User talk:HaarFager

Adding Descriptions
Hi Kenny, I always wondered on why memebers, add too much repeated information in a listing. Example; (not picking on you Mike :) ), because I have been quilty of this as well. Road Rocket Do we really need to be telling members and non members who come to the site a Description when the information is in the Header and Columns. To me, I think that it can get carried away with providing to much of the same information.  The closet I ever gotten to write anything was on the yearbook staff in Highschool and College, and writing poetry.  To me telling the person several times to get the point across is reduntant. Your Thoughts......... Fantazim 00:11, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The Header you have the designer, years, debut, and series.
 * Versions you have the scale and title.
 * I agree with what your saying, Bill, I just deleted the description on that page. The only thing that I've been doing is that when I'm editing a page for what-ever various reasons, I might do something else while I'm there.  Lately, when I notice extra text written prior to the obligatory  "The casting has come out in the following versions:" then I'll add "==Description==" above it to separate the two.  It usually works out nicely, but in the case of the Road Rocket page, you're right, it was redudant.  I just didn't read the text before I addedd "Desciption" above it.  Vista69 01:08, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with both of you. I don't think I've ever added such type of information like this in the area just below the header, because like both of you, I feel this is covered in the header itself and the table.  Personally, I like to add various interesting things about the real life model it's based on, or the fact that it has been released under another name.  Look at the 1971 Buick Riviera page and you can see what I like to add for this area.  Just something to liven up a page and give it a little more interest.  To simply put in this area that the first model was released in green, with subsequent models of brown and light blue, just doesn't really fit there.  It's like you said, it's redundant and a waste of space.  HaarFager 20:27, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Busy Guy you Are
Hey Kenny, I had to deleted all content on 2008 What-4-2 by a new user that just started a whole complete and repeated what was on What-4-2 so I had to re-direct the one to the other, also he changed the the title on the list of 2008. I fixed it, and he is uploading pictures from SouthTexas to here, and only knew of one person that was a loud to do so. Thanks Bill P.S. I'll try to find the clown picture again. Fantazim 04:58, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Image replacement
I'm getting discouraged about the "Upload a new version of this file" link. It doesn't seem to work 100%. What would be easier, change the name and upload a new version, and have you delete the image no longer used?? Or, use the link available and be patient, with the assumed fact that the image WILL BE eventually replaced. Vista69 02:54, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Mike, to me, it's a whole lot easier to just upload a new image and let the other go. The administrators will get rid of it eventually.  (Wink, wink!)  I go through the unused files every once in awhile and try to get rid of ones that are obviously not being used.  So, if I were you, I'd just upload a new one with a new name.  HaarFager 04:46, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me, I'll just change the name from now on. Thanks for your help. Vista69 12:55, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Hot Wheels Home Page Request
Hi Kenny
 * The Egg-Clusives for 2009 not everyone throughout the both coasts are getting these, it's going to take sometime? I understand you don't want the home page to have to much information, but these are only being found in Wal-Mart on the West Coast. My Request is to at least have the list for 2 more weeks, so everyone knows what is in the line-up.  Fantazim 17:23, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem, Bill. Special circumstances like that need special attention sometimes, so do whatever you feel is right.  After all, that's what the column is for, to alert people for what is out or what to look for.  HaarFager 16:41, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't understand it.... On the Recent changes page, it says somebody named "Fclass" left a remark on my talk page.  But the only person that was there to reply to was Fantazim (Bill).  What has happened here?  Am I mixed up or what?  HaarFager 16:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Not sure, I wasn't on all day since yesterday evening. I see at the very bottom of your page says "Hello Can you please why there is a Super Treasure Hunts column in List of year Hot Wheels pages? They're just like the regular Treasure Hunts. They should be deleted. Fclass 16:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC) Please let him know that there is a difference, especially when someone is looking up by collector number, and card number.  Doesn't seem to leave side notes, and doesn't respond back when you answer his questions.  Fantazim 22:11, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

More Wagons
So far I can think of two wagons that you don't have listed yet. '57 Buick, It looks like Brad created it, and maybe Nomadder What. Later, Vista69 05:24, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Mike. That '57 Buick is a nice looking casting!  HaarFager 06:19, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

New Kid (Clevelandkid) to Admin
Thanks for the Hello to Hot Wheels Wiki. The pages I have edited so far do not seem to be harmed. The whole idea of this Wiki is great. I only have a few hundred loose mint cars from the 90s and early 2000s, and some Redlines, so I will be checking to see if any of their pictures could help. I enjoy taking pictures, especially in the Macro mode. My personal addictions are the VW Drag Bus and the 65 Mustang. I have a few loose Mustangs that are not on the site yet, and a lot of VW Drag Busses, too many according to my wife. Since the Busses from Liberty Promotions are Hot Wheels, they can be included. You may have seen the autographed Busses I put in the Gallery on the VW Drag Bus page. Question Time -- You said to leave a short note on the edits when I modify a page. Is that what the "Summary" in the red box is for? I realize the convenience of remarks in any type of coding. Clevelandkid 20:38, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, the Summary box at the bottom is where you leave the comments. I've heard that it's red, but I'm colorblind, so I can't confirm this.  That's what wives are good for - to tell you that you have too many Drag Buses!  At least she lets you get them, so she sounds all right.  Having only a limited amount of cars was my problem, too, and I've about run out of cars to photograph and upload.  If I get any new ones, I have those, but otherwise, I just try to help where I can.  If you really like taking pictures, take a look in the small Gallery at the bottom of my user page.  Once in awhile, I'll take a posed shot of a vehicle for the Header image.  That'll give you some more chances to take more pictures, which is always a good thing, as far as I'm concerned!  It's my philosophy that Header images can be special because they're showing that particular vehicle in all it's glory.  Then I try to make the image I'm going to use for the table and that version's description, to be plain so that it shows off details more specifically.  But, anything goes, so you're free to do what you think looks good.  Thanks for joining and I'm sure you're going to have a lot of fun!  What's not to enjoy?  They're Hot Wheels!  Feel free to ask me about anything and I'll come up with an answer.  HaarFager 21:51, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I have added a picture of the rear wheel used on the VW Drag Bus in the gallery of the Wheel Page (second row, center picture). I have never heard of a name for it, and I could not find it in the list of wheels. It is there for you to put it in the correct place and name it appropriately, (or tell me where it already is). There are both Chrome and Redline versions so we need two names. I will try to continue to suggest things that will keep you busy since you are running out of cars to photograph. Thanks Clevelandkid 02:46, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I have created a couple new wheel type pages, one for the VW Drag Bus tires you mentioned. Check them out here 10DOT and here Wheel Types.  Call me Kenny, that's my name!  HaarFager 04:07, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Wheel Types
Hi Kenny the other night I uploaded a Race Car 10 Spoke tire with no lettering, and I put it at the bottom of the page with others that kinda seem of sitting in limbo. A lot of McDonald's Die-Casts used them, so I took AGENTAIR's photo and blackened the tires. I really don't know how we can call these, the other sitting there I notice too, we have some race cars that have that tire. Fantazim 12:47, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

'33 Ford Roadster "Problem"
Hi Kenny, We have a '33 Ford Problem and some of it is minor errors in the listings that was my fault, we don't have a '33 Ford Roadster, that bares all sorts of names. STDC calls it on their main page an '33 Ford Roadster (Convertible). When I was doing some of these lists I assumed that the '33 Ford was it. Now I'm doing a list on Mothers Wax and when I looked at the roadster it has fenders, the '33 Ford doesn't have fenders, and the Deuce Roadster doesn't have fenders. I have tried to search under Ford, Roadster, 1933, and 1934 and I honestly thought I saw this listing. I will fix my errors on all listings once you get in contact with me, because the Connect Cars is wrong too for Oregon. Fantazim 22:40, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I think I remember a page for another '33 Ford, also. Because I meant to upload a picture of one I had.  Did you mean this other kind of '33 Ford?


 * Kenny, the '33 Ford or Lo-Boy we have http://www.southtexasdiecast.com/hwguide/1933fordloboy.html and can't find the other 33 or 34 Roadster http://www.southtexasdiecast.com/hwguide/33fordroadster.html What I am saying we Don't Have a '33 Roadster page unless I am over looking it. Fantazim 00:05, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I guess we don't have a page for that one created yet. I was probably thinking of the Hooligan, which is a '33 Ford Roadster Pickup.  If you want to go ahead and create one, I think we should call it the '33 Ford Roadster.  There again, Hot Wheels has named it and misnamed it repeatedly, calling it a '33 Ford and a '34 Ford.  Which is it, Mattel?  HaarFager 00:29, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds good calling it '33 Ford Roadster, I would have to look in my one drive to see if I have any photos, but they would be on cards. I got to fix this name in some listings first. Fantazim 00:37, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Okie dokie. HaarFager 00:45, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey there
I saw your comment in the '56 Ford, and I looked in the history, I never did say about Standardized, I knew I did on a few others, but I'm not perfect, sorry I forgot to leave comment about adding 6 strings and 2 photos. Fantazim 18:01, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I Remeber now '65 Pontiac GTO, if I forgot anything I'm sorry, but everytime I had fixed anything from AGENTAIR in the past before the holidays he let me know about it. I feel at times if it is his, I feel like pins and needles.  But I never say about him revamping Mattel photos. Fantazim 18:06, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Those comments weren't directed at any one particular person. When I get e-mail alerts that a page I've been watching has been changed, it will list the comments made on that change, but doesn't list who made the changes.  Usually, I'll go to the page and see all the new additions and when I see only parts of the page "standardized" when the comment on the changes was "Standardized page," the statement just strikes me as being not totally correct.  Being a professional writer makes me look at things like that more critically.  We should all try to be more correct.  Even when I make mistakes like that, I say so in the comments I make, just so everyone knows I'm not perfect, but that I'm trying to be better.  So, it's just a pet peeve of mine is all.  Sorry for the confusion.  I hope you can see where I'm coming from.  Editors show no mercy when it comes to writing submission errors, so I've kind of got in that mode of doing things for everything I do.  HaarFager 18:45, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I am becoming better at leaving comments, and I'm sorry as well that I didn't. Now, I see the importance of leaving comments on everything.  I don't know how to set up my preferences on here, and maybe can explain why, when something has changed the urgency right away.  I used to be able to find it easy to change my log in and etc.  I was working on the classics and going down the page.  I saw in my folder that I had a few pictures and thought wow, no one has put any information on the Classics '56 Ford.  If I've been defensive lately I'm sorry, going through some changes here in the real life.  I admire you having the strengths in reading, and spelling.  Mine are Math and numbers, I'm no Rain Man but, I'm really good mathematically with numbers and figuring out solutions and problems.  I have had only one poem ever published, but maybe sometime in the near future when we're not busy, you can proof read a few.  That was the biggest accomplishment I have ever done when it came to reading other than books grant you.  Fantazim 19:01, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Poetry? I love poetry!  I've written thousands of poems and even had some published.  So, feel free to e-mail me some and I'll look over them, Bill.  Thanks!  HaarFager 21:15, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Massah been good
Hi Kenny -- I was kind of shocked to see your response to me in the Community Portal: "Massah been good to us slaves."

I know I haven't been around much for a while, but I did a lot of work here last spring, and I care about this wiki a lot. I've always responded right away when somebody has a question or needs help, including when you were having problems with display issues in December. So I'm not sure what I could have done to deserve being called a slave-owner; that feels really mean.

I'm sorry to see that you were frustrated by some of the changes recently; if I'd known, I would have been happy to help. If you've ever got a problem, you can just leave a message on my talk page. But the slave thing makes me feel uncomfortable and upset. -- Danny (talk ) 20:10, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The "Massah" thing wasn't for you. That's why I thanked you personally, by name.  Massah is the great ruler above all in Wikiadom, who I don't even know who they are.  It's my joke just lumping them all in together.  Sorry for the misunderstanding.  It was my thoughts that "Massah was good" for giving us you and your tremendous help all the time.  HaarFager 20:13, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, the thing is that I'm "Massah" too... I'm the person who designed the new edit window, and made the MediaWiki message changes that you've been upset about. -- Danny (talk ) 20:16, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Just so long as you know that I meant no offense to you personally. I equated "Massah" with the people I don't know.  You were a known entity, and a friend on the Hot Wheels Wiki specifically.  Even if you did create a few specific things I had issues with, I still blame the higher ups!  "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss," - bosses are always hated and you never seemed or acted like a boss.  You just helped us here because you enjoyed Hot Wheels.  To me, that's not a boss or a massah.  It's a friend.  Sorry again for the misunderstanding.  Besides, I saw a movie a few days ago and one of the characters jokingly used slave dialect.  So, I did too.  HaarFager 20:35, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That's another problem with the written word. If I had been talking to you face to face, you would have had no doubt that I was calling someone else Massah instead of you.  Sometimes it's hard to type in all those little inflections that really bring out the true essence of what you're actually saying.  So, I apologize again if what I said caused you to misunderstand me.  It was not my intent for that to happen.  All over a little joke.  Don't let this misunderstanding taint our relationship.  HaarFager 20:35, 6 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, it's cool; I understand. It just hit me funny when I read it. Anyway, I really am the "higher up" that's making this stuff happen -- it's more a case of me telling my boss that this is a change we ought to make, rather than the other way around.


 * For the edit window change, the idea is that the save button was being hidden "below the fold" -- you had to scroll down to get to it, and if a new contributor didn't know that, they might not even see it at all. So the new edit window puts the save button on the screen for everyone, and makes that stuff visible and accessible. It's definitely weird and hard when something like that changes, but in my opinion, this is a really positive change, and once you get used to it, you'll be surprised that you ever liked the other way.


 * Anyway -- I am definitely a friend to the Hot Wheels Wiki, and to you, so no worries. When something comes up, please just give me a shout on my talk page! I was sad to see you getting all riled up on the Community portal when I could've helped out days ago. :) -- Danny (talk ) 00:52, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Wagons Ho!
Hey Kenny, Yup, that's my '69 Vista Cruiser, hence my user name. It's currently hibernating in the garage for the winter. I've had it for about twenty years, and still love it. It's a practical toy. A classic car that I can use to haul stuff. My dad always had one when I was a kid too. So what kind of wagon do you own? Vista69 05:30, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That makes us all of us having great taste in wagons on my user page I posted my Hearse on the drag strip, not the greatest picture, was taken from a video. For that model it is built off of the stationwagon, and love stationwagons myself. Fantazim 05:40, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Mike, I have a 1996 Ford Taurus Station Wagon that looks something like this:


 * My first Station Wagon, in 1980, got as far as this, I was customizing it:


 * I searched for over an hour to try and figure out a way to get these images to display here. Finally, I just gave up and uploaded them to the Hot Wheels Wiki.  It's so frustrating that our old help files are gone.  They were helpful.  HaarFager 06:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * And to top it all off, when I tried to post this, there was an "edit conflict." I give up.
 * Hey Henny, What-ever problems you were having with the images, don't sweat it, the page looks good. Anyway I Don't B.S.,,, My Wife and I had a Taurus wagon just like yours, same color, sans the sweet rims. I loved it after I got used to the querky handling.  I still wish we never traded it in for our current Chrysler Pacifica.  It's a nice plushy car, but it's just too bulky. I'll look for an old pic to prove I'm not B.S.ing
 * I like your two door Dodge too. I'm sure it was a lot of work to get it to the point of your picture. Vista69 03:32, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I had a lot of work in that old Dodge Station Wagon. I had taken out the front bench seat and mounted custom bucket seats, removed the back seat and laid the back rest down.  This made it like a sedan delivery inside, and I put padding and carpeting down in the long cargo area in the back.  I had chrome side pipes installed at a muffler shop, functional, too!.  I welded the back doors shut, removed the handles and filled in all the holes and seams so that it blended with the fender lines.  On the front, I handcrafted an airdam out of sheetmetal and welded it on, to match the factory spoiler that was on the top of the rear of the car, above the back window.  One door needed replacing, so I found one, the white one pictured and replaced it.  There were wide tires on the back and it looks jacked up.  That's only because I had lowered it about 4 inches in the front.  The rear was stock height and the wide 60's I had on back fit under the fenders.  I had filled in a few seams at the corners and removed some chrome and drilled and mounted hoodpins on the hood.  All in all, I put a lot of work in that car and it was shaping up nicely.  To bad I moved to a place that only had room for two cars, and I had three!  This one, unfortunately, had to go.  I wish now that I had never gotten rid of it.  But, that's life.  HaarFager 05:15, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, yes.... I blacked out the grille area by painting it flat black and removing two of the four headlights for that racecar look. It had a 383 4-bbl and it really flew.  HaarFager 05:22, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Casting Names
Hi Kenny, I learned doing the lists the casting names on the card with our names together will work. Example Purple Passion will take you to Purple Passion. Now let's say the page Purple Passion is already there, watch what happens without making a redirect with Steel Passion with a break in the middle. Purple Passion has to be first then a | break then Steel Passion ""Example click here still takes you to the Purple Passion Steel Passion. Fantazim 21:48, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Congrats!
Hey Kenny, I talked to Danny tonight and thought you'd make a great admin with me. I told him about our abilities to work through problems/discrepancies. So if you were wondering why there are a few more buttons on your screen, that's why. One thing Danny said to make sure that we are doing is welcoming new members to the site. He said its very important. Well congratulations, talk to you later. BigBadBrad01 06:01, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow, thanks! I hope I can live up to this honor and do well!  How do we know when new users join?  By just keeping an eye on all the "Recent Changes," like I always do?  I may have to ask you more questions about how to do things now so that I can do them myself and take off some of the excess load that I always put on you when I ask you to do things.
 * I have an idea, I'll run it by you. I've been thinking the last few days about creating an article for users with tips on how to take better pictures of their cars.  This would include lighting, depth of field, backgrounds, cropping, etc.  This might make a good addition to add when we welcome new users.  What do you think?  HaarFager 10:05, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I just thought of a good example of what I mean when I suggested a page for photography tips. Check out the article I wrote on BugGuide.net.  HaarFager 14:03, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Formatting
''Mike, I just wanted to let you know that you don't have to include a blank line between all the descriptions of vehicles. It's not needed and adds unnecessary space to entries already long enough. This symbol "|-" is what denotes a separation between descriptions. Just thought you'd like to know this so it could save you extra steps. '' HaarFager 16:11, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi Kenny, Yes, I realize that spacing between the line entries isn't needed, but I do it for myself and other future helpers to make the html code look less cluttered. I don't see that it changes the format of the castings list, so I don't realize a problem with adding a space between line listings. An extra couple key-pokes isn't a problem for me.

To Change The Subject,,, Could we Email directly about this site? I'd like to communicate with you at a more informal base. Please Email me at,,, vista_69@yahoo.com

Thanks, MIke Vista69 05:45, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Mike. You can e-mail me at haarfage@hamiltoncom.net.  HaarFager 06:08, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Image Size
Welcome and thanks for your help on the pages. About the picture sizes, 100px causes the table to re-adjust oddly and makes the other areas too tall. The picture are thumbnails so clicking on the picture will take you to the actual picture in the correct size. NathanMaelstrom610 19:02, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

I will defer to your expertise in this matter from now on and post my thumbnails in the 75px size like I saw others do. Thanks for letting me know so quickly on this! I love Hot Wheels, probably as much as everyone else who donates their time to this project, so I'll try my best in everything I post from here on out so that the Hot Wheels page doesn't suffer. All for the good of the cars! I can change them back if you need, or have they already been taken care of? HaarFager 04:25, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for all your awesome comments! I sincerely appreciate them. Way to go on helping build this page. I think this will be an awesome resource a year from now once this thing really catches on. BigBadBrad01 08:03, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey Kenny, I'm not sure on value of the error, but I was just pointing it out in case you and others didn't know. I wouldn't worry about value if you are a Deora II collector. It's a nice piece to have in your collection. Between the Zamac World Race Deora II and the Grandstand Deora II those are the only Deora IIs in my collection that I have not opened yet...I'm waiting for the price to be right on the Chrome one so I can have a big opening party! BigBadBrad01 19:54, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Hiya Mate .. Your doing a great job with the new pages.... I have loose cars if I can help with any pictures just ask ... AGENTAIR The third version of the orange 31 Doozie had white walls and is worth over $100 carded... It was never released in orange with green fenders and white walls... only brown. AGENTAIR

Hey Kenny, thanks for the comments about the Deora II page. I couldn't believe it when I saw our Octopark Deora IIs were different. The fact that you got yours from overseas may mean that it is not a legit variation...as it is quite possible its a pre-production model. Its up to you if you want to keep it on the page or not. It was weird though because I had never seen or heard of that vary and I even went and checked to see if it was on HWC.com's Casting Collection and SouthTexasDiecast.com. I'm curious, what does the base say for the country? BigBadBrad01 21:18, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Brad, the base says China, just like the one in the Playset like yours reads. Just reading your comments made me look at my picture once again. I'm colorblind, but to me the surfboards on mine look much darker than the actual lime green surfboards on yours. Could this be another indication of something going on? I'll need to correct the lime green color notations on the Deora II page to reflect their actual color. They both look to be the same color. I just asked someone and they said the surfboards are forest green. HaarFager 22:41, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Another interesting fact - it doesn't appear to me that any other Deora II comes with green surfboards that are this dark. I suppose mine might be legit and just came with surfboards this colors overseas. Just a thought. HaarFager 22:44, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey Kenny, I wasn't trying to downplay the Deora, I am just questioning its "variation creditibility". What I mean by that is protos and pre-production cars are just that. They aren't released by Mattel (Mattel made them but did not release them to the public other than charity auctions) therefore not a variation. The whole whether its a variation topic is very sticky. If there are other people out there with your vari I'd say its more credible than but with this day and age of sellers selling directly from the factory its so hard to tell. Its cool you have it though, I'll keep in eye out for another one. BigBadBrad01 23:23, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

It's so hard for "tone" to come through in these typed comments, so I hope I didn't sound like I was accusing you of downplaying it. It's just that I'm not very experienced in these matters and didn't know how to describe it to talk about it. You seem quite knowledgable about these things, so I will leave it up to you to decide whether we move it as a gallery shot for now, waiting for more confirmation, or leave it where it is with a note about it's suspected authenticity, or whatever. Either way, it's a pretty car and will still get to be seen. I'm not too picky when pictures of mine get moved to more proper places in the guide - that's what it's all about, trying to be as accurate as we can be! Thanks for all the help on this one so far, Brad, I really am grateful! HaarFager 23:56, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

It's all good. :) I consider myself fairly knowledgable, but I have been wrong before. I say leave it on the page and it'll give all us Deora II collectors something to look for. Since this is a guide however, I say for you to make a notation under the notes section saying that it may be a pre-production model. If some more turn up that were released in the Octopark set then'll we will know its a legit vari. Cheers...time for a drink. BigBadBrad01 23:13, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

I like what you did with the 1989 Page, it looks good. Good work Mate .. AGENTAIR

Kenny ... The reason I had ROADRUNNER in capital letters is because that is what is written on the chassis of the car. I was just trying to be accurate. It doesn't matter to me though. Just explaining my thinking ... AGENTAIR

Kenny I loaded a buch of wheels and types to the bottom of the Wheels page ... just take what you need and then delete, theres more coming ... AGENTAIR

Standardized Pages
Thanks for the advise. The last thing I want to do here is step on anybody's toes. I apologize for changing your edits, but I just liked the way the paint color in Bold lettering separated the tampo color since they shared the same column. This brings me to my first question. As far as Standardizing the pages go, Ive noticed that some lists, the Color/Tampo share the same column, where as in other listings the Body Color is in its own column and the tampo is included in the Notes column. Which method do YOU prefer? Personally, I like the Purple Passion page too, which separates the body color and tampo color.

My next question. Could you please help me out and explain what you mean about what you said regarding this... "I've seen administrators say that when you make changes, please note what you did and why in the space provided. It helps others at a glance to see what changes were implemented."  Where is the provided space, and how much detail do I have to give about changes? Thanks for your help.vista69

Thanks for the information and compliments. You make a good point as why the color of the casting and tampo should be in separate columns. I'll do that with my own entries, but I'll try to resist the erge to change/correct entries made but other members.

I also agree that the First Edition pictures should be at the head of of the page. And if someone were to upload a better more minty version of my RedLine Doozie, I would welcome the replacement.

I plan to upload more individual car pics in the future, but for now I'm just focusing on the pictures that I've already taken to add to my Personal website. I consider it my online checklist. I Just started adding thumbnail pics to my pages, but it's been on hold since I discovered this site. Please check it out... http://hotwheelswanted.homestead.com/ Thanks vista69

Decades Format
Hey Kenny, I noticed you've been spelling the names of castings that have a general decade in front of them wrong. They should be '40s Woodie, '70s Van, etc. Check with HWC.com and STD.com. Adding the ' between the year and the "s" means suggests ownership and since the decade cannot own a casting/vehicle it just doesn't look right. BigBadBrad01 22:46, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing this out, Brad, but that's the way it's always been done, the way I'm doing it, and I happen to be a writer by trade. And I'm only getting that method of usage from the castings or the Hot Wheels card spellings themselves.  This is the way Hot Wheels spelled it and it seems most accurate to me.  Besides, it's not representing ownership, it's denoting a contraction, as in the "1970 decade of years."  Contractions are always supposed to have an apostrophe.  It's correct written English.  But, I appreciate your bringing this to my attention.  That's the only way we have of finding out other's thoughts on here.  HaarFager 23:49, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Deora II
Hey Kenny, thanks for the update on the new '09 Deora II. It looks sweet and its awesome to see the card art as well. I am ecstatic that its back in the mainline. I am going to buy about 20 of them! If you come across any more of the birthday Deora IIs or Toyota Celicas let me know. Maybe we could set up a trade. 20:18, 24 November 2008 BigBadBrad01
 * Thanks, Brad! I found the new Deora II from somebody on eBay and bought 3 of them.  New cars don't always come to my little area, so I wanted to make sure I got one.  If you don't find any of the new Deora II's where you are, you can have one of mine.  As far as the Birthday Cars go, I haven't seen those in my local stores, either.  Got the single one I have off of eBay.  I hate paying some of the prices there, but it's better than not having a model I really want!  (Especially those Deora II's!!!)  HaarFager 20:32, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice score on the '09 Deora IIs. I just saw an auction for 1 this morning. You don't have to send me 1, I am pretty confident that I'll find one of those in the store. New mainline aren't hard to find here unless someone says they are limited, then they all get snatched up like the VW Fastback. But as far as the birthday one, I am getting worried because those came out a few months ago and they are no where to be found here. I live in Phoenix and I have quite the opposite problem here. There are so many stores but at the same time, very many collectors. The only time I find cars that haven't been picked through already is if I find them in the box still on the pallet. BigBadBrad01 21:22, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Letter Getter/Combat Medic
Hey Kenny, I was thinking we should just make the Combat Medic page redirect to the Letter Getter page so there is no confusion. You agree? BigBadBrad01 06:47, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was going to do that myself, but I wasn't exactly sure how to do it. So, if you don't mind doing it, we could get it changed over.  Oh, and you'll also have to do the same thing with the Combat Ambulance and Delivery Truck pages.  I suppose I won't ever be able to navigate to those pages any more, will I?  I hate to see those pages go, but it is a confusing situation when Hot Wheels keeps changing the names of castings.  I wish they wouldn't do that.  HaarFager 07:16, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I wish they wouldn't change the name either but a casting like this that has stood the test of time and multiple uses, I guess will have a few. I will take care of it. I have a strategy in mind for a clean and easy transition. BigBadBrad01 07:19, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

A suggestion
Hi, I have a suggestion - you should have a news column about upcoming releases, images, etc. Star11scream 11:15, 17 January 2009

Awesome new column
looks like it worked, one more thing, try to add new things to the edit page, like smilleys[ I can make them for you ], a more casual way to talk to each other, and you know, maybe more .--KABLM 09:40, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello
Can you please why there is a Super Treasure Hunts column in List of year Hot Wheels pages? They're just like the regular Treasure Hunts. They should be deleted. Fclass 16:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikia welcome
Hey HaarFager, the welcome was not falsely placed. It's a system bot that automatically welcomes the last user using the admin who last edited, which in this case is you. You can change that logic, however. See User:Wikia for more info. Cheers. --Charitwo (talk) 19:51, 19 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, Kenny! I just stopped by, and I'm a little confused... We talked about the welcome tool last week, and I thought you were okay with it, but I see that you've turned it off and you're doing welcomes by hand. What's up? -- Danny (talk ) 03:15, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't really know what to say. I did say it seemed to be working pretty good.  I didn't really say I wanted to use it, though.  If there's a problem with me greeting users personally, I'll turn it back on and stop.  I don't want to make you mad by giving the appearance that I don't appreciate all the things you do for the Hot Wheels Wiki.  It's just that I feel people who wish to do these things shouldn't be penalized and not allowed to do it simply because of the users who don't greet new members promptly like they should.  If that makes sense?  I rather liked doing it and the responsibility that came with it.  But, I guess I can understand how all the new changes have to be geared toward new users, at the expense of the old users.  At least that's what it seems like to me.  I'm sorry I feel that way.  I didn't really hear any complaints from anybody on the Hot Wheels Wiki about not being able to use the site properly due to things not working correctly.  They always seemed to work perfectly for me.  Nobody even greeted me or gave me any tips whatsoever, and I figured out how to use it.  I thought it was great and worked fine!  I forgot where I was going with this - do you want me to turn it back on?  Hey, I'll just turn it back on and leave it alone.  Thanks, Danny!  HaarFager 06:02, 23 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Kenny -- You're not making me mad, everything's cool. I'm just checking in with you. It's totally fine if you want to disable it and do the welcomes by hand. The advantage of doing it automatically is that you're more likely to catch people while they're still on the wiki. Doing it manually means that people don't get welcomed while you're sleeping or eating or doing other boring non-wiki things. The idea of the auto-welcomes is that it's still you, welcoming people the same way you would anyway -- but a lot faster, while the new contributor is still on the wiki.


 * The stuff for new editors is different... I totally understand that you like the way that things are and don't see why things have to change. Obviously, you and I learned how to use wikis, cause here we are! The problem is trying to go bigger than the people who currently use wikis. You and I have a certain kind of mind -- we're more comfortable with complexity, doing things by hand, and learning as we go. But there are lots of people who aren't as comfortable with those things -- and they know a lot about Hot Wheels.


 * Right now, this wiki has a fantastic group of contributors -- about a dozen people. But how great would it be if we could get 50 people working on the wiki, or a hundred? What if we could get every single Hot Wheels collector to contribute? That's the big goal -- to make wikis work so that anyone can feel comfortable making an edit. -- Danny (talk ) 22:05, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Help
At the Aston Martin V8 Vantage page, someone misspelled the word Martin by putting "Marton." I tried to correct it, but I wasn't allowed to. Could you do something about this? Fclass 15:58, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You must have been effective in correcting this misspelling, because I don't see any instance of "Martin" being spelled incorrectly. Are you talking about this page: Aston Martin V8 Vantage?  In what exact area on the page was it misspelled?  In the name of the page, in the header or under the Versions?  Maybe the system had just signed you out and didn't allow you to make any edits?  It does that for me.
 * I don't see any misspellings and the page doesn't seem to be protected, which would prevent any further edits. The only person that has worked on this page, apparently, has been me.  So if there were any incorrect spellings, it would have had to be me that did it.  I did look through the revision history and didn't find that it had ever been misspelled.  This confuses me.  I don't know what to do about it.  Do you mean this page or another one?
 * Go to Category:Aston Martin Cars and you'll see what I'm talking about. Fclass 14:45, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I found what you were talking about and corrected it. Somebody had created the page, only they had misspelled it.  The only way to correct that misspelling is to move it to another page and correct the name that way, or delete it.  Since I had created the same page, only spelled it correctly and had more information on it, I moved information from the other one onto mine to make it more complete.  The old page has been taken care of and now Category:Aston Martin Cars shows the correct spelling from the correct page.  Thanks for letting me know about this!  HaarFager 15:06, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello
Thanks, dude! Fclass 15:26, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Fclass
Could you add the Connect Cars Michigan '65 Pontiac GTO to the '65 Pontiac GTO article? Could you also add the 2008 Web Trading Cars colors to the '70 Chevelle SS article? Fclass 16:42, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Done! I did both things, although you could have added the information, too.  It's not just something only an Administrator can do.  HaarFager 18:03, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You're right. I promise I won't bother you with this again. Fclass 19:07, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It's no bother at all! I just wasn't sure you knew you could do these things too.  Actually, I think it's a nice feeling to be wanted and needed, so don't feel you have to stop.  I actually had one of the cars you were asking me to provide a description for, so I opened it and got to photograph it for the wiki.  And that's something I always enjoy doing!  So, thanks for bringing it to my attention!  HaarFager 19:48, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Semi-Fast image
This is sort of a weird thing to ask, but I have a Semi-Fast car with a different paint job, should I take a picture of it and upload it, it's banged up a little bit but it's still in great shape, would that be fine. Marauder 09 21:08, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * When you say, "different paint job," do you mean different than the original paint color as in a later release by Mattel, or different as in you have customized it and painted it a different color yourself? Because all true variations released by Mattel are welcomed here, and I personally upload a customized one now and then because it all seems like it's part of the "Hot Wheels Experience" to me.  I've even uploaded cars that weren't in the greatest shape, but was careful to note exactly why I was uploading them.  If you have a simple variation from Mattel, go ahead and upload it into the appropriate line in the column area for that particular casting; but if it's a customized car, you might want to create a gallery and place it there - at the bottom of the casting's page.  Be sure to note that it is one you've customized.  When you upload the image, you can tell what all you did to it there, in the space provided.  Some people like to know this additional information, like myself!  Hope this helps!  HaarFager 22:04, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The one I have is orange with white on the top and has the number 12 on the side, rather than 17 and it's plastic rather than metal, and it was orange and white on the top when it came out of the box.

Marauder 09 22:59, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds like it's just an official variation. For help in identifying these, we sometimes go to this website and search for the vehicle by name:  South Texas Diecast  HaarFager 23:13, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I also found out I have other cars that I could upload because they've got a different paint job, non-customized, which include: Shredster, Twin Mill, Evil Twin, '32 Ford, and Hooligan, and Twang Thang. I have taken pictures of the '32 Ford, but they all too bright and I took like 10 some pictures of it and they were all too bright even though I turned the area like really dark, until the batteries in the camera died and every charged battery I have refused to work, would you tell me on how to get some good lighting so that the car doesn't appear pure light in one spot with low detail in the process. Is their a way I could take a picture of the cars with my laptop?

I could tell you how the cars look:

Shredster: Dark Purple on the outer part of the car, lime green mid section, black under the lime green layer

Hooligan: Purple with red flames

Twang Thang: Matalized Blue with white guitar

Evil Twin: White with red wide stripes with grey textures, on the red has funky lookin skulls and has Grave Rave on the car

Twin Hill: Orange with two really big motorsand has the number 9 on front

'32 Ford: Black with some white, has a tire with two wings coming out of both sides, has #51 on it, has Talliville, CA on it

Marauder 09 00:33, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Fclass continued
If that's the case, could you add the 2008 Web Trading Cars colors for Ford GT-40, the Hot Wheels Classics Series 3 colors for Tail Dragger, the Hot Wheels Classics Series 3 colors for '70 Plymouth Barracuda, and the 2008 Web Trading Cars and 2009 Modified Rides colors for At-A-Tude? Fclass 14:25, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to let you know I'll do this tonight. I was going to do the Ford GT-40 myself, as I have one of them I wanted to upload an image for.  HaarFager 19:24, 27 April 2009 (UTC)