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These shelves hold what used to be only a part of my videotape library. Since DVD's have replaced tape, I've been slowly ridding myself of the more cumbersome format. But I doubt I'll repalce many of these. It would cost a fortune to reacquire every Disney animation, and all those other more obscure animated films. And to be blunt, most of them aren't worth paying for a second time. Too many weren't worth paying for a first time.
So let's concentrate on the Choppers. These are all creations of Orange Country Choppers, in upper New York state. I used to be a big fan of the cable show, until they began to horse around *too* much, and drip patriotism all over the place. But I could never afford the expensive 1/10 scale die-cast reproductions. They ran to something like $40 apiece. But you should never doubt the power of Wal-Mart. I got most of these for as little as $10, and some for a give-away price of $2! They have oddles of working features -- sprung forks, moving pedals, working hand grips, spring supported seats, turning wheels, steering, etc.
I also managed to get an even larger number of OCC bikes in 1/18 scale, for as little as $1 each!
I think you recognize the "riders"? Alfred E. Neuman as "Bat Me Worry?", Shrek, who would make one bad biker you have to admit, and Dr. Evil.
A couple of 1/72 scale tanks are visible on the bottom shelf, to far right. The shelf below, not in this photo, has the rest.
So let's concentrate on the Choppers. These are all creations of Orange Country Choppers, in upper New York state. I used to be a big fan of the cable show, until they began to horse around *too* much, and drip patriotism all over the place. But I could never afford the expensive 1/10 scale die-cast reproductions. They ran to something like $40 apiece. But you should never doubt the power of Wal-Mart. I got most of these for as little as $10, and some for a give-away price of $2! They have oddles of working features -- sprung forks, moving pedals, working hand grips, spring supported seats, turning wheels, steering, etc.
I also managed to get an even larger number of OCC bikes in 1/18 scale, for as little as $1 each!
I think you recognize the "riders"? Alfred E. Neuman as "Bat Me Worry?", Shrek, who would make one bad biker you have to admit, and Dr. Evil.
A couple of 1/72 scale tanks are visible on the bottom shelf, to far right. The shelf below, not in this photo, has the rest.
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I thought I answered this question, but I don't see my reply. Odd.
OCC has a website you can easily google. Once you poke around, its quite funny in spots (they take themselves too seriously sometimes.)
From somewhere there I got the impression that a "mass produced" OCC cycle cost about $100,000. If you wanted something custom designed for you, I would imagine the cost goes way over that -- maybe $200,000 or a quarter mil.
You can always try Von Dutch, or West Coast Choppers, but my money would go to OCC -- I like their designs. And Jesse James of CCC is an obnoxious jerk.
OCC has a website you can easily google. Once you poke around, its quite funny in spots (they take themselves too seriously sometimes.)
From somewhere there I got the impression that a "mass produced" OCC cycle cost about $100,000. If you wanted something custom designed for you, I would imagine the cost goes way over that -- maybe $200,000 or a quarter mil.
You can always try Von Dutch, or West Coast Choppers, but my money would go to OCC -- I like their designs. And Jesse James of CCC is an obnoxious jerk.
A matter of taste I suppose. I like OCC choppers better because they tend to be lower and slinkier.
I saw a lot of James in Monster Garage, then a few other places. He struck me as somebody trying to be cool by sounding inarticulate, and dressing up as if he were 19 (though he's probably 39 if a day). I never like anti-intellectual stances and took an instant dislike.
Mind you, if you really want to meet a monster, there's that Boyd guy who makes hot-rods. I never saw a guy trying to be a TV personality who was so grumpy and humourless. He was also without a clue about his employees. Whenever they were tired and overworked, he'd get a great idea -- a new, over-the-top project to do in their spare time! Give them some time OFF, idiot! I remember too, he chewed out one employee who used a bit of company time to make a personalized key chain for the boss, in the shape of a mag wheel. He grumbled out a reserved "thanks" then said he really shouldn't do this on the company's time. Well, maybe not, but that was a bad way to handle it. Anyway, Boyd just makes the same streamlined hotrod over and over. It got boring.
I saw a lot of James in Monster Garage, then a few other places. He struck me as somebody trying to be cool by sounding inarticulate, and dressing up as if he were 19 (though he's probably 39 if a day). I never like anti-intellectual stances and took an instant dislike.
Mind you, if you really want to meet a monster, there's that Boyd guy who makes hot-rods. I never saw a guy trying to be a TV personality who was so grumpy and humourless. He was also without a clue about his employees. Whenever they were tired and overworked, he'd get a great idea -- a new, over-the-top project to do in their spare time! Give them some time OFF, idiot! I remember too, he chewed out one employee who used a bit of company time to make a personalized key chain for the boss, in the shape of a mag wheel. He grumbled out a reserved "thanks" then said he really shouldn't do this on the company's time. Well, maybe not, but that was a bad way to handle it. Anyway, Boyd just makes the same streamlined hotrod over and over. It got boring.
The crappy sequels are what finally burned out my ambition to be a completist. I never know whether to keep them separate, or with the original film they defile.
Mind you, some aren't so bad. I rather liked Return to Neverland, if only because the girl gets dumped in the mud. But when it became obvious that Disney was going to milk their library by making sequels to everything, and then sequels to their sequels, I knew it was a waste of money to keep up. I mean, I didn't like The Little Mermaid all that much to begin with. All that happy, music that makes your toe tap drove me to murderous rage. I wanted to shred animators and feed the remains to piranhas. The obsessive need Disney had to make everyting a musical used to drive me crazy. It wasn't that I didn't like music, but I didn't like second rate pop tunes substituting for genuine plot or character development. But then Disney always did prefer robots.
Anyway, I have a few Disney films on DVD and would like to acquire a small number more, but have no ambition to replace all of them.
Mind you, some aren't so bad. I rather liked Return to Neverland, if only because the girl gets dumped in the mud. But when it became obvious that Disney was going to milk their library by making sequels to everything, and then sequels to their sequels, I knew it was a waste of money to keep up. I mean, I didn't like The Little Mermaid all that much to begin with. All that happy, music that makes your toe tap drove me to murderous rage. I wanted to shred animators and feed the remains to piranhas. The obsessive need Disney had to make everyting a musical used to drive me crazy. It wasn't that I didn't like music, but I didn't like second rate pop tunes substituting for genuine plot or character development. But then Disney always did prefer robots.
Anyway, I have a few Disney films on DVD and would like to acquire a small number more, but have no ambition to replace all of them.
Oh did it ever! I rate it one of the all-time worst animated features ever made. If Rogers and Hammerstein didn't come back from the grave to eat the director's brain, that's concrete proof there's no afterlife. I wasn't expecting much, but couldn't believe anyone could produce such an atrocity.
Look up what Leonard Malton says about it in his movie guide.
Look up what Leonard Malton says about it in his movie guide.
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