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derspiess

#6810
March 15, 2011, 02:10:19 PM
For his third birthday I got my kid one of these remote control tanks: http://www.meritline.com/rc-battling-tank-set-blue---p-64022.aspx



IIRC I paid like $22 shipped.  Anywho, I had no flippin' clue how fun this thing would be, nor that you could set up two to fight against each other using the IR transmitter/sensor.

So I ordered another when it went on sale & we've been battling it out on my hardwood floor (I let him win most of the time).  Thought I had a video on my phone to post but I can't find it.  In any case, it's an awesome toy for all ages :)
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Josquius

#6811
March 15, 2011, 02:19:56 PM
Sounds cool. Especially for the price.
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Razgovory

#6812
March 15, 2011, 02:34:22 PM
What is that?  A Merkava?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Caliga

#6813
March 15, 2011, 02:34:59 PM
OSSUM.  I think I'll buy one to torture my dog with. :cool:
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Habbaku

#6814
March 15, 2011, 02:37:26 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 15, 2011, 02:34:22 PM
What is that?  A Merkava?

Leopard II.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

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-J. R. R. Tolkien

derspiess

#6815
March 15, 2011, 04:02:51 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on March 15, 2011, 02:37:26 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 15, 2011, 02:34:22 PM
What is that?  A Merkava?

Leopard II.

Yeah, and it even comes with a little MG3 you can mount for the loader.  I thought it was a Merkava until I opened the box.

The tracks work independently, hence the dual sticks on the controller.  Took some coaching to get Tommy to figure that out.  The turret rotates kind of slow so you really only use it for fine-tuning your aim.

But the functional detail is impressive.  It has a speaker that adds track noise and the tank shakes when you fire the main gun as if it were recoil.  Plus the machinegun sounds cool when you fire it.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

The Brain

#6816
March 15, 2011, 04:07:16 PM
Doesn't it cement traditional gender identities as well? :)
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Malthus

#6817
March 15, 2011, 04:10:26 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 15, 2011, 04:07:16 PM
Doesn't it cement traditional gender identities as well? :)

Not if the kid ends up humping the tank.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

garbon

#6818
March 15, 2011, 04:22:48 PM
Quote from: Malthus on March 15, 2011, 04:10:26 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 15, 2011, 04:07:16 PM
Doesn't it cement traditional gender identities as well? :)

Not if the kid ends up humping the tank.

True although I'm not sure that such sexual fetishism has anything to do with gender identity formation. :lol:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Ed Anger

#6819
March 15, 2011, 06:39:59 PM
From my survivalist friend:

http://www.radiationnetwork.com/

He is in full paranoia mode.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

jimmy olsen

#6820
March 15, 2011, 06:48:08 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 15, 2011, 02:10:19 PM
For his third birthday I got my kid one of these remote control tanks: http://www.meritline.com/rc-battling-tank-set-blue---p-64022.aspx


IIRC I paid like $22 shipped.  Anywho, I had no flippin' clue how fun this thing would be, nor that you could set up two to fight against each other using the IR transmitter/sensor.

So I ordered another when it went on sale & we've been battling it out on my hardwood floor (I let him win most of the time).  Thought I had a video on my phone to post but I can't find it.  In any case, it's an awesome toy for all ages :)
Wow, I wish I had one of those when I was a kid.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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jimmy olsen

#6821
March 15, 2011, 06:48:30 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 15, 2011, 02:34:59 PM
OSSUM.  I think I'll buy one to torture my dog with. :cool:
Monstrous!  :mad:
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Caliga

#6822
March 15, 2011, 06:49:27 PM
If you think that's monstrous, you're gonna love my latest Libyan thread post. :homestar:
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Josquius

#6823
March 15, 2011, 06:52:29 PM
I love the Taiwanese news, here's their report on George R R (why two Rs? It like a weak tiger sound? rr) Martin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G6QyXl6d2M&feature=player_embedded
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Razgovory

#6824
March 15, 2011, 07:04:39 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on March 15, 2011, 02:37:26 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 15, 2011, 02:34:22 PM
What is that?  A Merkava?

Leopard II.

I thought a Leopard II had seven road wheels.  That one has six.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017
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