From: flyn3nvt@adelphia.net
Date: Fri Nov 05 2004 - 13:52:12 PST
Ronzo,
I too have seen this and am fully aware of your situation!!! I though was able to leave the store without it. Due to the fact that I have been too busy playing with my two UH-1's and M-60 tank from 21st century!!! But that was last yr!!! So after seeing the link and the movies, I am going to walmart to find it!!!! You bring yours to the VT show and I'll bring mine to Weare. I'll dawn my leather flying helmet and my tape of "Kelly's Heros" and we will invade the campers tents!!!
Woof woof!
Jeffinvt
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> From: "Ron" <rojoha@adelphia.net>
> Date: 2004/11/05 Fri PM 12:48:44 EST
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: [MV] Savage HMV Amusement for the coming cold weather
>
> Went into Wal Mart for saw chain (no joy) to get rid of a dead tree swaying
> ominously over where I park my deuce and while wandering out passed a series
> of aisle displays, one of which brought me up short. With Christmas coming,
> they are dumping out the toys in HUGE pallet displays. I ignored the 1/8th
> scale RC H2's and Escalades and Snowmobiles, but 'Wait!!! What the hell is
> that?'...
> Approximately 20 or so Ultimate Soldier 1/6th scale RC M5 Stuart
> tanks!!! They are HUGE! Box weighs about 25 lbs or so, awkward as heck to
> flip around to read the info on the sides.
> They all were painted in a dirty splashed sand/mud pattern (rather
> unattractive I thought). They have a 'Hedge Hog' cutter on the front of the
> hull that is removable. But DAMN...they sure do look REAL! I then wandered
> back towards the toy section (DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER!!!) to see what
> other items they had. Turns out that Wal Mart has a private brand label made
> by 21st Century toys called Motorworks. But all the WWII Ultimate Soldier
> branded M5s were in the 'ugly' dirt paint scheme. But off in a corner under
> a bunch of other Motorworks and 21st Century boxes, I spied a Motorworks box
> the same size as the 21st Cent Tank boxes. Moving some stuff out of the way,
> I found a Green Stuart! Box was a bit beat up, so I hunted down a clerk and
> asked if they had another one that wasn't so 'beat up', she wandered away
> and came back and said that was the only one they had in green. Knowing full
> well that the wife would pitch a fit if I ever bought a model this big, and
> this expensive ($149.99), I slowly walked away. And 3 minutes later,
> inexplicably found myself back in front of this box. What the heck?????
> Walked away again and.... back at the box again, ala Bill Murray in Ground
> Hog Day! After the 30th or so repetition I realized that if I bought it and
> that allowed me to leave the damned store, I could have her return it when
> she threatened divorce. No Problemo!
> Wrestled it onto the cart (TOO BIG to fit in the cart!) and proceeded
> towards the checkout, knocking stuff off the shelves and hitting folks
> because the box is about 2.5 feet wide. No complaints from anyone though.
> Could have been the moronic grin and drool.....
> Some time later I find myself in the driveway (don't know how) and
> decide to leave the 'thing' in the back of the truck. Booting up the 'puter,
> I google the puppy and find this site:
> http://www.21stcenturytoys.com/products/M5_RC_Tank.html
> and click on a couple of the movies....biiiiggggg mistake.
> So being a stand up family guy, realizing that there is no need for a
> guy my age to require a toy like this, I followed the advice of the voices
> in my head (kinda sounds like James Earl Jones talking to Luke) and did what
> any of you guys would do in a situation like this. I took it out and hid it
> in the barn. Right beside the 21st Century 1/6th scale White Scout Car. And
> the P51, and the other stuff that only comes out when the wife and kids go
> to another state for a family visit and a couple of other addicts, errr,
> enthusiasts I know come over and play, in a tactical, reenactment, sorta way
> with the ....well, you get the idea. Probably as close to functional armor
> as I'll ever get.
> I can quit this hobby any time I want to. It don't got a hold of me. No
> sir, no way, no how! We can get by on day old bakery products and potted
> beef. If they want fresh meat, let em catch chipmunks, or trap mice under
> the drivers seats of the M35 or M37....
>
> Help me Obi Wan.....
> Ronzo the Unrepentant
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