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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    07/14/09

    In reply to Automobile Recession Hits The Ghostbusting Industry
    Total chick magnet.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/14/09

    @atrus123: Yes, that siren really gets the ladies goin'. WaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAH WaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAH
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    07/14/09

    @atrus123: Your first date would be horrible, as you'd be followed around by middle aged men slobbering over your sweet sweet ride.
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    Image of Indigen Indigen
    07/14/09

    In reply to Automobile Recession Hits The Ghostbusting Industry
    The last Ecto 1 on ebay? This sounds like bridge selling.
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    Image of Doctor Who? Doctor Who?
    07/14/09

    @Indigen: Different purposes for each, sounds like. And Universal likely has needed quite a few different copies of the Ecto 1. Probably not as many as they needed of the General Lee, but still quite a few.
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    Image of Dr Wadd Dr Wadd
    07/14/09

    @Doctor Who?: When the first Ghostbusters was filming there was only one Ecto-1. One of the extra features on the recent BluRay release was covering the restoration of Ecto-1 so it could be used on promotional tours for the BluRay release, and before the restoration was started it was in very poor condition. If there had been more than one Ecto-1, I`m not sure why they would be making a big deal about restoring one, as surely they would have just used a different one for promotional purposes.

    If this is a legitimate item, I would strongly suspect that the car for sale isn`t the Ecto-1 used in the films, and definitely not the Ecto-1 used for the first film. Most likely it is a cheaper replica that was made for promoting the films. Still would like to be able to own it though.
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    Image of slater slater
    07/14/09

    @Doctor Who?: When I went to Universal Studios as a kid, I remember seeing the Back to the Future DeLorean and being very excited... until I went on the tour and saw 6 more of them. The one on display had a big sign saying something like "The original car from the movie!" but it failed to mention that it was one of many.
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    07/14/09

    @slater: Heck, watch BttF 3. The scene where Marty is hot-rodding it across the desert away from the Indians? That is TOTALLY not the regular DeLorean. That sucker's practically a monster truck.
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    07/14/09

    @Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: I can imagine. I have a hard time believing that a regular DeLorean could handle that kind of terrain.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    07/08/09

    In reply to Alternate Histories Of Objects For Sale On eBay
    Or alternatively...


    The stories behind the objects are true, but for some mythological reason, the buyers must be told the story is false in order for the rightful owners of the objects to be found.

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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    07/08/09

    In reply to Alternate Histories Of Objects For Sale On eBay
    In the story... of the stories... it would of course turn out that one of the objects was really magical.


    I would guess the blue bottle.

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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    07/08/09

    In reply to Alternate Histories Of Objects For Sale On eBay
    "This Kevin Costner Waterworld action figure has a very interesting story behind it. An amber alert had notified the police to a description of my car so I pulled into a shopping mall parking lot with the police on my tail. I ran into the closest store which was Kay Bee's and hid behind the 99 cent clearance bin of toys. When the police had passed by I got up from behind the bin and noticed they were blowing out these great Kevin Costner action figures. Now I'm awaiting trial and need to sell these to pay for my defense. Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!"
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/08/09

    @BullfightsOnAcid: You are a horrid, horrid little man. Who should I make the check out to?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/08/09

    @BullfightsOnAcid: You scare me very much. No wonder they ran out of those damn figures when I got there.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/08/09

    In reply to Alternate Histories Of Objects For Sale On eBay
    FINALLY, porcelain dogs with clocks in their stomachs and sad faced hobos with nuclear waste bindles will have their stories revealed to the world.
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
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