Business Dead Pool 2013

From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	10 Jan 2013 21:17
To:	koswix	17 of 101

40224.17 In reply to 40224.16
Oh bugger. I'll have Greece then. (I was going to select The Hermitage, a dire restaurant in Folkestone that served me rotten fish and then tasteless venison, but it appears that they also beat me to it!) bastard by name bastard by nature

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From:	Queeg 500 (JESUSONEEZ)	11 Jan 2013 16:43
To:	koswix	18 of 101

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Our Price Rumbelows Radio Rentals or Clinton Cards Barratts Peacocks There might be a few more polar bears wandering about the place if more people wanted them for breakfast

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From:	koswix	11 Jan 2013 19:43
To:	Queeg 500 (JESUSONEEZ)	19 of 101

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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	12 Jan 2013 18:29
To:	Manthorp	20 of 101

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Any particular reason for Hornby? A fond part of my childhood (original and current). I'd be sad to see them go. bastard by name bastard by nature

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From:	graphitone	12 Jan 2013 20:37
To:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	21 of 101

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Same here, I commandeered my Dad's shed as a child with a train set - lucky he was into it too. I fear they're losing ground to the digital alternatives, when you're up against the likes of this, suddenly playing with models loses all appeal. :\| Drawings n' that

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From:	Manthorp	12 Jan 2013 21:07
To:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	22 of 101

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I just figure that the hobby market - model trains not least -are declining fast, and being maintained by an ageing customer base. I wouldn't want to see them go either. "We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked." James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951 www.manthorp.co.uk

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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	12 Jan 2013 21:23
To:	graphitone	23 of 101

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quote: graphitone I fear they're losing ground to the digital alternatives, when you're up against the likes of this, suddenly playing with models loses all appeal. :\| Perhaps I need to play it, but I just don't understand how a virtual model could come close to the real life model. bastard by name bastard by nature

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From:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	12 Jan 2013 21:24
To:	graphitone	24 of 101

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnAMDg7IVWs , , , , , , , , , , `' (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) \* \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) ''`>-,--”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---- ,'.*''`

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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	12 Jan 2013 21:29
To:	Manthorp	25 of 101

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You're probably right, but it was actually my daughters (in particular 5 year old Emily, our Thomas obsessive) that got me back into it. bastard by name bastard by nature
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From:	johngti_mk-ii	12 Jan 2013 21:36
To:	graphitone	26 of 101

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I think kids like having something tangible, hence the popularity of proper Lego still. Virtual things lack something. Add THE VETOES to your myspace friends!!! Pretty please :D

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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	12 Jan 2013 21:37
To:	johngti_mk-ii	27 of 101

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I still prefer real board games. :{) bastard by name bastard by nature

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From:	Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)	12 Jan 2013 21:39
To:	Manthorp	28 of 101

40224.28 In reply to 40224.22
One interesting thing is that Airfix (owned by Hornby) seem to be doing well, at least as far as releasing new kits goes. My interest in building plastic kits was recently rekindled after about 15 years when Gaynor got me a Battlestar Galactica Viper a couple of Christmasses ago. While I'm not building them at the rate my teenage self did, I've done a few others since then, and found that somewhat inevitably there are vibrant, informative and irredeemably geeky online communities devoted to the subject. The general concensus is that most of the new kits that Airfix are releasing are very good indeed, and are competing well against the far east alternatives, not least because exchange rates mean that the prices of the big Japanese brands are getting ridiculous. I'm not sure if The Kids are buying them, but there seem to be plenty of middle-aged men with disposable income enough to buy multiple copies of the kits that interest them, and the time and inclination to spend hours arguing on the internet about the exact shade of sky blue used on the underside of Spitfires on July 17th, 1940. Kenny

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From:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	12 Jan 2013 22:36
To:	Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)	29 of 101

40224.29 In reply to 40224.28
I think I'd find building airfix kits kinda therapeutic. But I wouldn't know what to do with them once they were built. , , , , , , , , , , `' (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) \ \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) ''`>-,--”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---- ,'.*''`

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From:	patch	12 Jan 2013 22:44
To:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	30 of 101

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Delete them.

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From:	Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)	12 Jan 2013 22:48
To:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	31 of 101

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I can't decide whether suggesting just destroying them once you've built them would be sensible advice or not. Kenny

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From:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	12 Jan 2013 22:50
To:	Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)	32 of 101

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Seems a waste :( , , , , , , , , , , `' (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) \ \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) ''`>-,--”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---- ,'.*''`

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	12 Jan 2013 22:55
To:	patch	33 of 101

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From:	Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)	13 Jan 2013 01:23
To:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	34 of 101

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It is a waste, on the other hand, you don't end up having a shelf-load of dusty plastic things slowly getting bits knocked off them. When I was making models first time round, the shelves of models were a constant reminder that I should have been using my time to do more interesting things, so I kind of resented them. This time round, I've got plenty of other interesting things to be doing, so I don't feel resentful. Maybe there's some sort of compromise to be had where the shelf is actually a very slow-moving conveyor belt which takes a year to roll something from one end to the other, and there's a bin at the end of it. Kenny

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From:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	13 Jan 2013 02:18
To:	Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)	35 of 101

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That would be perfect :D , , , , , , , , , , `' (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) \ \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) ''`>-,--”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---- ,'.*''`

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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	13 Jan 2013 19:59
To:	Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)	36 of 101

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That would be about right, I think. bastard by name bastard by nature

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