Toy Envy Gets Worse

( And this time I'm TREAD underfoot )

It's the two fighter jets that can transform to robot mode or combine into one huge jet, in Mospeada, better known as the third part of the Robotech TV series.

Writer's Block: My First Car

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Officially (as in, it was bought for me to use) a 1980 AMC Concord station wagon.

Shaped like this ( Owner's Manual Picture Behind Cut: )

But mine was fire-engine red with a beige interior.

It survived three fender-benders over about a three or four years of service in my hands, but on the weekend of the Pan Am bombing (yes, I remember that time very vividly) the transmission failed and left me stranded in Clearwater for an afternoon. When the replacement tranny was put in, I didn't care for the result, and so I handed the car to my brother, got the Tercel (which also lasted a good long time) and moved on.

Another Notation I Need To Set For Myself

Sento Yousei Shojo Mave-chan.

This May Not Necessarily Be Darwin Award Material, But...

( Civil War cannonball kills Virginia relic collector )

A frikkin' SEVENTY-FIVE pound Navy cannon shell!? I consider that to be Palladium Mega-Damage scale...as in, if it goes off, the victim gets NO SAVES! Your typical Iraqi IED is smaller than that! I wouldn't touch a found shell of that size even if it was Napoleonic--I'm fairly sure they did have guns back then capable of firing such monster shot.

FP (who keeps his toys at a more reasonable size and firepower)