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Post by imranbecks » Sun Apr 04, 2004 9:45 am

The Bandai Ent-E is still avialable at hlj.com. U can order for him. I'm surprised that hlj is not selling the the Bandai NX-01 anymore.... Maybe u took the last NX-01 that they had..Not sure what the next model by Bandai wld be... It could be the Ent-D... hmmm.. Click on my signature below to view pics of my collection, that of course also includes Knight Rider... :) BTW, I added ur contact in my MSN....

Back to Knight Rider. It appears that KARR has a 1-tv dash instead of 2. KARR is suppose to have a 2-tv dash. But only a minor mistake from Aoshima. Is KITT's dash 1-tv as well? What is the size of the batteries for the scanner? And how do u activate it? Is there a button somewhere?
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Post by sarfraz » Sun Apr 04, 2004 3:55 pm

They do sell the NX-01, its just that it seems to sell out faster than the others. Everytime NX-01 comes back in stock, it goes back out of stock.

Looking at your pics, ah you got an MP-prime aswell, dude rocks :lol: I've got to start adding some more binaltech TF's to my army :twisted: , only got smokescreen so far.

Yeah, both are one-monitor dashes. One-monitor dashes are unusual in KR models so its abit of a treat to get KARR aswell in One monitor....even though its not right.

The batteries are those tiny watch size ones. The car has a switch underneath the car which attaches to a switch on the base. So you can turn the scanner on/off without needing to take the car off the base.

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Post by KARR Engineer » Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:22 pm

From Your pics, sarfraz, I've decided to SURELY get one, but only KITT, because KARR has the wrong dash!

KARR: A truly human error.
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Post by sarfraz » Sun Apr 04, 2004 5:45 pm

Bah, KARR's excellent even with a single monitor dash. At the end of the day its only a very minor thing. Its also the only Aoshima KARR your going to get that is actually black.

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Post by imranbecks » Sun Apr 04, 2004 8:29 pm

Ya..You're right, this is perhaps the only die-cast model of KITT and KARR that features 1-tv dash. So this version of KITT was based from season 3 and 4 of the series. The corgi KITT that I have has a 2-tv dash.

I'm still waiting to get mine.... First it was Sarfraz that was waiting for his KITT and KARR, now that he has received his....Its my turn to wait before i can receive mine... :(
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Post by Knight9766 » Mon Apr 05, 2004 10:28 am

Hi Imranbecks,

Which shop you order the 1/43 KITT. :o
Thinking of ordering one aswell. :lol:
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Post by imranbecks » Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:07 am

Knight9766 wrote:Hi Imranbecks,

Which shop you order the 1/43 KITT. :o
Thinking of ordering one aswell. :lol:
I just sent you a private message Knight9766.. Hope to hear from u soon..
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Post by imranbecks » Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:22 am

I can't find any websites other than hlj that are featuring the Aoshima 1/43 Knight Rider cars. Its not even on Ebay...how weird....
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Post by sarfraz » Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:41 pm

...I was actually thinking just that. How many people actually have these cars?......MAHAHAHAHAHAHA :dance:

Seriously though, these cars are gonna be hard to come by for the moment. It'll take some time before they filter through to ebay as I don't think Aoshima has made that many....for the moment.

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Post by imranbecks » Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:58 pm

And I still haven't gotten mine yet.... aargh...
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Post by neps » Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:08 am

pictures look great sarfraz! very jealous of the cars. ;) is Aoshima the same company that did the mini-zs?
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Post by sarfraz » Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:40 am

Yep Neil. I think my review hinted at that. Aoshima have so far made:

2x mini-z KR ready to run sets
Knight Truck
2x KR min-z shell set
2x baby KR RC cars (really small deformed)
..and now 2x 1:43 KR cars

Thats amazing considering they have only had the license for a couple of years.

Oh, just noticed they have started to filter onto ebay...didn't lose any money even when considering I buyed customs charges.

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Post by imranbecks » Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:01 am

I wish I can own all the Aoshima Knight Rider stuff...pretty cool.. All of them can be bought at HLJ of course... The 1/43 KR cars will be my first ever Aoshima KR merchandise...
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Post by sarfraz » Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:15 am

...I actually have bought every single Aoshima KR merchandise. I'm poorer and happier for it 8)

I think these 1:43 cars are their best work, but they always seem to come up with the goods. Shame we don't have more companies like Aoshima who realise that money can be made from KR as long as the product is of a high quality. Aoshima only make these products for the Eastern Asia market. Just imagine if a large company got the rights to import Aoshima products to western countries? eg like Hasbro's relationship with Takara.

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Post by imranbecks » Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:27 am

Yeah...Aoshima would sure make loads of money.....

Anyways, I still haven't gotten mine yet... It can get really frustrating at times.. I'm still studying, so I can't have a credit card. If I had, i wld have ordered it from hlj already.... Now i have to wait..... I keep asking myself: Will I ever get it? :-(
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Post by sarfraz » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:50 am

Chill, all in good time....its not like the postman is holding it hostage :lol: ...like mine was. hlj.com should consider UPS or DHL. Clearance fees are smaller and I would get a better service than Parcel "crappy" force.

I'm not sure how it is in your country but in the UK, even when I was studying for my degree I had a credit card....since I was about 20 I think. I purposely got a card with a low limit, that way I never spent more than I could afford.

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Post by imranbecks » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:52 pm

I'm from Singapore. Here in Singapore, anyone not employed cannot have a credit card. I'm still studying and working only part-time. It ain't good enough...

I shd try find out more abt this, maybe its possible..I'm not too sure...

But right now..my main problem is getting my hands on this KITT and KARR..... I really want them!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by rockykabir » Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:34 pm

Hey guys,

I was just wondering........do you know whether it'll be possible to fit the 1:43 model of KITT onto one of these?!:

http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/943_1_1002009.html

Now that'll will be amazing!!!
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My KITT and KARR

Post by Stargazer » Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:54 pm

I ordered my KITT and KARR from http://www.hlj.com. Still waiting for the shipping confirmation.

They did ship my FLAG semi kind of fast after giving them my payment :) ........
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Post by sarfraz » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:55 am

..I think its about demand. Right now they can't get the 1:43 cars in quick enough so theres bound to be abit of a block-up in the processing of these cars.

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Recieved !

Post by Stargazer » Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:30 am

I received both KITT and KARR yesterday. I'm happy with the over all detail, however the LEDs in the scanners need to be adjusted some.

At least I found out what that black string in the back of the two cars are for.
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Post by sarfraz » Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:03 am

...what do you mean by adjusted?

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Post by Stargazer » Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:15 pm

sarfraz wrote:...what do you mean by adjusted?

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The LEDs aren't alligned correctly. On the KITT scanner, 1 is clearly visible and the other two are pointed down. Looks a bit messy on the flashing. The KARR car scanner seems to be ok for the most part though.
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Post by sarfraz » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:20 pm

...strange, both my cars are fine. You may have just been alittle unlucky. Although, it could quite easily be fixed with a few pokes of a small screwdriver...if done properly.

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Re: Recieved !

Post by imranbecks » Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:08 pm

Stargazer wrote:I received both KITT and KARR yesterday. I'm happy with the over all detail, however the LEDs in the scanners need to be adjusted some.

At least I found out what that black string in the back of the two cars are for.
How did u manage to get KITT from hlj? I thought KITT has been out of stock there for quite some time already...up till now, it still is....
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