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Finally convinced my wife !

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:32 am
by blaster_e11
Hey guys

i've got to say i'm very happy i convinced my wife to let me buy a PTE blackhawk, for 16 USD she couldn't have said no. 8)

i'm not sure she realized how big this kind of toys are :oops:

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:01 am
by steelbonnet
Julien,

Excellent news mate though she should be thankfull it`s the PTE Blackhawk as the BBI one is Actual 1/18th scale & a LOT bigger.

Still for $16 you certainly cannot argue with the price :D

Look forward to seeing what you plan on doing with it once you have it :D

Ja
Steel Bonnet

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:35 am
by blaster_e11
steelbonnet wrote:Julien,

Excellent news mate though she should be thankfull it`s the PTE Blackhawk as the BBI one is Actual 1/18th scale & a LOT bigger.

Still for $16 you certainly cannot argue with the price :D

Look forward to seeing what you plan on doing with it once you have it :D

Ja
Steel Bonnet
hmm

my wife definitely don't want it hanging from the ceiling and i don't think i can spare more rom from one of my living room shelves.

hope i'll be able to open it and play a little bit with it

i think i'm gonna use th chopper harris figs as pilots and set a small SF/merc team aboard : 21st sf guy, 21st royal marin, custom bbi SF and bbi sf trooper

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:39 am
by steelbonnet
Ahhh sounds like a solid team for insertion their Julien :D

Though surprised you`ve NOT included any of your French SpecOps in that line up ;)

Ja
Steel Bonnet

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:03 am
by blaster_e11
steelbonnet wrote:Ahhh sounds like a solid team for insertion their Julien :D

Though surprised you`ve NOT included any of your French SpecOps in that line up ;)

Ja
Steel Bonnet
actually i'm working on a way to add one more french trooper to the team.


the purpose is to have 4 bbi seal (i've already got these), 4 SF guys and 4 international troopers for a killer team of 12 members

it's weird i know but i like i like even numbers

i may be tempted to customize a old bbi seal or army trooper into a new SF guy (as i've seen on these boards) and put the brit with the frogs :?

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:44 am
by aferguson
i'm sure once your wife sees how nice it is and how happy it makes you she'll be glad to let you buy more. :wink:

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:29 pm
by scbvideoboy
aferguson wrote:i'm sure once your wife sees how nice it is and how happy it makes you she'll be glad to let you buy more. :wink:
I'm not married, and even I know that rates a... "yeah right!"

DH

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:44 pm
by jbell
Get some gonads Frenchy! I told my wife I was buying an "old truck" and brought home an 8 ton half-track. She gets her toys, I get mine.....Hey, Maybe thats why I've been married 3 times! :shock:

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:37 am
by blaster_e11
the diminutive woman is live with would surely love to read your comments :lol:

oh man...

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:11 am
by MiG29K
I'm glad that I don't have to run my 'defense' budget through another "governing" body for approval! haha!! (I hope I haven't jinxed myself by saying this!!! :shock: - there's probably a rolling pin with my name on it somewhere)

"Can't live with 'em....Can't live without them"

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:11 am
by holensock
My wife will usually give me some grief when it comes to buying this stuff...but I usually end up getting it anyway...and when it comes to taking a vacation? Well, taking a vacation isn't so hard for me as it is for other men, my wife tells me where, my boss tells me when.

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:45 am
by jbell
Another tactic is to tell the little lady " Those planes are all for the kid" :wink: He loves taking the pilots in and out. They handle a little abuse rather well. We have 14 of them so far. Hanging in his room, he has a P-51 and a P-47 chasing down an ME-109. Now his big sister wants some hanging in her room.

Image

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:07 am
by Quixote511
I used to tell my wife I was buying them for my classroom. Well, that's just a little white lie. I buy the 32x to hang in the classroom, while I keep the XD out in the man cave (or dining room table, or entertainment center, or my militaria display case :P )

xd

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:59 pm
by kevrut
my 'defense' budget

I never thought of that one. :lol: :lol:

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:13 pm
by luftpanzer
jbell wrote:Get some gonads Frenchy! I told my wife I was buying an "old truck" and brought home an 8 ton half-track. She gets her toys, I get mine.....Hey, Maybe thats why I've been married 3 times! :shock:
Gee you think? :lol:

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:46 am
by jbell
Yeah, but look at the positive side. Only divorced twice.
I found a keeper this time!............So far