Trust me, Boys and Girls, Harleys do not win arguments with SUVs.
For any of you kindred spirits out there, please wear a full coverage
helmet. Not one of those walnut shell things you see on the heads
of all those macho maniacs with the loud mufflers. At any rate the
time I have been shall we say, laid up, has given me cause to reflect on
this madness we call a hobby.
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I Give UP
(maybe)
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I went out the other day and was looking at the plethora of cars
on the rack at a local "T" store. What was hanging there bothered
me. I mean the little cars were pretty and all but the only thing
I noticed that was missing was the "Series" series. Now I understand how
fun it is to collect all this stuff.....I really do. And to put sequential
numbers on them was pure marketing genius. That means you have to
have one of each number to have one of each (plus variations) so maybe
you have 7 number 20xx's. Another brilliant strategy to have 4 different
plants produce the same car....let's
see now gotta have 1 of each base plus one of each variation........gee
I have 11 number 20xx's. Know what really gripes me? I buy
a set of 4 cars that make up the "Atom Smasher" series and one of those
neat little set holder things to hang on my wall with the "Newtonian Dynamics
of Particle Acceleration" series only to discover that there are variations
in the Neutron, Orbiter and Quark cars. So now I don't have a simple
4 car set anymore...AAAARRRGGGHHHHHHHHH. I buy the "Moon to Mars"
set because it has the Neutron, Orbiter, Quark and 57 Chevy in it.
That costs me $39.99. The same 4 cars, separately, off the rack,
are $0.92 each for a total of...the math escapes me but it's a whole lot
less than $39.99. Boy was I played the goof for some plastic and
paint. So here is what I am going to do (maybe). Collect one
of each casting and leave the others alone (maybe). Think about it
. Have Fun
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MOSES