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Does anybody want to buy my old vacuum cleaner? Its just sitting around gathering dust.

I just watched a little bit about it over on CNBC. I actually cried a little.

In today's mail, I got Dragon Model's 1/400 pre-built Titan IIIC MOL Gemini Spacecraft w/Launch Pad. A beautiful model. Though a very small model, for what I consider big money. Is it worth it? I've thought about it for a few years now. In the end, I said yes. It's that nice.

NO! An important part of history is gone! Any word on how this started? I hope it was not a terrorist attack! I can't believe this has happened! ?

In today's mail: Monogram's 1:24 Mercedes 300 SLR "722." A model of the car Stirling Moss and David Jenkinson won the 1955 Mille Miglia. A beautiful car driven by one my all time favorite racing drivers.

Fun to see that these old kits survived after all of years. Very cool.

Very cool! Neat to see that these models survived, and now in good hands.

Two great additions to my reading library. Haynes also has one on Apollo 11, that they are putting out as a 50 Anniversary version. So I have that on preorder. I'm about half way through the Gemini book. I like it a lot. I've purchased several of these Haynes "Owners' Workshop Manuals" in recent years. I also have the ones for the Starship Enterprise, RMS Titanic, Ferrari 250 GTOs, and Ford GTs. I like them all a lot. I think I'll be be purchasing their manual on the X-15 spaceplane next.

A kid was upset that his baseball coach yelled whenever he or a teammate made a mistake. "It's just something coaches do," his mother told him. "It's not personal." His response was hard to argue with: "If it's not personal, then why do they use your name?"

I forgot to post these when I got them a few days ago. I love that box states that the Thunderbird included is a 1958 model. Sorry, it not a '58. It a '55. But, I knew that before buying it. So, I'm okay with it.

I'm glad to see Revell's stuff coming back. Even though the only kit I'm remotely interested in from the above is the '76 Chevy truck. I say remotely because if I remember correctly this kit can only be built as a modified pickup? And not anything close to stock. I hope I'm wrong on that. I'm looking forward to seeing what follows. Hopefully the rumored '57 Ranchero everybody, including myself, seems to want. I hope the rebooted Revell does very well in this country. It was sad to lose them for the short time we did. And I too am glad to hear Ed Sexton is back. I think he's done a great job with Revell in the recent past.

Just to let people know. I understand the "reality" of the situation. I just stated what I would like too see. Again, there really are only a few Japanese cars I'd like to see done as US spec version kits. And I'm not so sure the three cars I named would not be big enough sellers in this country to justify the tooling costs? They are: 1. Early 1st gen Toyota Celica. 1971 or '72. 2. The Toyota 2000GT. And 3. The Datsun 510. The vehicle I listed that I really never expect to see, because of those "realities" talked about. Is the 1970 - '72 Toyota HiLux pickup. But the other three? I think they might sell well enough in justify the costs. I hope the 240Z proves me right. Despite Revell's very nice 240Z, if this Japanese made version is of a street spec US car, I might be adding another 240Z to my collection. Im not a big fan of Japanese cars in general. They build great cars, that bore me. With the few exceptions above. There are only two other US spec Japanese cars, and one truck I want in scale form. The first gen Mazda RX-7. Taken care of through Revell. And the Subaru Brat. Soon to be taken care of through Round 2. The truck? The mid-'70s Datsun pickup. Again, already taken care of by Round 2. There might be a few others I could talked into. I do have the Mitsubishi built Dodge 50 in kit form.

1976 Chevy Sport pickup? I'll be very interested to see that, and what Revell may have done to it. How close to a stock Chevy truck can be built from this kits?

Okay. A few very cool things arrived on my front porch this afternoon. First a 1959 Chrysler salesmans price guide. In good shape, and very, very cool. Second two very old children's books published when I was a kid. Neither of which I had back then. But, they are Golden Books on two of my favorite subjects. So I figured I'd like them. And they were both in better condition than expected. Which is a nice little bonus. And then I also got one huge box. In it, something very cool. Dragon Models pre-assembled Boeing 747 cut away model. 1:144 scale, and modeled after the first 747 ever flown, "the City of Everett." In Boeing's house colors at the time. I've been thinking about adding this to my collection for a couple of years now. The question is were do I display it? I really have no good place in my house for it. Still it's so cool! I've always loved cut away and/or so called visible models, showing the insides of things. The kid in me wants to know how everything is laid out and works.

Went to a local hobby store this afternoon. Mainly to buy paint. But this also caught my eye. On their new products shelf they wanted $3.00 more than the ones on the regular model car kit shelves. Guess what I did? I saved the $3.00 of course. I did question in a friendly way about the price difference. They jokingly told me $3.00 kits were just better kits. One customer suggested that the kit cheaper had no glass. I hope he is wrong about that. The bottom of the box indicates it includes the glass. So I'm guessing he was joking too? Got to love smart aleck clerks and customers. And even more, saving even a small amount like $3.00. Plus another cool MoPar for my collection.

Looks great!

Not a US spec car. And that was point of my post. There are plenty of models RHD Fairlady Zs, Toyota Celicas and 2000GTs. Very few versions of US spec models. Cars that we could get in the US. The question is why? Or better yet, why not?

I wish the Japanese would do a few kits of their classic cars sold over here in U.S. spec form. The Datsun 240 is a good start. But, I'd really like to see a '71-'72 U.S. spec Toyota Celica. A left-hard drive Toyota 2000GT would be cool too. Two others I'd like to see. A '70-'72 Toyota Hi-lux pickup truck (my dad had one). And a stock, non racing, Datsun 510.

Looks cool. I like the idea.

More than 50 years! I like the present C7 better. Which is the first Corvette I've liked since 1973. The end of the chrome bumper Vettes. This mid engined one looks okay. And it's aimed at people who buy Corvettes. Which isn't me. Mid engine Corvettes. Hybrid Mustangs. The times they are a changing. I may or may not like it. I can do nothing about it, other than buy the Corvettes and Mustangs I do do like. If I can afford them. Sadly I can not. Oh well.

Here's an oldie: Why do hummingbirds, hum? Because they can not remember the words.

Two drums and a cymbal for off of a cliff.

In today's mail. I love these old kids kits. Missed this one when it first came out. I was too old for then. But now, as I've gotten younger, I can enjoy such things again.

Finally got Dr. Smith to give back the Robot's Power Pack. (Really the carpet monster, not Dr. Smith had it. Found it while walking barefoot in the area it fell.)

One night I paid $20.00 to see Prince. But I partied like it was $19.99.