11-29-2002, 10:54 PM
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TinyRC Pro
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: a sunny pLAce~
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i have has many people ask how much these things are... i also explain that its the "real" thing, not a clone etc etc...
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those are the people that never have heard of a thing called a "hobby"....
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i had a friend of mine tell me that buying these are a waste of time and money blahblahblahblahblah...  and i promptly told him to STFU cuz it was my HOBBY and that he should stop wasting his money on those dumb comic books.... 
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11-29-2002, 11:06 PM
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I'm 1337 r/c'er :)
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Oakville, Ontario
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god that question "how much lalalala" really bugs me, then the reaction like mtl stated, drives me crazy. I could go on with my friend's and their warhammer crap, no offense to anyone who plays it, i just find it pointless. warhammer a bunch of 40 dollar pieces of plastic that don't move on their own, that you have to paint and assemble and have an imaginary battle. That maybe a hobby but i don't understand how they can say bit's are pointless when warhammer is sort of along the same lines. I'm rambling, sorry.
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12-02-2002, 03:38 PM
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TinyRC Newbie
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: South Florida
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If find this thread very intresting, as with many of MTL's other posts.
$30 dollars to me isn't expensive for a fine piece of toy with function, specially an R/C toy. Actually, the price of these things and extras is part of the reason I'm into it now, being a somewhat poor college person, its rather affordable than other hobbies (spending $100+ on Neo Geo Carts, $200+ on airsoft) while allowing one to improvise as many people have done.
My mother agrees with me at least, she bought a Bit (under my suggestion) for my little cousin's Xmas present.
Guess some people just can't 'feel the magic' of little replicas.
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12-02-2002, 03:53 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Piksberg
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hell ive been buying stupid japanese things for years. more so since ive grown up and goten a job and could buy what i want.
i guess i thrive on shocking people with weird new things. try sitting on a bus playing tombraider on a pocketpc without drawing a crowd.
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12-02-2002, 04:08 PM
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TinyRC Newbie
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: South Florida
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I hear that. When I got a Wonderswan Color and whipped it out while sitting on a bench in front of a Babbages, I got some puzzled looks. The manager looked faint and wanted to buy it off me.
Me and my friend would terrorize this group of kids with mini airsofts when we were in high school years ago.
Japanese toys are the best man. 
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12-02-2002, 08:37 PM
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I really should change my title...
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Just about anyone who isn't already simpathetic to a hobby is going think anything more than $20 is a waste. I used to paint miniatures and that gets expensive, but it's fun. (Not to mention lucrative if you sell your spare painted minis.) Once you get far enough into a hobby you're going to disconnect from the majority.
People always ask questions when they see my computer. For some reason custom coloring and plexi windows are just foreign to most people. Not to mention water-cooling or a dozen fans in one machine. When you have love for the art you just do it because it feels good.
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12-02-2002, 09:24 PM
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the "too many tires" guy
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: San Jose, CA
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acceptible_risk i feel for that last statement.
I'm a computer nut as well, but now im moving towards quiet cooling, my dad was stunned when he heard i was considering evaporater equipment for my pc 
Just tired of my gaming rig sounding like the buisiness end of a jet turbine...
well either way my friends all think im nuts too with the stuff i do to them...ide raid...color match all my components, and my networking addiction....network printers, network palm pilot, now all i need is a networked beer
and dont even ask about hte mess of cables behind my desk, thats a story all of its own.....and its gonna get worse.....i got another machine coming in
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12-02-2002, 09:42 PM
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I really should change my title...
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Yeah, my last machine was a monster. She had one hell of a whine until I clocked her back down and added a switch-bus.
I've just recently gotten involved in watercooling, and I'm digging the silence.
It seems that's the way the community is going these days. Last year, the volume of your PC was a direct relation to your dedication/performance. Nowadays people seem to be willing to sacrifice a little performance or go to more "exotic" cooling methods for a nice quiet rig.
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12-03-2002, 02:18 AM
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www.d1gp.com
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: TX
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Quote:
Originally posted by hogjowlz
hell ive been buying stupid japanese things for years.
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heh i used to collect/buy alot of deluxe japanese anime action figures.....they were around $20-30 each....i have a whole desktop full of action figures...i stopped, becaue i got too lazy to dust them off, and clean them
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