Iron Man 2: 1/6th scale Mark IV Limited Edition Collectible Figurine (Secret Project)

[the angry orc]

my WL converted on monday. won't believe it until it is delivered.

 

[sharpnel]

Here's the first email:

You recently placed a reservation for an item on our Wait List. Due to recent cancellations and credit card declines, one of these items has become available for fulfillment to you from our U.S. warehouse.

Second email:

We are contacting you in regards to your waitlist reservation that has been recalled for this item. We will begin processing all orders for this item on August 4, 2011. We ask that you have the funds available on your credit card by this date to ensure the successful processing and shipment of your order.

Mine converted too. Got the same email from SS.

 

[Lawrence]

Probably someones return lol

Donut refund

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Donut refund

Larry you order 1/6 donuts off evilbay?

 

[Lawrence]

Nope

Remember ..... trade bait

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Nope

Remember ..... trade bait

 

[Darkseed]

I just got the wait list cancelled email......

 

[naria]

Sorry for the dumb question, but this is my first HT IM figure. I want to remove the batteries, is there a particular size screw to use? Someone earlier mentioned that they used a flat head screwdriver vs a Philips. Any help would be appreciated. I'd rather not damage the figure in the process of my attempting this. Thanks.

 

[HotKing]

It was mentioned somewhere earlier that a flat head driver will not strip the screw compared to the Philips screwdriver.
Either way I have not removed any batteries from my Ironman figures as I adhere to HT instruction manual warning, do not remove unless neccessary haha and my previous Ironman Mark 3 BD batteries were still good even after 1 year plus of display

 

[Blackthornone]

Okay, I'll bite. Three sentences is all I'll allow myself.

1. A civilized society does not exterminate its citizens.

2. The word civilized implies that all individuals in it have civil rights.

3. In the Middle Ages, angry mobs that beat others to death would, themselves, not be defined as civilized.

I would ordinarily call you a name at this point, but I will extend you civility. Plus, the last time I did that I received an infraction.

That is all.

1: The death penalty has been around in civilized societies, reserved for those individuals who do not act civilized, so exterminating undesirable "citizens" is far from unprecedented, in fact it has been a time honored tradition for thousands of years. It has been practiced because a more effective solution to preventing the uncivilized behavior of the offenders is not known. If a cost effective reform technique was known, it would be used. An essential part of citizenship is acting like a respectable member of society. It isn't fair to extend benefits to individuals who are in civilization if those individuals aren't willing to do their part, is it? If people do their part to support something, they deserve the rewards. You reap what you sow. If individuals sow consideration towards others, then that is what they deserve to reap. If individuals sow inconsideration for others then they deserve to reap inconsideration directed towards themselves. That is only FAIR.

It isn't fair to be fair to others who are unwilling to be fair to others, because it isn't fair to the people that the unfair people will be unfair towards. The laws of civilization exist to protect those members interested in being civilized. In order to protect those who want to be civilized, you must protect them from others who want to be uncivilized, by preventing those unfair individuals from being unfair to others by any means necessary. The most peaceful methods should always be preferred, but if they don't work, there should be no limit to the severity of methods used, because the goal is to protect those who WANT to be civilized as well as possible.

The point of civilization is NOT to provide a free for all giving individuals the ability to have the maximum freedom to be able to get away with doing whatever they want, even when it costs other people THEIR quality of life. That is what being in civilization means to many individuals, and since that was never the point of civilization in the first place, it is logically wrong and should not be tolerated, because it undermines the very point of having civilization in the first place.

Protection of those in civilization from those who don't want to be civilized in civilization must COME FIRST, in order to best protect the quality of life of those who want to be civilized, and no cost to the uncivilized in that civilization should be too high in order to protect that. It isn't as if those uncivilized individuals have no choice in being uncivilized,and so in order to protect the TRULY CIVILIZED, those individuals need to be forced to get in line or else.
If there was a more effective method that was more gentle that protected the civilized citizens as well, then that should be used, but there isn't. The uncivilized can try their luck in the wild if they don't want to be civilized.

You can't have it both ways. You can't want to not be civilized AND be in civilization. It doesn't make sense, unless you a predator, which some individuals clearly are, and they TAKE ADVANTAGE of the benefits of being in civilization in order to be more successful at a life of preying on others than they would be in the wild, and that is not fair to the truly civilized, because again, it undermines the point of civilization.

The point of civilization is not to empower all people to better do what they want, the point is to protect people who want to be civilized and to empower civilized behavior ONLY.

That covers one.
Two: Only the civil rights of people who want to truly have civil rights by being civil should be allowed to have civil rights, because those are the only ones who CAN. It is impossible to extend civil rights to individuals who don't even believe in civil rights in the first place. The uncivilized don't believe in civil rights, because they don't believe in being civil, as they don't believe in other people's civil rights, and they don't believe in exercising civil rights themselves. By not exercising civil rights, by being uncivil, they effectively take away their own civil rights from themselves. They believe in civil rights, so why give them or allow them to have what they don't need or believe in in the first place. They only reason they like civil rights is to use them as a tool to better exploit other people.

THE UNCIVILIZED SEE CIVIL RIGHTS AS A WEAKNESS.
Civilization is a privilege, and not a right, because it takes effort to maintain a civilization. It doesn't appear out of thin air. If individuals seek to undermine it or destroy it, why protect them? Why give them rights they don't really believe in in the first place? What's the point? To allow them a better forum to exploit others? That is all that the rules of civilization allow for uncivilized individuals. Uncivilized individuals are too dangerous to the civilized to allow them to exist in society. They just cause too much chaos and destruction.


Three. You have a point. The mob would attack to rectify unfairness, and quite frankly, the scalper or other swindler or thief would KNOW that they were being unfair and that a lot of people wouldn't like it, and so what did they expect? They expected that people wouldn't get mad enough to seek vengeance? They expected that they should be able to take advantage of others without repercussions? They believe they had a "right" to do so, because they believed themselves cleverer than others and so deserved the fruits of exploiting them. They were wrong. If they wanted to be treated with consideration, they should have first no been INCONSIDERATE to others. If they wanted to be respected they should have not disrespected others first. Respect is EARNED. Respect is also a two way street.

Still, how severe are the methods that must be used to absolutely guarantee that those considerate people in civilization not be exploited by others who believe in being inconsiderate in order to get ahead?
It's the underlying question, and my answer is that no cost to the evil is too high to protect the innocent, as long as the the most peaceful methods are employed first.

If the evil are willing to to stop being evil with a gentle nudge, then great. If they need to be shoved a little, that is their fault for being so stubborn. If they need to be stopped by more extreme methods, that they asked for by refusing to stop being evil. The more stubbornly one refuses to stop committing evil, the more evil they are. The more evil they are, the more extreme will be the methods needed to stop them.

The evil can always be good at any time, and turn away from evil so that they don't NEED to be forced and don't need to suffer the great unpleasantness of more extreme measures. It's all up to them. It's perfectly fair. Because it is perfectly fair, I think it is civilized.

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

 

[Blackthornone]

Sorry for the dumb question, but this is my first HT IM figure. I want to remove the batteries, is there a particular size screw to use? Someone earlier mentioned that they used a flat head screwdriver vs a Philips. Any help would be appreciated. I'd rather not damage the figure in the process of my attempting this. Thanks.

I don't know the exact size of the Hot Toy's Phillips head screws, but I don't believe in using a flat head screwdriver on a Phillips head screw. I believe in always using the right tool for the job. It is important to note that if the screwdriver is not the exact size for the screw, it can strip the head, so a certain sized flat head screwdriver could be better than the wrong sized Phillips head screwdriver, even if the size of the Phillips head screwdriver is CLOSE. Close is not good enough for a screw head, especially a Phillips. It MUST be the correct size or the screwdriver won't get enough surface area contact of the screw, and thus it will concentrate too much force on too small and area of the head, thus stripping it. If you use a flat head screwdriver, you will also concentrate too much force in a small area, because you are only applying force to less than HALF of the head, resulting in excessive marring of the screw head at the very least. It is important to remember that you must press down firmly even when REMOVING a Phililps head screw, just to be sure you get a firm bite on the head, to avoid stripping it. With plastic parts, you must be especially careful not to use too much force.

 

[Blackthornone]

Thank you very much. You do have a point.

 

[toystales]

Can we get back to the Secret Project Iron Man??

We need pics!!! More pics!!!!! Not essays!!

 

[karamazov80]

Alright, alright. Enough with the insults. If you don't care for something, please try to ignore it. Having said that, this is an Iron Man toy thread, not a soapbox for OT feelings on the nature of civilization or whatever, so let's try to keep that in mind if you please. I wouldn't want to have to delete a post that someone took so much time out of their day to type out, but I'm not above doing that.

 

[nash]

Alright, alright. Enough with the insults. If you don't care for something, please try to ignore it. Having said that, this is an Iron Man toy thread, not a soapbox for OT feelings on the nature of civilization or whatever, so let's try to keep that in mind if you please. I wouldn't want to have to delete a post that someone took so much time out of their day to type out, but I'm not above doing that.

Do us ALL a favor and ban Blackthornone forever. In fact, do CIVILIZATION a favor and ban him.

 

[VASith]

Got my Iron Man SP Monday (thanks Dino!) and this is the first problem with a light I've had with an IM figure so far. The chest light glows faintly even when it's turned off. I swapped out the batteries and it still glows. As a last resort I put the clear plastic tab back in so that it won't drain the batteries. He's a great looking fig though...I'll post some pics when i get home from work.

 

[karamazov80]

Supposedly that happened with a few Ghost Rider bikes.

 

[sprig0701]

I'm surprised no one had told you to wiggle a steak knife or something in there

Sounds like the contact for the switch shifted in there and is still contacting it in the off position. I'd have to open mine up and see how to fix it. If I figure out a simple fix, I'll PM ya VASith.

 

[Blackthornone]

Do us ALL a favor and ban Blackthornone forever. In fact, do CIVILIZATION a favor and ban him.

Since scalping is not allowed on this forum, Darklord Dave has said that quote: "Scalpers are evil", and you are the most bragging and unrepentant scalper on this board, if anyone should be banned, it is you. I'm just a zealot against something that is prohibited on this forum, and I passionately argue against it. You on the other hand, openly advocate a prohibited behavior. Which kind of person would be more likely to be banned? My posts may be long, but I always respect other members, and my points of view is consistent with the rules. Your points of view on the other hand, are against the rules, and you openly attack people personally, which is against the rules, ie flaming, which you did in this very thread, for which you should get an infraction. Since scalping is prohibited on this forum, all people who are scalpers should be banned from this forum .