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loving aces. Sorry about the car.
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VendaGoat posted:
I keep imagining them trying to get it more than a few miles with it and laughing. That thing was fuuuuucked up, I'm mostly surprised they got it out of the area at all. I was planning on donating it to Make a Wish or something. Enjoy my garbage car, thieves!
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Aug 25, 2015 02:31
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McPantserton posted:I keep imagining them trying to get it more than a few miles with it and laughing. That thing was fuuuuucked up, I'm mostly surprised they got it out of the area at all. I was planning on donating it to Make a Wish or something. Enjoy my garbage car, thieves! Bonus, you can claim it on your insurance now.
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Aug 25, 2015 02:36
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VendaGoat posted:Bonus, you can claim it on your insurance now. From the sound of things, the assessed cash value of the thing probably doesn't exceed her deductible. Hang in there, and keep picturing them excitedly driving down the road while pieces of it fall off
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Aug 25, 2015 02:50
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Was the car stolen while on the mechanic's property before they gave it back? Because that sounds like their insurance should be paying for it (and the deductible).
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Aug 25, 2015 02:55
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:From the sound of things, the assessed cash value of the thing probably doesn't exceed her deductible. drat YOU LOGIC!
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Aug 25, 2015 02:56
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Very awesome work, McPanterson! Wow! I have a dumb question for any frequent cosplayers: How difficult is it to balance working full time and also making several elaborate costumes a year? I work a PM 40 but never feel like I have enough time to read, let alone make chainmail or whatever.
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Aug 25, 2015 02:58
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Cat Hatter posted:Was the car stolen while on the mechanic's property before they gave it back? Because that sounds like their insurance should be paying for it (and the deductible). Yes! It was in their lot and they just left my keys in the car without letting me know or I would have gone to grab them. I'm going to try and get something out of it, even just my $500 writeoff. Their security footage didn't get anything useful, either. But at the worst case scenario if I get nothing, I already have another car lined up for myself at 0 cost thanks to some extremely good timing in my family's car purchasing plans, and I can afford to not have that $500 so it could be a LOT worse. For relevant content, here is someone cosplaying as a car.  Inzombiac posted:Very awesome work, McPanterson! Wow! It is difficult IMO. I usually do 2 large projects a year, one challenging one like Arthas and one smaller but still fancy one (Diablo wizard this year). I work on them seriously for about 4 months apiece. I get bored really easily and unless I've had something stressful happen like my car getting stolen  I'm usually happier crafting while I chill and watch TV or whatever. I work about a 40 hour week too and it's definitely a lot all together, but if you are a good planner and start early enough I think it's do-able. I still play a weekly D&D game, go to a board game night, and usually go out on the weekends plus the cosplay work.
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Aug 25, 2015 02:59
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McPantserton posted:Yes! It was in their lot and they just left my keys in the car without letting me know or I would have gone to grab them. I'm going to try and get something out of it, even just my $500 writeoff. Their security footage didn't get anything useful, either. But at the worst case scenario if I get nothing, I already have another car lined up for myself at 0 cost thanks to some extremely good timing in my family's car purchasing plans, and I can afford to not have that $500 so it could be a LOT worse. Oh. Oh this is called lawsuit time. Contact your insurance agency and a lawyer.
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Aug 25, 2015 03:02
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VendaGoat posted:Oh. Oh this is called lawsuit time. Contact your insurance agency and a lawyer. An auto repair shop that leaves the keys in your car overnight in a place it is liable to get stolen doesn't sound like the type of place to pony up on settlements very quickly, court-ordered or not. She'd probably end up back in court before seeing a dime, and it would be in the form of a lien on their business that they'd never pay off anyway. Definitely argue with their insurance though and do not take the first offer they give you. Go to some dealerships and have them give you estimates for a cash purchase of a similar vehicle and try your best to argue those numbers instead. They just might relent in order to get the matter closed quickly and that $500 could become $750 
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Aug 25, 2015 03:16
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So she hires a lawyer on contingency. Let the lawyer worry about getting blood from a stone, because they loving will.
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Aug 25, 2015 03:21
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It is entirely possible that it was the shop itself or at least one of the employees that took your car. I briefly worked in the office of a transmission shop that had just come under new management due to that kind of thing. Mechanics are hella shady.
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Aug 25, 2015 04:09
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McPantserton posted:In fact, I ran into her this weekend at a small con and I totally did tell her, she was really pleased. We even managed a few hallway pics together! Great costume, but as an Arizona person, the very thing that came to mind when seeing those boots was "drat, that looks hot as hell!". 
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Aug 25, 2015 07:52
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The Locator posted:Great costume, but as an Arizona person, the very thing that came to mind when seeing those boots was "drat, that looks hot as hell!". That's why you get one of these!
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Aug 25, 2015 08:31
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SugarAddict posted:That's why you get one of these! An Adam Savage?  I'll admit he's quite handy.
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Aug 25, 2015 14:00
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VendaGoat posted:So she hires a lawyer on contingency. Let the lawyer worry about getting blood from a stone, because they loving will. GSF is right though, you don't stand to lose much (but time) by haggling yourself with their insurance and threatening small claims or whatever.
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Aug 25, 2015 14:31
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McPantserton posted:
This looks about ten times better than the official ones in use at the Transformers attraction in Universal. The level of detail here is absolutely incredible.
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Aug 25, 2015 14:39
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I can't get over those badass boots. The whole costume is great, but Arthas stomping around in boots like that is the one thing that stands out from WC3 for me. Nice work! Depending on how heavy the cape is, a big fan could help it go all physicsy for that photoshoot you mentioned.
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Aug 25, 2015 15:05
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Kenny Logins posted:LOL at the Lionel Hutz who would actually take that case. Works on contingency? No, money down!
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Aug 25, 2015 15:16
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Kenny Logins posted:Lionel Hutz I know what my next cosplay will be.
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Aug 25, 2015 16:41
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McPantserton posted:Looking at doing running LEDs in the blade and possibly a RFID setup so it only lights up when I am holding it. That's a neat idea. If you can wring the blade lighting, the "only lights while holding it" part will be no problem to add. There are cheaper options than RFID too.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:03
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More of that Ladybeard dude: 
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Aug 26, 2015 10:28
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McPantserton posted:In fact, I ran into her this weekend at a small con and I totally did tell her, she was really pleased. We even managed a few hallway pics together! Scizor?
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Aug 26, 2015 20:54
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BattleCattle posted:It's an action pose, I'll forgive it. No, I was praising her trigger discipline, her finger isn't on it. But yeah, action pose, so if her finger was on it, that'd probably be alright too.
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Aug 26, 2015 20:55
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Anora posted:Scizor? Looks like Beetle from Spider-man
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Aug 26, 2015 22:41
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Nah, it's totally Scizor. PS. I got my car back!
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Aug 26, 2015 22:58
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McPantserton posted:PS. I got my car back! My condolences.
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Aug 26, 2015 23:09
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McPantserton posted:PS. I got my car back! Dangit! How could this happen?
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Aug 26, 2015 23:10
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McPantserton posted:Nah, it's totally Scizor. See if they left any meth/crack/firearms! You may yet make a profit on having your car stolen!
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Aug 26, 2015 23:11
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Magnus Praeda posted:See if they left any meth/crack/firearms! You may yet make a profit on having your car stolen! If you're going to keep it, see if the police will run a dog around it to check to see if anything got left there.
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Aug 26, 2015 23:25
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At least you know how to get rid of it for free now
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Aug 26, 2015 23:25
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Your car sucks so much even criminal don't want it for their chop shops. E: Maybe Boomerjinks can make a recreated version now.
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Aug 26, 2015 23:49
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McPantserton posted:Nah, it's totally Scizor. ..... Is this good?
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Aug 26, 2015 23:55
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If the car got stolen on their lot, and it's possible to get it running semi-well again, you might be able to persuade/threaten them into fixing it for free.
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Aug 27, 2015 00:50
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McPantserton posted:PS. I got my car back! Make it your next costume project
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Aug 27, 2015 01:09
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starkebn posted:Make it your next costume project Check out this guy's Captain America cosplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezarRcMKpVI
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VendaGoat posted:..... Financially, probably no! But in terms of getting all this headache out of my life, definitely yes. I'll take it. Car is extra dead now though, whoever stole it killed the battery and now I also have to contest a parking ticket.  Here is a cosplay photo of a comparable quality to the state of my car: 
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Aug 27, 2015 14:52
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Are you sure? That optimus looks dead on.
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Whelp, now you have your car back you have the perfect vessel to start your Mad Max: Fury Road cosplay.
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