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Old 07-03-2018, 07:02 PM   #1
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Default We're going BACK!!!!

Was doing some searching for bits online the other night and uncovered this little gem.
Go to the O'Reilly auto parts website https://www.oreillyauto.com/ and do a search on their site for 121G....
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Old 07-03-2018, 07:38 PM   #2
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Damn!! "This item is not available for purchase."

GRRRRR. What about a Mr Fusion instead??
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Old 07-03-2018, 09:13 PM   #3
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McFly.....What are you........Chicken???

'Nobody calls me........... Chicken'!!!

And we still don't have the 'hoverboard' or 'self drying jacket'

Its now 2018.

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Some of the nano coatings available now can make a self drying jacket - although technically it's more hydrophobic, rather than self-drying as such.
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Old 08-03-2018, 03:21 PM   #5
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A year or 2 ago I stumbled over this DIY project on reddit

https://imgur.com/gallery/56Dem

There was a more detailed rundown with pics of how he built it but it looks like it might have been taken down.
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Old 08-03-2018, 04:50 PM   #6
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Jaycar sell them too, just need a nuclear reactor to gobwith it and we're set.��

https://www.jaycar.com.au/flux-capacitor/p/OUTATIME
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Old 08-03-2018, 05:08 PM   #7
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I want the HoverBoard ! you'd think by now as mentioned, hello its 2018 !!
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Old 09-03-2018, 12:17 PM   #8
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I want the HoverBoard ! you'd think by now as mentioned, hello its 2018 !!
Pfft the hoverboard is so 2014! ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSheVhmcYLA
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Friggin, still not up to the movie standard - let down Grunter.
Even Hawkey was struggling and lacking confidence, doesn't stop spinning like a top lol...
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They had airboards in the late '60s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_-PQdrgw2A
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