addiemonster
Pebble Pounder
Over the weekend, I asked a friend of mine if I could borrow his clippers to give myself a haircut. I'd been to this guy's house a zillion times over the years, and he knows I love old school RC stuff. This will be relevant later.
So we decide to hang out and chop my mane off, and afterward his grandfather comes by. He's storing a hot rod in the basement garage and wants to show it to me (I'm also a 1:1 car guy). So we head downstairs and he shows me his old Buick project and we shoot the shiz for a little bit. As I'm turning to leave, something on top of the workbench cabinets catches the corner of my eye - a goddamned Marui Big Bear, 80% complete with radio gear and box.
After collecting myself, I turn to my friend and ask him why the upside-down hell he never told me that was there. He tells me he forgot it was there for like, a decade. His grandfather pipes up and mentions it's his, had no idea it was even down there, thought he sold it off decades ago.
I ask what he wants for it. He asks what they're worth. I pull up eBay on my phone and show him the handful of examples I can find, in various states of completion and a range of prices.
His example is unpainted, except for the lettering on the tailgate and the bumpers. There are two cracks in the whole body, and the rollbar is entirely missing. The tires, as with all Big Bears, are dust. One is altogether missing. He has a complete and functional Hitec Aristocraft twinstick AM system in it, as well as the original Marui 540. The manual and all documentation is present and mint. The box is in very rough shape but I don't care.
I ask him if $100 is a slap in the face. He says as long as he gets to drive it when I finish it, it's a deal.
So here we are. I can't wait to get started.
So we decide to hang out and chop my mane off, and afterward his grandfather comes by. He's storing a hot rod in the basement garage and wants to show it to me (I'm also a 1:1 car guy). So we head downstairs and he shows me his old Buick project and we shoot the shiz for a little bit. As I'm turning to leave, something on top of the workbench cabinets catches the corner of my eye - a goddamned Marui Big Bear, 80% complete with radio gear and box.
After collecting myself, I turn to my friend and ask him why the upside-down hell he never told me that was there. He tells me he forgot it was there for like, a decade. His grandfather pipes up and mentions it's his, had no idea it was even down there, thought he sold it off decades ago.
I ask what he wants for it. He asks what they're worth. I pull up eBay on my phone and show him the handful of examples I can find, in various states of completion and a range of prices.
His example is unpainted, except for the lettering on the tailgate and the bumpers. There are two cracks in the whole body, and the rollbar is entirely missing. The tires, as with all Big Bears, are dust. One is altogether missing. He has a complete and functional Hitec Aristocraft twinstick AM system in it, as well as the original Marui 540. The manual and all documentation is present and mint. The box is in very rough shape but I don't care.
I ask him if $100 is a slap in the face. He says as long as he gets to drive it when I finish it, it's a deal.
So here we are. I can't wait to get started.
