Oh Boy, New Toys!!!

funke · Post by **funke** » Mon May 17, 2021 12:47 pm

Home becomes dangerous with so many vehicles :haha4:

Mr Franz · Post by **Mr Franz** » Mon May 17, 2021 4:35 pm

funke wrote:Home becomes dangerous with so many vehicles

Tell me about it! The one saving grace is, they can't easily get at them without help.

Wolferich · Post by **Wolferich** » Tue May 18, 2021 1:52 am

Great parking garage for your vehicles, there you can provide peace and quiet. But don't the poor have their own bed, so they have to sleep in their cars?

Mr Franz · Post by **Mr Franz** » Tue May 18, 2021 2:11 am

Wolferich wrote:Great parking garage for your vehicles, there you can provide peace and quiet. But don't the poor have their own bed, so they have to sleep in their cars?

It's actually an improvement, the 1/6's usually sleep in a box!

DEXTER645 · Post by **DEXTER645** » Tue May 18, 2021 5:44 am

loved this post...it's nice to see that we don't simply define ourselves as " doll owners", it's only a part of who we are..i also enjoy my " boy toys".

Mr Franz · Post by **Mr Franz** » Tue May 18, 2021 3:59 pm

Indeed!

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...and some of those toys are bigger than others!

Post by **Misty38UCI** » Tue May 18, 2021 5:44 pm

Cutie and a Corvair;)

Mr Franz · Post by **Mr Franz** » Tue May 18, 2021 6:22 pm

Misty38UCI wrote:Cutie and a Corvair;)

Yeps! That's Jhipri with my everyday ride. viewtopic.php?f=64&p=1670951#p1670951

Her and her cohort, Ji Woo borrow it from time to time.

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gogodolls · Post by **gogodolls** » Tue May 18, 2021 6:51 pm

Mr Franz wrote:

I've always loved eyeing a pretty woman in an ultra mini skirt trying to get into a car with dignity!

Cheers!

Wolferich · Post by **Wolferich** » Wed May 19, 2021 1:42 am

Will there be another trip with Jhipri and Ji Woo?

Mr Franz · Post by **Mr Franz** » Wed May 19, 2021 2:04 am

Me too, gogodolls!

Ya never know, Wolferich. They have multiple conveyances now! :drinking:

Mr Franz · Post by **Mr Franz** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:22 pm

Got myself a Bratz Doll Cruiser for Christmas! I've been wanting one of these for a while now. Lots of high priced examples offered on eBay, but most quite used and abused. But low and behold, the company decided to do a 20th year anniversary reissue and as luck would have it, I found a seller on eBay practically giving them away! It's just like the original except it doesn't have a working radio. Door and boot do still open and the lights still turn on though. Amazing the detail in this thing. The steering wheel actual turns the front wheels! It's really a quality build. Much better than Barbie cars.

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Now just like Barbie cars, these are really under-scaled. Even worse since Bratz dolls are over an inch shorter. They'd be even smaller if not for their oversize heads. As such Barbies look absolutely ridiculous behind the wheel of Bratz cars. My Barbie Beetle, though shorter, practically dwarfs this thing. In fairness, Barb bugs are something of an anomaly scale wise, with length matching 1:10, but height closer to 1:8 to accommodate 1:6 dolls. Knew that going in though.

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The reason I got the Bratz cruiser, there are a number of YT videos showing this actual model being used with 6 inch action figures, claiming Bratz cars are 1:12 scale. Well, they're not. You can clearly see in the vids 6 inch figures are too small for it. After watching a few of them, I had a hunch this car might be as large as 1:9 scale and I was right. Say... that's the size of Mego and Neca 8 inchers.

Hmmm... Can you just hear the rusty wheels turning in my head?

ShadowFun · Post by **ShadowFun** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 9:11 pm

Mr Franz wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:22 pm Hmmm... Can you just hear the rusty wheels turning in my head?

Sure can!

Man… my own recent blundering headlong into the world of RC cars has made me crazy about what they call “scale”

Hope you find some cuties to drive it!

Mr Franz · Post by **Mr Franz** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:17 pm

ShadowFun wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 9:11 pm
Mr Franz wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:22 pm Hmmm... Can you just hear the rusty wheels turning in my head?
Sure can!

Man… my own recent blundering headlong into the world of RC cars has made me crazy about what they call “scale”

Hope you find some cuties to drive it!

Man besides dolls, I just love cars. Built countless 1:25 scale model's as a kid, still have some of them and later wrenching on the real thing. Well, I'm no longer physically able to work on the real thing. I sorely miss that and I have trouble seeing the 1:25's small pieces anymore. So, dollie cars it is.

the living tribunal · Post by **the living tribunal** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 2:44 am

Great stuff though; nice to see you having fun

Even as a kid I suffered from poor hand-eye co-ordination and could never make scale model kits work; so it was LEGO as a kid, then when I grew up and computers became available, my artistry became video game levels and mods, as the editing software does the physical placement for you; and of course doll photography (though make-up is still a bitch)