCRon and thought off you - you NEED this on your dashboard! :
Less of this...just my 02 cents...
Of course, I understand laying up a whole new wing section just for the Mini isn't considered necessary...But obviously, that won't stop me
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From: Cherry Log, Georgia USA
Originally Posted by ImagoX
PS - not to hijack the thread, but I saw this in Toys 'R Us yesterday, BoCRon and thought off you - you NEED this on your dashboard! :
ImagoX, I can't see the pic but I'm guessing it's of the new El Kabong action figure. I've been waiting for months for this to come out!!! You actually saw one in Toys R Us???? Guess I should call the one near me and go buy 'em out!
There is also a bobblehead bank coming out in October, my husband can't stop rolling his eyes at my excitement.
Annette
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From: Wilmington, DE
Originally Posted by ImagoX
Even if that's true (and who knows if it is), that just proves PT Barnum's theory of a sucker being born every minute, but it still doesn't make it a good product. Hopefully, you're not hoping people will look at your product in 6 months and say "Jeez, remember whan crap like THAT was all the rage?"
But probably not. I think making a good product is what motivates most of us. And it's the products that we're personally proud of, not the ones that necessarily make the most money, that are the most satisfying.
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From: Burning-Ham Alabama
Sorry imagox, but I think that the pet rock made millions of people just a tiny bit happier. . . Things that make people happy are good products.
and now back to our regularly scheduled product bashing and praising. . .
and now back to our regularly scheduled product bashing and praising. . .
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From: Infinity and beyond
Originally Posted by MSFITOY
Ok...I take back what I said about HIN having watched Nopi on Speed tonight...who can argue against Hot Babes and High HP together I feel like 27 again
I feel like 27 again
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From: SoCal (562)
Originally Posted by MSFITOY
Ok...I take back what I said about HIN having watched Nopi on Speed tonight...who can argue against Hot Babes and High HP together I feel like 27 again
I feel like 27 againThought I was gonna have a heart attack.
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From: Indy
Originally Posted by MSFITOY
Ok...I take back what I said about HIN having watched Nopi on Speed tonight...who can argue against Hot Babes and High HP together I feel like 27 again
I feel like 27 again
.realized after a minute that i'd better TiVo it and watch later b4 i got in trouble for drooling instead of listening.
yowza, to be 21 again...
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From: all over Socal
Originally Posted by MSFITOY
awww...isn't this cute? Is this what we were talking about? Da bunny so cuuuuute!
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