I’m going to start off by getting rid of some built up frustration. Every week I go through auctions looking for buggies and occasionally other vehicles to review. I try to find the best. This week I was sorely tempted to review some that are just impossible for me to understand. I refrained, but it’s interesting to me that several collectors have joined me from time to time attempting to help find good buggies to review. They always give up after an hour or so. Why? Because none of us can figure out things like why a buggy that’s been listed regularly for roughly 3 years for 100,000t is still being listed. It MAY have had the quality to justify that price three years ago, it surely doesn’t now, and the fact it’s still limited, and still for sale shows that. Then there’s the 200,000t buggy listed by a “designer” who can’t even get the treads right, the buggy has no shine, and it just generally shows no technical skill whatsoever. What is this person thinking?  

We also have the same “designers” listing the same buggies they’ve been listing for years. They never log in, they never try to improve and as far as I can see all they do is clutter up the auctions with their ancient items. For those that haven’t checked, we have some great buggy designers out there. They work hard at improving, and they come up with some great ideas. Unfortunately their work gets buried in a sea of mediocrity and worse.   

Then there’s the resale market. If a buggy was garbage when it came out and sold no copies, trust me on this... it isn’t a rare one of a kind buggy. It’s exactly what it was when it was first submitted: garbage. So the “designer” left There and no more will be built. I don’t know how to break this to you, but the buggy is still junk. Unless you’re looking for something to enter in an ugly buggy contest it’s worthless. Do us all a favor and do like I’ve done many times: return it to There. Make it go away. 

I have a huge collection of buggies. Many are by designers like Spyderbytez, Onus, and Colin25  and many others. I look for quality in design and execution. Many designers have progressed since those days. Something that would have caught my eye 4 years ago won’t do it today. Designers have pushed the envelope, but those great old buggies are a part of our history and justifiably command higher prices. On the other hand, some ugly buggy with a flat color or texture showing no technical skill just isn’t going to justify 200,000t plus in my opinion. Of course if YOU think it’s worth it, there are several in auction. I’d personally encourage you to buy them just so I don’t have to look at them again next week.  

OK, I feel better now. Despite my tedious trek through auctions this week, I did manage to find 2 cool buggies that I haven’t reviewed before. The first is by xxxEVILxxx called the Demonkazi. The scaly texture and the shading are very well done and the detail is excellent as we’ve come to expect from Evil. It’s a clean design possibly inspired by an old beta buggy that was known as a “good racer”. This is an original interpretation and it further demonstrates how far buggy designers have come since beta days. It lists at 32,999t and is limited to 20.

 

Next I found the DMC RS5000 by BidD26. BigD demonstrates here that he’s also getting better and better with each new submission. The design is clean, the detail very well done. Priced at 25,850 this one is limited to 10 copies.

 

After getting more and more frustrated in my trek through buggies in auction, I gave up and decided to mention some new hoverboats. I think everyone knows that there have been some incredible new boats out in the last couple of weeks. The first was the Yoshiboat model. Yoshi’s first one, the, the Yoshiboat Personal was limited to 10 copies priced at 50,000t. It’s sold out and no longer available. His next is the Soul Harvest which is limited to 20. This boat is the first “car” type boat to make use of the rotor. It’s incorporated into the underbody and in my opinion it’s perfect. It doesn’t have tires, it has pods. It doesn’t really NEED tires, it FLIES. If seen from a distance this model looks just as good as it does up close. In the case of the 8 Ball I actually like LOD1 better! Yoshi spent a ton of time making sure all of the LODs were as perfect as he could make them within the limitations imposed by There.

 

Yoshi was kind enough to invite both Myrdinn and me to paint versions. Shown here are examples of the ZMW 8 Ball, the ZMW Sky Reaper, the Yoshiboat Myr Edition, and the Myr Edition Ver 2. The ZMWs are not limited and are priced at 27,500t. Myrdinn’s are limited and priced at 40,000t.

 

Shortly after Yoshi’s boat model was released, Nex3d stunned the world with his new Nexus R50. This gleaming silver boat once again demonstrates this designer’s talent. It includes neon lights in the “wheel wells” and undercarriage and a glow from all the right places in the interior. This one is priced at 28,850t. I don’t know all of the background on R50, but it’s a completely original design. After Nex’s last experience with a hoverboat model I think we can see how resilient this designer is.

 

Both of these boat models are awesome. They’re two entirely different interpretations of the hoverboat. One sleek and modern, the other right out of the 40s. I’m sure I’m not alone in anxiously watching for what these two great designers will come up with next.