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Which got your attention first, the 6 wheels, the carpet roof, or the three bench seats? What a world's fair looking extravagence. Beautiful vehicle. I wish I had a year or maker. Reminds me of the 1905 Bordeux Cali limo https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49XKYUkbMy_7sipC2tKHVvDPkccNV1Ww7UvU25qB687Z5shkzJLUDJDSNB-Gz2HbcvP8dJYX4Hz4hdGtpnsfDdTLIjR4rs5zlz_9dvb0C7h4_AfPuhv979a7lPpC1_6Cbb93bX57Z6lM/s1600/1905+Bordeaux+Cali+Limousine..jpg
1934 Mercedes DR rail car
1912 Italian 305mm cannon... what in the world pulled, pushed or powered this beast?
Cool looking but simple railway crane
the Pickwick Coach, sleeps 26

Great 1920's or early 1930's 5th wheel tow and trailer
Notice in the above, the front wheel has a direction vane so the driver way at the back of the cab can tell where it will steer
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New Bounty Hunter video for The Old Republic

Apparently market research has told Bioware that people are extremely interested in the bounty hunter class, since they posted another video about the class's progression months ago. Here's yet another video showing off the bounty hunter in action, and also a few wallpaper-sized stills:





Via.

*Buy KOTOR toys at eBay.

High-res trailer for Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol

High-res trailer for Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol (in English). The song is "Wont Back Down" by Eminem and Pink (adult language):

High-res trailer for Pixar's Brave (and some concept art)

High-res trailer for Pixar's Brave. There's a bit of concept art here.

*Previously: Brave wallpaper.

Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol trailer

Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol trailer (low quality and in French). It's been a long time since I was able to enjoy a Tom Cruise movie, but the first MI is one of my alltime favorites, and this one seems like a can't miss. (The French url at the end just redirects to Paramount's site.)

And since it looks like I never posted it, watch this video in which Brad Bird accepts an animation award. At 4:30, it functions as a sort of teaser for Ghost Protocol:



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A love letter to Blur and its artists

It's pretty obvious at this point that just about every great video game trailer is by Blur, including the Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City trailer I posted a few days ago.

In fact, I mentioned Prey 2 the other day, but haven't posted the terrific trailer for the game, which of course was also made by Blur. Think Blade Runner meets The Fifth Element (with a little adult language), set to a country western version of Soundgarden's Rusty Cage:



Blur's so good that the studio does little to nothing to promote itself, letting the work speak for it. And the Blur artists that even have personal websites have websites that are well out of date. That being said, here's a look at few of the people responsible for Blur's great work.

Shaun Absher's work includes modeling the Sith Inquisitor for The Old Republic opening cinematic and Batman for the DC Universe Online trailers. Since I've already posted those, here's something he created for fun:




Joshua James also worked on the Old Republic and DCU trailers (and created the tattoo for the The Girl With the Dragon tattoo):





Toni Bratincevic has posted images from some of his older projects for Blur including Force Unleashed (and also has prints from personal projects on sale):





Eric Durante worked on the trailers for The Goon, RE, Bioshock Infinite, and more. Here's a look a gladiator he created for a personal project:





Jason Martin was the character lead on the Resident Evil trailer and has also teased some Tyger Guard characters from Arkham City (see the latest trailer here):





Alessandro Baldasseroni has posted some of the models he created for ToR, The Goon, and Force Unleashed (you can watch the trailers here):






Heikki Anttila has posted several images from TFU and ToR:

The Duke vs. a giant squid

Giant killer squid vs. John Wayne and Ray Milland in Reap the Wild Wind. Here's the trailer, which shows some of the squid attack (and is in color):



*Buy Reap the Wild Wind movie posters at eBay.

Best matched trailer and van I've seen all year

that is a beautiful 23 window, nice matched luggage and rims

But a matched trailer is VERY cool


Big enough!

Even matching cooler and picnic table

BugBQ and BBQthing, the greatest VW trailers are matching

Stuff that caught my eye at the Irvine Bugorama this past weekend

I've posted about In and Out coming to events before http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-and-out-burger-mobile-restaurant-was.html

But didn't find out that they charge 7.50 a burger with these mobile jobbers... I want you to know that a doubel cheeseburger and a coke are less than 5 bucks at the restaurant. It's a damn good deal.





Didn't know what this was, but Steve came through again! It's a Mexican-built Volkswagen "Hormiga" (means ant). They are known in Germany as the EA489 Basistransporter. Between 1976 and 1977, 3,600 of them were built in Puebla, Mexico. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_EA489_Basistransporter has more info, and in the Philipines it is called a Trakbayan








Nice clever way of mounting the portable Coleman stove
Lots of vintage coolers in the swap meet area



Above is a very early bug deflector, below is a tag I've never seen before... don't know what it's about. Maybe a customizer? Or a dealership?


Lots of matched luggage sets

Interesting and cool top




When the new Beetle was first sold about 6 years ago, it was instantly the best way to advertise your company... because everyone looked at it. I never see those advertising Beetles anymore



Above is the electric motor that the many batteries up front were connected to