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Hey guys thought I post a thread that may earn us a few laughs and perhaps even provide noobs a solid list of what not to do in the hobby.

So has anyone here sold something they really regret? Made a really bad error on a customization that cost you the project? Broken something by accident or just had a bad day that was some how related to the hobby?
 
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I had a buddy Rich who was playing with Neo mags one day a few years ago.
He was examining them up close,when somehow they slipped out of his hand,and ended up clamped inside his nose,one in either nostril.
His wife managed to snap a pic of the mags clamped into his nose,the tears running out of his eyes was the best pic i ever seen:p:wave:
I don't know if he can blow his nose yet,lol:p:p
 
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Ok, I dunno if you'd call this a mistake perse. But I regret not coming back into Slot Cars sooner in my life(I'm 54).
Another related regret is, that for the life of me, I don't remember when and how I got rid of my H.O. slot cars back in my later teenage years. I know they don't exist in my family today, as my mom(back when she was alive) said she never saw them again since I was a kid, and they were never packed away from when my parents moved. So I musta sold them or traded them away as a teenager, but I cannot recall doing that. I especially regret it, since I had a bunch of T-jets, Faller, and Tyco S, along with one TycoPro and two original A/FX(non MT)....ALL Bought NEW ! *sighs* I sure hope I got something GOOD for them in exchange back then ?
 
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I've used the flame technique to remove stress marks from cars. A light brush from a lighted match will remove the stress mark on the car (often around the screw post). It has worked several times but as you can imagine I have a couple of slightly melted failures.

I was also stripping a repainted car. What was underneath? A layer of black Aurora paint which was badly damaged by the first stripping. So now I have a dirty white (once black painted) formerly rare Chaparral.

Really my mistakes are too many to list here...
 
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My daughter was proud of a yellow flamed Willys AW that I got her for Christmas. She wanted to take it to school and show her friends. She carefully wrapped it in a lot of paper towels. It survived the backpack trip to and from school. When I asked her about it later she said she put it back on my workbench. All I remember is cleaning my workbench and throwing away a wad of paper towels without thinking. By then the trash man had already come and the car was gone for good.
 
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I did the most stupid thing you can do! I found all the aurora track, parts and about 15 original cars my brothers and I played with. A guy offered me $150 for everything. :confused::( By todays pricing $500 worth of stuff.
 
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I'll have to think about this

old blue said:
My daughter was proud of a yellow flamed Willys AW that I got her for Christmas. She wanted to take it to school and show her friends. She carefully wrapped it in a lot of paper towels. It survived the backpack trip to and from school. When I asked her about it later she said she put it back on my workbench. All I remember is cleaning my workbench and throwing away a wad of paper towels without thinking. By then the trash man had already come and the car was gone for good.
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Sorry Blue, I'm LMAO in the sympathetic been there done that way. A HT Classic right there! :freak:

Slot car disaster huh? Please check the title of my garage thread. I didnt just name it that because it was a catchy play on words ;). Lets just say the truth is in the title.

I wouldnt even know where to start, let alone count that high, but it suffices to say theres a pretty good reason that learned how to fix slot cars.
 
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back in college, around 1990, i sold the medium blue Mach 1 my uncle gave me for something like 20 bucks. at the time, i was moving from Magna-Traction/Tyco 440 stuff to Parma Womp racing classes, and I totally didn't "get" Tjets... they were those little oddballs at the bottom of my parts box that used slightly different parts from AFX/MT and never ran right. the blue GT40 managed to stay with me, though, still have it...

--rick
 
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I think the biggest problem I've had with slots is buying and selling then buying and selling, I have rotated so many rare cars with the thought....."hmmm, this $80.00 car will get me a lot of 7 junker tjets to work on".

One other, Gearbuster made me a convertable 40's ford (from the BTTF set) chopped the top and added 3 correct scaled passengers, he said it was me driving, and joez and coach as passengers. He had painted a tiny mullet (remember the forever joez/mullet jokes) and I think beer cans in the guys hands.
It was a super detailed custom car, and I can't remember what I did with it, I know it went to someone on the board here, I think as a favor or trade. So at least I know its loved, lol.
Just wish I had a picture of it.
 
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