Mine arrived too, for such a small car it must have some really advanced electronics and servos in there. I took it to work today and everybody wants one!!! Thanks Ian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Professor Frink" <diashi_c@xxxx> To: <doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [doc] Re: A new DeLorean Toy! > *Accelerates, swerves. Brakes hard, then takes off again. Hard right, under > the table leg, squeezes past giant cat, driver laughing manically. Car > eventually comes to rest in living room, under Christmas tree.* > > As you might have guessed, mine arrived! And what a beauty. > > The whole thing reeks of quality, from the box, and the way everything is > packaged (DeLorean logo on stand, concealed ariel, remote part of the box). > Not to mention the nice little note from Ian himself :) > > The car itself is wonderful - chrome wheels, suprisingly accurate, lovely > stuff. Couldn't be happier with it! One observation is that the back part of > the car, where Mr. Fusion sits (depending on your version, I got BTTF1), is > actually unscrewable from the back. My point being, if you could find the > small Mr. Fusion part (maybe order from the suppliers) you could change your > version as you wanted to! > > On another nerd point, the car is pretty much in scale with the '0' scale > model railways..... I don't think anyone here collects/or has an interest, > but if you put another set of wheels on it, it'd fit brilliantly onto some > railway track for some BTTF3 shennanigans. > > I think I've seen this set-up in the UK before - can't you buy a VW Beetle > in a tube, by the same company over here? I only wish I had more cash, I'd > have bought several! > > Kudos to Ian for this find, my cheque is on it's way. Thanks! > > Matt > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk > Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >