QUESTIONS
1. What makes you an important person?
2. Do you like cheese?
3. Have you ever seen The Wizard of Oz?
4. Do people often have a problem spelling your last name?
5. Do you ever have to dust?
ANSWERS By: Austin Smith
1. Am I an important person? Whatever makes me important to other people makes me important.
2. Yes, most kinds, but not all.
3. Hasn’t everyone? Yes, I have.
4. “Smith” no, not at all.
5. Yes, all the time.
Do you ever want to stop drafting and just draw? Did you ever want to be bold with your marks? Did you ever want to be part of a marketing campaign doing those things? Yep, I’m talking about sharpies, black, fine point ones to be exact. Everyone knows what a sharpie or other brand of permanent marker is, so I’ll be brief.
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Sharpies are slick and fat, and unlike some other slick utensils do at times slip out of ones’ hand. They do bulge up the pockets they are stuck in, but most markers do. The body and cap are made out a surprisingly durable plastic, with a nearly useless clip attached. They are all clearly marked and it takes some time to wear off said markings.
But on to the marker itself. “Fine point” is a bit of an exaggeration, while it is fine for a marker the tip of a sharpie is by no means “fine”. It makes a mark, I mean it really makes a mark. These things make a mark that will bleed through any type of paper and some types of cardboard (with the exception of thick water color paper). The writing is smooth and satisfying, but the point is felt and wears easily. They mark on almost anything and once a mark is made it is nearly impossible to remove, it is one of the best permanent markers in existence.
So if you want to be bold and never have that boldness forgotten or destroyed (with the exception of catastrophic flooding) The sharpie is for you.
QUESTIONS
1. What do you think about drinking and driving laws?
2. Do you have trouble sleeping with the lights on?
3. Do you like to watch scary T.V. shows?
4. Are you good at cleaning?
5. Would you rather write with a pen or a pencil?
ANSWERS By: Austin Smith
1. I think they are fine, perhaps even a little to lenient in some respects.
2. Not at all.
3. Not really, unless the scary is in sarcastic quotes.
4. Sort of, I’m no master by any means, but I’m better than a lot of people I know.
5. Depends on what I’m writing, I mostly write with a pen, but sometimes i start something with a pencil and my brain makes me finish it with a pencil. It also doesn’t really matter to me.
QUESTIONS
1. How tall are you?
2. Which do you like best: showers or baths?
3. What color eyes are most common in your family?
4. Do you think it is a good idea to walk home alone at night?
5. What do you like to drink with pizza?
ANSWERS By: Austin Smith
1. About 5’10”.
2. Whichever is over quickest with the same amount of cleanliness, probably showering, but it depends on the time.
3. Green I believe.
4. Depends on the place, where I live it is.
5. Sodas of most kinds, or water.
So I picked up this model kit from a thrift store and thought it would be fun to do a quick little post about assuming it is all there as it is out of its package. (Spoiler: It’s not all there)
Here are most of the sprues laid out.
And again from a better angle.
I assembled the skull first, it’s made of four pieces and the jaw is articulated.
Side view. The plastic is surprisingly soft and flexible, making it east to cut and clean with a regular EXACTO blade.
Simply plugging the spine in. (I did not use the clippers show to do anything, the plastic was far too soft.
The ribs are interesting as they slot into each other at the front and also through the spine, not simply into the spine.
Fully assembled ribcage.
The shoulder blades have two holes in which they plug in to.
The arms are three separate pieces and have articulation in all the right places. They also support the collar bone.
The pelvis is placed almost exactly like the ribs, except it plugs directly into the spine.
The fully assembled legs have roughly the same articulation as the arms, no ball joints unfortunately. I actually got the orientation on the lower legs wrong at first and had to disassemble them, the soft plastic of the joints tore off almost completely in doing so, but they still held long enough for being popped in on the other side and they still do bend.
Fully assembled model with non-fully assembled stand, most of which is missing. (I didn’t say any vital parts were missing)
Hand size comparison, it’s about a foot tall or so, blends with larger GI Joes really well.
The soft plastic is a problem, but is also helpful, so it’s hit and miss with this one, I just wish it had better articulation.