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Friday, November 30. 2007

Evel Knievel: 1938 - 2007

Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, Jr.
October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007

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Holiday Auction Update

Next up is one that has come "close" a couple of times in 1/64 diecast, but it never had an official version: Jill's Nomad from Home Improvement

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Thursday, November 29. 2007

Holiday Auction Update

The next reveal in this year's holiday Auction is the "Mirthmobile" Pacer from Wayne's World:

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KITT is a Shelby GT500KR

We got a reveal of KITT from the upcoming Knight Rider TV series by way of Ain't it Cool News and Jalopnik today:

For anyone who remembers Team Knight Rider, this won't be the first time Knight Industries used a Mustang (though Domino was a female drop-top custom in bright red, and KITT here is going to be a Shelby GT500KR in no-nonsense black). According to AICN, KITT will also have some shape-shifting abilities (a la Viper?).

Should be interesting, I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this project.

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Tuesday, November 27. 2007

Holiday Auction Update: Esprit #2

Here's number two of six, the garishly painted Lotus Esprit from the Clint Eastwood/Charlie Sheen classic The Rookie:

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Monday, November 26. 2007

2007 Holiday Auction News

It's been quiet around here, but that's because I've been working on this year's holiday auction cars. Yep, plural...six to be exact.

This year will be a bit of a repeat from the 2005 auction of 1/64 TV & movie cars, but with a whole new set of famous vehicles that are otherwise unavailable in 1/64. So keep watching this space, because new cars will be added here throughout the week as we close out November.

First up is James Garner's ride from The Rockford Files:

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Monday, November 19. 2007

1/64 Bumblebee Custom on eBay

In the interest of raising some cash for an upcoming project, I've placed my 1/64 Movie Bumblebee custom on eBay. I did this a little while ago, starting around the time I did my 1/24 version, though I never got around to adding it to the site., Still, I thought he turned out pretty well, and the box is a prototype of some possible future projects.

You can bid on him here.

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Sunday, November 18. 2007

Guest Gallery Update

Modeler Bob has sent in another new model, this time it's a supercharged fire engine that should have no problem getting there in short order. You can see the photos here.

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Thursday, November 15. 2007

Ghostbusters 2008

OK, so I know this is old news for a lot of people, but I just found out about this today. ZootFly is working on a video game version of Ghostbusters scheduled for 2008, and among the pormotional material for the game has been this image (and a few screenshots) of the Chrysler 300-inspired Ectomobile:

Looks like it's time to hit Big Lots and get another cheap AMT 300 kit.

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Wednesday, November 14. 2007

Transformers Movie News

Two interesting bits of Transformers news today. First, courtesy of HollywoodReporter.com:

"From the outset, GM was thrilled with the starring roles that director Michael Bay orchestrated for four of its vehicles in his summer blockbuster "Transformers" despite some media and blogger criticism that the integrations went too far and basically served as commercials for the carmaker.

"Now with the release of market research data from GM on the impact of its placement in the film, it appears there was indeed little consumer backlash against the integrations, which were widely considered among the highest profile and most significant film roles for an auto manufacturer, or any advertiser, for that matter.

"According to the market research, Autobot Bumblebee, who spent much of the film as a Chevy Camaro, was the film's favorite character, beating out real-life stars Shia LeBeouf and Megan Fox and even Autobot leader Optimus Prime. Ninety-four% of moviegoers surveyed rated their opinion of Bumblebee as excellent or very good, compared with 91% for Optimus Prime, 83% for LeBeouf, 82% for Fox and 69% for Jazz, Ratchet and Ironhide -- played by a Pontiac Solstice, a Hummer H2 and a GMC Topkick, respectively, that transform into Autobots."

Read the full article here

...and second, courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes:

"Michael Bay went through the wringer with the fanboys on Transformers. He addressed every concern -- early designs, scripts, remaining faithful to the source material -- and delivered a movie that won over most audiences, grossing nearly $320 million in America alone. But with Transformers 2 in development, Bay isn't taking any more lip service.

"'One thing I do know is I know how to screw them up more,' said Bay. 'We're going to leak a lot of false information all over the place. I now know their game. They're going to get a lot of script treatments that they think are going to be the script. They will never see the script. We've got scripts and treatments written up that we're going to leak. No one's going to know.'"

Read the full article Here

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