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Post by JC Motors on Feb 7, 2013 21:14:00 GMT -5
Mud Trucks makes sense. Spectraflames makes sense (sometimes...GD 30th bodies = good, Cowboy = meh), Edge Glow...not so much. I don't mind the super-old releases because, well, Excaliber DOES look pretty sweet and Michigan Ice Monster runs the Bigfoot circuit, so it looks good in my display of those. Cowboy??? Some Spectrafames trucks make sense like the gold Black Stallion and Reptoid. What then and now sets do you own?
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Feb 7, 2013 23:50:31 GMT -5
Mud Trucks makes sense. Spectraflames makes sense (sometimes...GD 30th bodies = good, Cowboy = meh), Edge Glow...not so much. I don't mind the super-old releases because, well, Excaliber DOES look pretty sweet and Michigan Ice Monster runs the Bigfoot circuit, so it looks good in my display of those. Cowboy??? Some Spectrafames trucks make sense like the gold Black Stallion and Reptoid. What then and now sets do you own? I have eight of them...which I believe is all of them...King Krunch, Black Stallion, Predator, Virginia Giant, Samson, Grave Digger, Excaliber, and Sudden Impact. Here's the Cowboy truck...totally undeserving of the Spectraflames treatment. I have the Spectraflames version of this truck because I didn't pay close enough attention to notice it was as such.
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 8, 2013 0:24:05 GMT -5
Cowboy??? Some Spectrafames trucks make sense like the gold Black Stallion and Reptoid. What then and now sets do you own? I have eight of them...which I believe is all of them...King Krunch, Black Stallion, Predator, Virginia Giant, Samson, Grave Digger, Excaliber, and Sudden Impact. Here's the Cowboy truck...totally undeserving of the Spectraflames treatment. I have the Spectraflames version of this truck because I didn't pay close enough attention to notice it was as such. I never heard of Cowboy before. I have most of the then and now packs except for Sudden Impact. Do you have Suzuki?
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Feb 8, 2013 19:37:13 GMT -5
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 8, 2013 20:25:29 GMT -5
That's one of the many trucks I regret passing on Do you buy the Haulers?
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Feb 8, 2013 20:46:16 GMT -5
Nope, I can't justify spending that much on something I can't fit trucks in...other than the ones with Travel Treads, but I have very few of those, and only one or two in my collection have matching haulers out.
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 8, 2013 21:22:32 GMT -5
Nope, I can't justify spending that much on something I can't fit trucks in...other than the ones with Travel Treads, but I have very few of those, and only one or two in my collection have matching haulers out. I don't bother with haulers or travel treads. How good do the wheels stay on the travel treads trucks?
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Feb 9, 2013 4:18:21 GMT -5
Pretty good, the hardest part is popping the damn things on, the parts are TOO tight to pop off safely. Broke Iron Warrior's wheel off the axle completely trying to remove one.
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 9, 2013 18:34:00 GMT -5
Pretty good, the hardest part is popping the damn things on, the parts are TOO tight to pop off safely. Broke Iron Warrior's wheel off the axle completely trying to remove one. I was expecting them to be loose and come off easily. How many Grave Diggers do you have?
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Feb 9, 2013 20:57:18 GMT -5
Pretty good, the hardest part is popping the damn things on, the parts are TOO tight to pop off safely. Broke Iron Warrior's wheel off the axle completely trying to remove one. I was expecting them to be loose and come off easily. How many Grave Diggers do you have? Um...however many are shown in the picture with them all on the Boneyard Bash playset...plus...the Then and Now set, two other singles black 30th trucks, Sun-Uva Digger, the more-accurate GD The Legend, and the one that came with Crash Cage...I think that's all of them. I also have the Traxxas RC and the thing with the ramp that makes it flip around and crash into an RV (at least, that's the plan), but I don't use them for the official tally.
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 9, 2013 21:02:46 GMT -5
I was expecting them to be loose and come off easily. How many Grave Diggers do you have? Um...however many are shown in the picture with them all on the Boneyard Bash playset...plus...the Then and Now set, two other singles black 30th trucks, Sun-Uva Digger, the more-accurate GD The Legend, and the one that came with Crash Cage...I think that's all of them. I also have the Traxxas RC and the thing with the ramp that makes it flip around and crash into an RV (at least, that's the plan), but I don't use them for the official tally. The 1952 Ford Pickup from the Then and Now pack is the best one they made. They nailed it right down to the red primer paint
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Feb 9, 2013 21:43:21 GMT -5
I agree, though they embellished it a tad much...that particular Digger was a muddin' truck, the wheels (as seen when it drove through at the beginning of last year's World Finals encore) were small with paddle tires, not a full-blown monster truck.
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 9, 2013 22:20:48 GMT -5
I agree, though they embellished it a tad much...that particular Digger was a muddin' truck, the wheels (as seen when it drove through at the beginning of last year's World Finals encore) were small with paddle tires, not a full-blown monster truck. I heard the one at the world finals wasn't the original 1952 Ford. But the then truck beats the other 1952 Ford that they released before in the Evolution of Grave Digger 3 pack
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Feb 9, 2013 23:32:19 GMT -5
That was indeed the original...they just didn't restore it too well.
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 10, 2013 17:28:23 GMT -5
I went to work today and to my shock I finally found some 2013 trucks at the store I work at. I bought the new King Krunch and Maximum Destruction
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Feb 11, 2013 10:29:30 GMT -5
Is Max-D any different from the previous releases? I see a hint of a special logo on the back...
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 11, 2013 16:35:26 GMT -5
Is Max-D any different from the previous releases? I see a hint of a special logo on the back... I have no clue tbh. It has Tom Meents 10 Time World Champion on the roof. The back has a demon like face
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Post by Zincdust on Feb 12, 2013 13:33:49 GMT -5
Ugh. I knew that I should not have started buying these. I just knew it. I got my first one on a whim to set up a joke photo (about Batman finding out about my diet) on Superbowl Sunday: Of course, I had to have "just one more"... I bought Maniac the next day, because I liked the colors/paint/details: Next I was like "Oh look! This one is an older one, and comes with a little flag! Neat!": "Ooh, Reptoid has a neat scheme, also!" Of course, I have more coming via eBay now. EDIT: Oh yeah, plus I'd forgotten... Some of the Wal-Marts around these parts (SW Washington/NW Oregon) have the 2-packs for $3.50. That's right, two for cheaper than a single. Not sure if they're trying to make room for new stock or what, but you can bet that I took advantage of the only ones I could find so far: Northern Nightmare VS. Maximum Destruction, and Dragon's Breath VS. the Lucas Oil Crusader!
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 12, 2013 17:01:59 GMT -5
Ugh. I knew that I should not have started buying these. I just knew it. I got my first one on a whim to set up a joke photo (about Batman finding out about my diet) on Superbowl Sunday: Of course, I had to have "just one more"... I bought Maniac the next day, because I liked the colors/paint/details: Next I was like "Oh look! This one is an older one, and comes with a little flag! Neat!": "Ooh, Reptoid has a neat scheme, also!" Of course, I have more coming via eBay now. EDIT: Oh yeah, plus I'd forgotten... Some of the Wal-Marts around these parts (SW Washington/NW Oregon) have the 2-packs for $3.50. That's right, two for cheaper than a single. Not sure if they're trying to make room for new stock or what, but you can bet that I took advantage of the only ones I could find so far: Northern Nightmare VS. Maximum Destruction, and Dragon's Breath VS. the Lucas Oil Crusader! Once you start buying them you can't stop
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 15, 2013 12:08:00 GMT -5
I don't mean to double post but does anybody have any of the Tour Favorites 4 Packs? I have only seen them at off beat toy retailers and TRU and Kohl's. I'm curious to where was the weirdest place you found Monster Jam trucks for sale at? I would have to say a gas station mini mart
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