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Coolest Star Wars Collectible Ever
Joshua
Gross writes "Looks like the big winner of last year's
Taco Bell/Star Wars contest is cashing in his chips. For
those with high 5-figure+ amounts to spend on a sport-ute,
check out this Star Wars
Hummer. My favorite part is the central tire inflation
system, though the license plate (JEDI ONE) is cool as
well. " That is just to cool. I think I would be
embarassed to drive it though.
Almost makes me proud enough to cry...
*sniff*
Since they've had the 'Woody' available for ages.
-- What you do today will cost you a day of your life.
I want to buy the "slutmobile" from the Tom Green show. That thing is bound to draw in the chicks.
Spelling..
Posted by Bastard Operator From Hell:
No, I meant the Excel, or perhaps an Eclat.
An early Esprit, maybe the later ones are too rounded fo my taste
And the only Elan worth talking about is the sixties one, and that has too much Emma Peel (oh, Emma) to Stars wars it.
The Lambo has too many scoops and fins, and spoilers for my taste, maybe the Star Wars universe likes spoilers and those go-fast looking parts.
"all wheel drive, remote ignition, climate control... a Jedi craves not these things..."
Hummers are made by AM General. No relation to Chrysler, er, DaimlerChrysler. The M-1 was made by Chrysler before they sold the tank division to General Dynamics.
The LM002, on the other hand, was rather briefly a Chrysler product. Chrysler bought Lamborghini in the 80s, then sold it and it's been sold several times since.
One of my neighbors had a Hummer and every time I saw it I couldn't believe what a beast it was. I took a Mini Cooper home from work once (I work for a car company) and parked next to it. The hood on the hummer was bigger than the whole Mini. After marvelling at the contrast, I moved it before it got run over.
If only LucasFilm had used some other kind of car/truck/whatever... Anything but a hummer! (and maybe a Yugo)...which as far as I'm concerned, looks slightly better than the hummer.
*broken pipe*
;)
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They slashdotted Ebay!
You bastards!
Posted by DarkYoda:
Every Jedi needs his mode of transportation...
I showed this to my girlfriend, who absolutely LOVES hummers, (she has posters...lots :) and now she wants it! Oy if i had the $$$ ...
:)
A hummer? Nah. Something much better to have, and somewhat more affordable, are the classic vector color arcade games: Star Wars, and The Empire Strikes Back. Upright or cockpit. They're a rush, they're collectable, and they have a lot of wow factor... without looking like an asshole obsessing over a Star Wars truck.
:) try the NEW star wars trilogy arcade game. WOW. I'd rather have THAT than a hummer any day!
But if you've only got $30k or so
I've been driving these for quite some time...thew technical manual says "High Mobility" not "Highly Manuverable" Soldiers shortened the Hum-vee to Hummer long before the civilian model came out...
I remember seeing this vehicle at an auction in Indiana 18 months ago. I never saw it go through the auction house, so I don't know if it sold then. The current seller appears to be a collecibles dealer. I wonder what the reserve is.
I agree with many of the comments above that I'm not sure I'd want to drive around town in a Hummer marked up with Star Wars decals, expecially when the money spent on the decals and logos could be put into better features.
Then again, you have a vehicle that starts by using the force (even if it is RF enhanced)...
Not sure about much of this, but Jack Ricard (ex editor of Boardwatch mag) owned one, and used to offer them at the ISPCON's as a door prize.
That one was fairly maxed out (unlike Jack's with the 1500W sound system!), and I think value was quoted around $74K.
So, it sounds to be pretty close to a deal, even not considering the collector angle.
As for who would plunk down that kind of money..
there are people who would! (tho that probably looks extreme to people in survey classes #1, 2 and 3).
Anyway, there was a really cool hummer I saw recently that was much more dramatically different than all the rest... It was a STRETCH LIMO!!!
Light beige, 4 extra windows in the middle..
it blew my mind!
Hum-vees are for sissy Americans. Real men drive Land Rovers.
So it seems to have 4217.8K miles or 4,217,800 miles on it. Seems like a lot of miles!!
Yes I realize it's a typo.
Posted by Bastard Operator From Hell:
Damm Right,
A Star Wars Lotus wouldn't be that bad either. One of the old Loti from the 70's. The nice angluar ones.
hmmm.
Anybody have a spare Excel?
Say, I like Hummers (or HMMMV's, whatever you want to call them), but this one is pretty far over the edge. Besides, if you really want a Hummer, you can get a new one for about the same price as the initial bid, with more features (did you see that? Vinyl seats! Yuck).
In Soviet Russia, Jesus asks: "What Would You Do?"
Shat: past and past participle of SHIT. Why did you quote it? Don't you understand English?
I am write, U r rong
It's full of the force, no?
..and to think that I was beginning to listen to my wife's suggestions that we need a mini-van. This is what we need! Now, if I just take out a second mortgage... and forget the college fund... and retirement fund... yep, I can do it!
Hey, sweetie? I've found our new family vehicle! Sure, the baby seat will fit in the back... lots of room for the stroller...
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I'll wager he's selling it to offset the huge tax bill he got for winning it.
I'm sick of ya panty wasted spelling monitors correcting every freakin typo or spelling mistake. Now I'm gonna have ta cut ya, boy!
The head marketdroid in our office went to a marketdroid meeting last week and saw all the props and cool Star Wars stuff coming out. He had to sign a NDA just to look at it.
And the fscker knew better than to tell me he was going until after he got back.
Land Rovers... Same price, half the size, half the power.
:)
They're a yuppie car, just in case a mountain suddenly sprouts in the middle of London. Stick to your Bentley's and leave TRUCKS to people with some land to cover.
-- What you do today will cost you a day of your life.
I sure as hell wouldn't want all that Star Wars crap on my car...
Wonder what the reserve on that is? That has been on there for months now, I distinctly remember it from at least November.
My memory might be off here, but don't Hummers normally sell for over $700,000?
(Don't forget-- built by Lamborghini)
(IIRC)
iSKUNK!
So what marketing genius came up with the name "Hummer", anyway? ;) I always crack up when I hear it.
fuckin loser, quit making us look like nerds
dumbfuck...
At this writing, the bidding is at $61,300, but it has yet to meet the reserve.
Whats so special about this "Hummer"? It looks like an old Land Rover, or Jeep. Hard vinyl seats, heavy, and windows like a Moke! Ugly as sin.
What does "fuel-cell" mean? Surely this beast isnt electrically powered??? Even NASA cant get their fuel cells to work reliably.
And a final question from this poor ignorant foreiner - what is the purpose of remote-control ignition start?
Am I the only one who gets annoyed with that particular Star Wars line every time I hear it? A parsec is a unit of distance. Exactly how does one brag to have made the "Kessel Run" in less 'distance' than someone else? It makes no sense. It's like saying I've got a fast car because I was able to drive to work in under 12 miles.
Maybe it's some freaky hyperspace thingy. (The way to go faster in hyperspace is to bend space more such that the distance travelled is less, perhaps?) Anyway, it doesn't make any sense.
Don't label something "offtopic" unless you know the topic well enough to tell what's on topic.
The Earth is a local collectable store. They've got everything from the hummer to almost all the Star Wars figures (I don't think I saw the original edition Han Solo head, but I might have missed it) to metal lunchboxes. Good place to find stuff you can't get anywhere else--except for cons, e-bay, etc.
:-) Pointing right out onto Montgomery Rd. I pass it every day taking the bus downtown, and I think I'll miss it, if he ever manages to sell the thing.
That Hummer has had it's lights on for a year.
Personally, I wonder how that place stays in business, but then again, I've seen a lot of very intense people come in and spend hours sifting through the box-o-Star-Wars-action-figures.
I was looking for B5 stuff. None present. (Now, I did find a deal on the models at a local toy store...but that's another story.)
Actually it's pretty ugly.
It looks like someone took a perfectly good Hummer and shat on it.
Anyone who can buy a $60k car, can afford to have it repainted. Hell, I'd stick to the SW theme, but just paint the body panels different shades of grey, to look like an X-wing.
-- What you do today will cost you a day of your life.
Umm, the diesel engine gives a LOT more torque than the gas, ie; it'd excelerate much better (I believe they both have the same horsepower).
Whenever I see a Hummer the age-old phrase comes to mind; "Nice truck pal, too bad about your tiny dick."
Goodness, what I remember about the books is that it's the Kevin J. Anderson trilogy that talks about Kessel. He describes the area as being near a blackhole cluster or some such thing. It has been quite a while since I've read the books though. My complaint is still that being able to fly it in a short distance is a measure of the pilot, not the ship.
Posted by Bastard Operator From Hell:
The Diablo SV would be a great, as long long as they didn't put a great big darth vader head on the back.
But, if you had the money to buy a SV, would you put Star Wars stuff all over it?
Actually I think it is a hyperspace "thingy." There is one of the Star Wars novels, I can't remember which one at the moment, that talks about Kessel. If I remember correctly, Kessel is part of a giant star system, therefore a huge gravity well. You have to hyperspace in only so close to Kessel and then travel the remaining distance in normal space. Therefore, 12 parsecs is a close run. If I find the book, I will try to clear this up.
I saw serveral interviews with George Lucas where he said that it was a deliberate mistake in the script but was used because it sounded good.
Seriously, what kind of people have $60K to throw around where they can just go "hm. that Star Wars hummer looks cool... I think I'll buy that."
that is just INSANE. I can't imagine ever bidding more than $1000 or so online....
Yessir, its too cool, ain't it?
With emphasis on the Fi.
Let's enjoy it for the fantasy masterpiece that it is, rather then try to explain the magic away.
Geez! Next thing you know, people will speculate on the MIPS of C3PO and trying to do a gene sequence of a Wookie.
-- What you do today will cost you a day of your life.
An armored unicycle! Ha! :)
No, I know... It's not a tank.
-- What you do today will cost you a day of your life.
Everyone just waits until the very last minute, then bids the minimum over. The auctions take too long, and thus don't create the proper mood and pressure needed for a fair and fluid auction. I say, make it a blind auction. No one will know the current high bid, and thus less nickel-and-dime crap. If it's worth $100K to some dumbass, then he'll bid that, out of fear, instead of tossing another dime on the pile.
Trust me, if I were to get a Hummer I wouldn't go for any gasoline crap. Diesel is the only way to go. Who wants a Hummer that sounds like a sh!tty Ranger?
AC Hooligan
Hummers are made by Chrysler - who incidentally also makes the M-1 Abrams tank. They retail to civilians for $60k-$80k depending on options and model. The military pays an additional $100k or so, just to have the radio and windows taken out, and to have the nice metal doors replaced with a Kevlar version. I think they also get a gun mount on the roof - or some other such luxury feature.
Does anyone out there have specs? Engine displacement? HP? Velocity characteristics? (AHEM!) Fuel economy?
They come in three flavors, a pick-up style (like the one at auction) that has an optional canvas (Jeep Wrangler type) 'tent' over the bed, a sharply angled hatch-back with a door that opens on a side hinge (very para-military looking), and a full cabin with a traditional side hinged back (looks like the p-up with canvas, but is a permanent roof).
Lamborghini has nothing to do with these beasts, as Hummers are made of REAL THICK METAL. They are a totally different dimension of 'impressive' as compared to a Euro-anything.
-- What you do today will cost you a day of your life.
Obviously, this is just another capitalist conspiracy by E-Bay and the upper echelons of the Slashdot powers that be.
(Few people know that Slashdot is actually controlled by a secret cabal of forgetful Microsoft agents....Katz is the smoking man...)
Posted by digitalpudding:
> what is the purpose of remote-control ignition start?
You clearly need to go and watch a few Knight Rider episodes. Remote control ignition is for all those moments when as a lonely drifter fighting for the rights of the underdog you are being chased by a band of unshaven thugs and need to make a swift get away.
On other occasions you might just find it handy because the warm engine and heater help defrost the car on a cold morning.
Its armor is too strong for blasters! Break out the spraypaint Wedge!
Not something I'd want to sink $61,000 into, but pretty cool nonetheless.
Your Servant, B. Baggins
Perhaps it made the Kessel run.
Under 12 parsecs, even.
;-)
Perhaps you should actually read the post before flaming it, particularly the last sentence.
I read the internet for the articles.
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