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DIECAST Collectible
Model Cars And More
| Item# |
Description |
Stock
Status |
| GU17614 |
Guiloy - Indian Chief 348 Motorcycle (1948, 1:10, Red) GU17614 |
New |
| GU17650 |
Guiloy - Indian Chief 348 Motorcycle (1948, 1:10, Black/ Red) GU17650 |
New |
| L7130 |
Mattel Elite Batman - TV Series Batmobile (1966, 1:18 scale diecast model, Black) L7130 |
New |
| MO50039 |
Mondo Motors - Lamborghini Concepts Convertible (1:18 scale diecast model, Cream) MO50039 |
New |
| MO50040 |
Mondo Motors - Lamborghini Reveton Hard Top (1:18 scale diecast model, Charcoal Black) MO50040 |
New |
| MO50041BK |
Mondo Motors - Maserati Gran Turismo Hard Top (1:18 scale diecast model, Black) MO50041BK |
New |
| MO50041CM |
Mondo Motors - Maserati Gran Turismo Hard Top (1:18 scale diecast model, Cream) MO50041CM |
New |
| MO50041SV |
Mondo Motors - Maserati Gran Turismo Hard Top (1:18 scale diecast model, Silver) MO50041SV |
New |
| 91000R |
Motor City - Polaris Snowmobile (1954, 1:18 scale diecast model, Red) 91000R |
New |
| 94005 |
Motor City - Weathered Horse Trailer (1:18) 94005 |
New |
| 5071 |
Sun Star - Volkswagen Samba - Bus (1962, 1:12, Sealing Wax Red / Beige Grey) 5071 |
New |
| 2904 |
Sun Star - Routemaster Bus - RMC1453 - 453CLT "The Original" (1958, 1:24, Green) 2904 |
New |
| 2905 |
Sun Star - Routemaster Bus RM 686 - WLT 686 Vernon's Pools (1958, 1:24, Blue) 2905 |
New |
| 2907 |
Sun Star - Routemaster Bus - RM2191 - CUV191C "Shillibeer" (1958, 1:24, Dark Green) 2907 |
New |
| 2910 |
Sun Star - Routemaster Bus RM94 - VLT 94 Open top -The Original London Transport Sightseeing Tour (1:24, Red) 2910 |
New |
| 2912 |
Sun Star - Routemaster Bus - RMC1486 - 486 CLT : Green Line (1:24, Green) 2912 |
New |
| FO |
1:18 Scale Mini Garage Diorama - Ford Theme FO |
Restock |
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God and the Art of Toy and Diecast Marketing
The Orion Club
By Lu Su
Hey, I'm starting a club. But from my understanding on how clubs work, you need to have members. What better way to find prospective members than to host an exclusive gathering at my place? You know, a party. The finest chefs, entertainers, acrobatic artists, and magicians will be hired. I have also decided to hire one Elvis impersonator whose sole job will be to make you laugh. So he is either going to make people laugh or give totally perplexed looks to any of the younger generation wondering who the heck is that guy with the sideburns and flashy white sequined outfit? But for serious musical talent, Bono the lead singer from U2 will be there; he's not bringing his band, but he said he would attend and he will bring his voice and guitar.
But this isn't just a party where you come to just be entertained. Active participation will be required. I want ideas on how we can make our world a better place, how we can better people to ourselves, and lots of dancing. No worries if you don't dance now. This professional dance instructor I know will be there. For those unfamiliar with Latin American dances and their ability to make your feel alive, no better time to learn. She's got this training technique when teaching the tango that you and your partner's body are so close that you are able to keep a LP record cover suspended in air without the use of any hands (Elvis? Bono, LP record cover? future generations reading this are going to be really perplexed). Most clubs have a common theme. I think the bare minimum requirement is that those people attending are able to recognize the constellation Orion.
My first introduction to this constellation occurred in 10th grade. A small group of us were hand picked by a committee of high school Earth Science and Physics teachers. We were the select group. We were the Elect (or perhaps the Nerdiest of them all) that gave up our Friday nights in order to travel a long distance to a cold, lonely and dismal observatory somewhere in upstate New York. While our friends were at some happening party, we were out in the darkness (far from civilization), zero degree (felt like less) air temperatures, and gusting winds. Despite donning a ski jacket, I was cold and shivering. And of course back then, I was WAY too cool to wear a hat. You know how you get brain freeze when you eat too much ice-cream at once. Well I got brain freeze without the un-needed calories. I noticed that the lead instructor wasn't so vain and he wore a hat and scarf. I also noticed how his glasses kept icing up; his mustache and goatee was speckled white too. Apparently the moisture from his breath that had condensed and froze on his hairs and lenses.The instructor's field of study was astronomy and he made attempts to rally the troops and give us encouragement by saying something silly like, "Your think this is cold? This isn't cold. This is nothing. Let me tell you what cold is..."
When our instructor was a grad student, he somehow ended up with the grave yard shift. So he would have to drive out to some lonely observatory (like we just did) and use this really powerful telescope to track a series of stars and periodically photograph them. Things got exciting for him when he didn't realize how cold a observatory telescopes can get. It was relatively warm inside the observatory, but its telescope stuck way up high into the cold winter sky. Well, upon looking through the telescope, his eyeball got stuck to the eye piece! And you thought getting your tongue stuck to a flag pole was pretty bad. He couldn't get out of his chair. He couldn't call for help (no cell phones back then). There was no phone in the observatory (and even if there was, it certainly was not in reach), There was nobody for miles to even hear him, so calling out for help would have been futile. Needless to say, his story does have a happy ending because here he was standing in front of us -with no glass eye in either of his eye sockets. If you ask me at the party, I'll tell you how he escaped his gruesome predicament.
So there we were. A bunch of adolescent kids shivering on a lonely mountain top as the wind picked up. You know how Arctic wind when it hits you, it steals your breath away? I bet folk from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Chicago know exactly what I am talking about. But despite the coldness, the view of the heavens was truly breathtaking. If you can escape on a clear night and find a place with no man made lights around, take a few minutes to enjoy the free show. I wonder how many great man have looked up into the sky and saw Orion's Belt stars. Surly the shepherd boy named David saw the same stars three stars that make up Orion's belt (you would think so with hours sitting on a hill, no iPod, no text messaging, and no HDTV back then). Certainly the Pharaohs of Egypt saw the same stars. Many had thought that these three stars were a place of rebirth, so much of the design of the great pyramids were designed with these stars in mind.
Satellite photo of the Great Pyramids in Egypt and a close up picture of Orion's belt stars.
So my buddy and I were assigned to photograph the constellation Orion together with his two hunting dogs. Back then we used this really old fashion camera that shot something called 35 millimeter film. Remember that dinosaur? "What is film?", my 9 year old son recently asked me. My buddy set up the tripod without incurring frost bite. I mounted the camera and looked through the viewer. I could get Orion in the frame, but no matter how I angled the camera, I could not get Orion plus his dogs in the same frame. We didn't have wide angle lenses; we were just happy that we had a camera. I told my buddy, "Dude, I can't get Sirius in the same frame with Orion". He gave me a response that I still find funny today. He said, "Why don't you move back?". Move back I thought to myself? Those stars are so distant that moving back a few feet would not help. Nor would moving back a few thousand miles help. I haven't calculated it, but maybe if the picture was taken from the planet Mercury, you could get Orion and his two hounds in the same frame. So with Winter coming soon, those of us in the Northern hemisphere will get to share these stars. And we get to share them with a lot of great men. I bet daring sailors and even Adam, the first man, saw these same stars too.
Well back to planning. The party's at my place. You are all invited. No need to bring anything. Did I give you the date and time? It's a New Year's Eve party. I am hosting it on December 31, 9,999; less than 8000 years from now. This will give you the opportunity to bring several generations of your family to the event. I hope you can make it. No need to RSVP. I'll hand a picture of Orion on the door so you know that you have found the right place. So who can attend such an event?
Atheists will not be in attendance because your philosophy says that upon your death, that will be your final extinction; so all will be lost like tears in rain. Unfortunately those who subscribe to the philosophy of reincarnation will not be in attendance either. Your philosophy says that upon rebirth, you will have no memory of your past life; thus, this invitation will be forgotten; so you too prescribe to the theory that all will be lost like tears in rain. Those that prescribe to the Muslim world view, you are unable to give me a commitment at this time; because upon death, what happens to you will be determined by the will of Allah. And for those who prescribe to the philosophy of agnosticism who are basically undecided on whether there is a God or not and thus whether there is an afterlife or not, this event will occur at a specific location and at a specific time. It is not reasonable to me that you will be in attendance. When is the last time indecision has gotten you to a specified location at a specified time? So it appears that this invitation can only be accepted by a few (the Elect); those who have accepted Jesus Christ for who he is. The Christian world view believes that there is an afterlife and that our memories will not be lost.. It was Christ that said these words,
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you." -John 14:1 & 2
Remember, the year 9,999. December 31st. Show up anytime after 3:00pm. I don't know my room number right now, but just look for a picture of Orion on my door. No need to knock, just come right in. Bring your friends and kin. But until that time, everytime you spy Orion in the heavens at night, let that serve as your invitation reminder.
