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All, The proliferation and price of Matchbox and Hotwheels cars, plus military vehicles, cannot be beaten. Hasbro, like Microsoft, has won. The fact is, what...
companycmd
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May 1, 2002
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... From: companycmd <companycmd@...> To: <carwars@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:59 AM Subject: [carwars] Matchbox Cars ... Obviously,...
Paul Chapman
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May 6, 2002
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I am looking to do a Car Wars Game at a local Game store and remember seeing an article, some where, on Super Scale Car Wars. Can anyone send me a copy of...
Gobbo
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May 6, 2002
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Some people play with Matchbox size vehicles, also known as "3XCW". Do a search for that and you should find several sites that also mention other scales. ...
Steve Kerry
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May 7, 2002
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... True,the SJG "Car Wars" minis will be far better then converted "hot wheels" there is no dout about that,but untile they come out I still think many of us...
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May 9, 2002
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Has anyone got an idea on how the Sonic Cannon works if shooting at tires? Tire and tire-armor? Two tires? / Martin Persson "Let he who is without sin try to...
Martin Persson
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May 13, 2002
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... One tire. Paul Chapman Miniatures Division Manager Ogre Line Editor Car Wars Line Editor Steve Jackson Games paul@......
Paul Chapman
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May 13, 2002
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That's what we agreed on too. Thanks....
Martin Persson
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May 13, 2002
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Sure, SJ can market their own cars, but for $.89 cents each??!! Somehow, I HIGHLY doubt it. Personally, I say don't waste your time or effort; just make...
Terry M Cabak
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May 14, 2002
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... I disagree. None of the Compact or Subcompacts made by Hotwheels and Matchbox are to scale with thier other cars. I have a Cooper Mini that is as big as...
Gobbo
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May 14, 2002
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... i'm with gobbo, we'll be better off with what ever minis SJG puts out i ust got the 1st div 5 sets today and now that know how small the car counters...
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May 18, 2002
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Ok i just got my 1st div 5 starter set and and the use of the larger car in rule examples is throwing me a bit so l'm a little unsure on the corret way to make...
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May 18, 2002
5:37 pm
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This one had me confused along with the drifts (that was cleared up when I read the errata though). Here goes: 1. Choose the desired bend. 2. Line up the...
Martin Persson
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May 18, 2002
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A question on maneuvers: When is a maneuver completed? A car cannot fire during a maneuver. My interpetation is that a maneuver is completed after the car has...
Martin Persson
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May 18, 2002
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-' thanks,that clears things up but i do have one more question, does the be= nd cost movment like in a drift IE if i'm going 30 mph and i've already move= d...
fabe_ca
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May 18, 2002
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You have to save an inch as you move an inch during the bend. ... / Martin Persson "Let he who is without sin try to survive"...
Martin Persson
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May 19, 2002
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What happens when you have a second mine dropper? Do you place two counters every three inches or one counter every 1.5 inches?...
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May 20, 2002
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... That depends on when you placed them on automatic. If you fired them together, then two mines are placed every 3". If you fired them separately, then you...
Paul Chapman
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May 21, 2002
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Ok i got set 1 of the divion 5 starter set and with sets 2 and 3 ariving friday I'm going to start puting together six player game but I was woundering if all...
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May 21, 2002
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... I haven't played the new system yet, but have all the sets [Div5-Div15]. I have looked over the Div 5 cars and they look about equal, but having a Killer...
Gobbo
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May 21, 2002
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Hi! I'm in Australia and I have waited some weeks for my copy of Deluxe Car Wars to arrive. When it did, it was missing a heap of stuff. Is there anyone here...
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May 25, 2002
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... Uhh i don't think the turning key and the counters from the new edtion of car war will be of any use to you if you have Deluxe car War (the boxed set with...
fabe_ca
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May 26, 2002
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... A better solution would be to contact orders@... with a list of what components you did receive. They should be able to replace the missing...
Paul Chapman
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May 28, 2002
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Ok lets say some one is going ram my killer Kart in the rear can i use the return fire rule to drop a mine, and if so when can i drop it? do I place the mine...
fabe_ca
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May 30, 2002
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By my reading of the rules, you may return fire when fired upon, and a ram, though it does damage, is not being fired upon... Jim ... From: fabe_ca...
Jimmy Anderson
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May 30, 2002
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Thanks for taking the time to read this, but after reading Excerpts from the Road atlas from the web arctives of the old " Autoduel quarterly" magazine I've...
fabe_ca
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Jun 2, 2002
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... Much of the information in the old version is now out of date, so there really isn't any reason to re-release it. However, a new edition isn't out of the...
Paul Chapman
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Jun 3, 2002
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... Ah so there is hope,good,car Wars has such a interesting back story to it it would be a shame to ignore it in this edtion,but from now it looks like the...
fabe_ca
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Jun 4, 2002
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When are the design rules comming out?...
deadtechinc
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Jun 19, 2002
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... Well sjgames.com says augest but that just when they have it will be done since it also use to say that the divsion 5 vehicle guide and the arena book...
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