2 ebay scores

I picked up a couple of new vintage projects over the past week or two. All of these photos are from the ebay auctions... I won't receive the cars themselves for a another week or so.
The first was a Kyosho Raider:

Apparently, the tires on the back of this Raider are Proline Octa-Grabs. Here's an old video giving a quick run through of the Raiders assembly. Part 1 of 4:

The second auction I won this past Friday night. I'm not quite sure what is is, it seems to be made from several different cars. The gearbox and suspension arms look like they come from an Ultima, while the shocks might be from one of the old Traxxas cars. I'm not sure what the deal is with the chassis... it has an upper deck, with some sort of wacky steering servo setup. There is also another set of front & rear wheels/tires.

Speaking of ebay, I've discovered a better method of paying for things online. I've been using PayPal's bank method, which is quite a pain in the ass. It takes far too long for the payment to be taken from your bank account. It's been taking over a week to go from auction win to payment processing. On top of that, I've had problems with PayPal not withdrawing payment when they were supposed to. The best option is to link a credit card to your PayPal account in order to make the payment go through instantly. The only problem is credit cards and I don't get along too well, so I prefer not to have any. My solution to this was to get a prepaid Titanium + Visa card from Money mart, so then upon winning an auction, I can load up with cash and use to immediately pay for my purchase. It costs $20 initially, then costs something like $2 to load up. Once it's loaded, I can immediately link the card to my PayPal account. Haza!

[/Tim Sanderson]