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Im a collector maniac ... now im into 1/6 scale Military weapons and figures.
Anyway , my first "scale figure " arrived today from the states ... USMC rifleman (Afghanistan ) amazing detail .... spooky really.
So i get him all unpacked and dressed .... one of the girls spotted it and said "what a cute doll " ...... cute!! ..... doll !!.... I tried to explain that this is indeed a highly detailed scale replica of a current combat solider ..... then another one came home and #1 couldn't wait to tell her "martys got a doll "
Their rent just went up , and Im hiding in my room .

Jim is NOT a doll ....... dont even go there Ian I retract all those things i said about the thunder birds , their real mate.

Its actual name isnt Ken is it ahaha ,..sorry Marty...just..couldn't..resist

Adrian Brausch wrote:

QUOTE (Adrian Brausch @ Jul 9 2014,7:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Its actual name isnt Ken is it ahaha ,..sorry Marty...just..couldn't..resist

Nope it's even better than Ken...

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jul 9 2014,12:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Jim is NOT a doll ....... dont even go there Ian I retract all those things i said about the thunder birds , their real mate.

Marty ... All I can say is ..... We need a serious sit down and talk , before ya go all Dolly on me !

Ignore them Marty, I'm with you on this one.

I got blown away by the details of some of the figures out there. If I may suggest, have a look at these videos (I'm a big fan of this guy, he's a true World of Tanks guru). His "man-cave" collection is pretty awesome, and he does the full un-boxing to showcasing thing.

Dan

Dan , next time ya in Christchurch - look me up!

I'll get back to this working some really weird hours at the moment ..... but I'll be back , when i sort out what day it is

Mmm there awesome aye.... i find my self collecting and making WW2 tanks, Aircraft and infantry diorama's..... In between work of course..

It's alright i got hasseled bout my model making and collecting.......

Yob wrote:

QUOTE (Yob @ Jul 10 2014,11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It's alright i got hasseled bout my model making and collecting.......

Riccarton Racecouse venue at the end of this month will suit you to the ground, except there a big stretch of pond to cross to get here ... get hasseled ... Arrr , they are just jealous

Yob wrote:

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Mmm there awesome aye.... i find my self collecting and making WW2 tanks, Aircraft and infantry diorama's..... In between work of course..

It's alright i got hasseled bout my model making and collecting.......

Hah nah EJ , Marty knows we are only in jest,...called ribbing a mate..as mates it is our obligation to poke a bit of humour ,..he knows we love him like a brother .

AB

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jul 10 2014,8:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'll get back to this working some really weird hours at the moment ..... but I'll be back , when i sort out what day it is

I was going to say that the work will help fund your fetish, however I"ll withdraw that remark.....

Ok .... im back
AB is that your "Ken" ? come on big fella ... let it out ...
@ Dan ... cheers dude.
@ Ej .... no problem , these buggers love something different ..... and buggers they are
@ Owen ..... he's the man (G.I Joe) .
@Ian ..... the thunderbirds are real mate ..... yep .... alive and living the high life in a Florida rest home .... really
@ Bazza ..... your getting to know me ..... that concerns me a little


Anyway , all's good .... Im comfortable with my new interest , i seem to have a new every week .... but thats good.
I haven't been around much due to work . Ive been working on a demo site that was a bit sensitive , so most of the initial work had to be done late at night , out of the public eye as much as possible. Its down now , but the clean up has a time frame , so its been 13-15 hour days since last saturday ..... today was day 12 in a row i think , next day off is sunday thank goodness.

Ive been shouted at , had a brick thrown at me , called a vandal, ..... and Im only there doing the site safe stuff..... ahhhh, emotions run high in the shaky city. But if it cant be fixed within a budget , and its a health and safety risk ..... sorry , a 50 ton high reach with jaws will sort it out real fast .

And , just to finish ....... its not a doll

Hope you threw the brick back...

omitchell wrote:

QUOTE (omitchell @ Jul 11 2014,6:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hope you threw the brick back...

Not allowed to , just smile and walk away .... and kick the cr@p out of a protester doll (did i say doll ?)

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jul 11 2014,7:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Not allowed to , just smile and walk away .... and kick the cr@p out of a protester doll (did i say doll ?)

I smile and walk away after the brick is returned air mail...

Going to crash now ..... back at it at 0600.
Happy Birthday

omitchell wrote:

QUOTE (omitchell @ Jul 11 2014,5:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I smile and walk away after the brick is returned air mail...

Thats sounding like me...........

I've actually done some research on gender bias in the field of simulation. I'll share some of my conclusions here, as they might be relevant.

Dolls and flight are actually gender equivalents, males prefer the technical aspects of aviation, and females prefer the social aspects of doll-making and collecting. So a doll is a person simulator.

The best place to be for a well-balanced life is to be somewhere in the middle of the scale, although it is normal to be somewhat skewed towards the preferences of your own gender. So if you graphed the love of dolls and flight simulators for each gender, the healthiest place to be on the graph is clustered around the 75% point for your gender group.



Co-incidentally, the y-axis of the bell curve also represents your chances of getting laid.

Remember, though, that most of the range can be considered 'normal'. In fact, it would be quite normal, and healthy, if Marty's action figure liked to relax after a hard stretch in the wastelands of Afghanistan by putting on a nice black dress and some high-heeled pumps which showed off his muscular calves, and made him feel pretty.

That's a couple of good points you made there, Rob....

boobie's lol