User talk:BigBadBrad01

Two Identical Pages
Brad, I just noticed that there are two identical pages that have been created for the Hot Wheels.com 5-Pack. I created one when I was working up all my 5-Packs and you created one also. Mine is named Hot Wheels.com 5-Pack and yours is named HotWheels.com 5-Pack. They are identical except that mine has all the information and images and yours just has the name of the vehicles and images. One should be deleted, but it would seem easier to keep the one that's finished, so would you mind deleting yours or redirecting it or whatever has to be done? It's not that I just want to keep mine, it'll just save having to add all the information to yours and deleting mine. It's up to you because we don't need both. HaarFager 10:43, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey Kenny, I don't mind redirecting either one. But isn't it HotWheels.com 5-Pack since there are no spaces in web addresses? If so, I'll just copy all the info over to that page. BigBadBrad01 21:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Brad, you're correct on there being no spaces between words in web addresses, but on the actual Hot Wheels.com 5-Pack, Hot Wheels is spelled the normal way, with the space between the two words, followed by the .com. Hope this helps.  HaarFager 21:37, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Ahhh, gotcha. BigBadBrad01 21:48, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

More Redirect Requests
Brad, I hate to keep asking, but I have a few more redirects for you. There are a few various Real Rider wheel pages, RR, that need to be redirected to the main Real Rider page. Pages such as CDDRR and WWDDRR. When I was creating a lot of the wheel pages, I knew this would need to be done, but didn't know how to do it myself. That's why there might be several other types of Real Riders that don't have a page yet, but will need to be redirected as well. For instance, GHRR, RHRR, CDDRR2, LWDDRR, 5SPRR and many others that don't even have a name attached to them. They mainly didn't get a name because when I was working them up, they had colored white walls that I couldn't tell what color they were, so I left them unnamed. (Being totally colorblind has it's disadvantages at time.) Hope you don't mind me asking for all these redirects, but I've been completely swayed over to your centralization project. Someday, the Hot Wheels Wiki will appreciate all the saved space this free's up. HaarFager 12:59, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Brad, could you please redirect my page for the Superscraper, (which should have been named Super Scraper) to the Bywayman page? Somebody came in and created another Super Scraper page, so something will need to be done with it also. There is also a page for a version of this casting called Power Plower. It will have to be redirected too. I have moved all the descriptions from my Superscraper page, (and the other Super Scraper page, too), and those on the Power Plower page to the Bywayman page already, so no information should be lost by doing so. Thanks! HaarFager 08:03, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, one additional note - this casting was also released with the name Pathbeater. No page has been created for this version yet, so I don't know what all's involved for redirects for it.  I just wanted to let you know in case you could put in a redirect for that name even though a page doesn't yet exist for it.  HaarFager 08:13, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey Kenny, hope you are doing great. I started redirecting the pages but when it comes to the Path Beater, has the Bywayman casting ever been released under that name? There is a Path Beater casting still being released whereas that Bywayman casting has been discontinued. The Path Beater used to be called Surf Patrol. I'll make a page shortly to avoid confusion. BigBadBrad01 08:18, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I just checked and I got that wrong. The Pathbeater and Surf Patrol are different trucks than the Bywayman and Super Scraper.  But, I originally got the information that they were the same casting as the Bywayman from Vista69's Super Scraper page and didn't confirm my facts.  So, you won't have to worry about redirecting those.  However, the Power Plower is just like the Super Scraper, so that one will have to be redirected.  Sorry for the confusion, but I shouldn't believe everything I read, apparently!  That was fast, thanks!  HaarFager 08:34, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok Kenny, I think I got all the pages the Bywayman casting falls under. I even created a Path Beater page so there is no confusion. The castings look the same but certainly aren't the same lol. Well I'm off to bed. Have a great night. Talk to you soon. BigBadBrad01 08:42, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Brad can you take a look at the '57 Thunderbird and the '57 T-Bird (1978) I believe that the '57 Thunderbird needs to be redirected or to be incorporated. Thanks Fantazim
 * Hey Fantazim, I redirected the page to the '57 T-Bird page because there are the 3 '57 T-Bird/Thunderbirds. Let me know if you need help with anything else. You're doing a great job. Keep up the great work! BigBadBrad01 21:50, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks Brad looks great, thanks for the kind words, and I like the photos you take. Fantazim 03:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Brad it's me again, look at the '56 Nomad then look at the Since '68 Series can you redirect the one to the other, I have quit a few pics to post for that series. Thanks Bill Fantazim 23:48, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey Bill, do you mean make a table for the series? BigBadBrad01 23:51, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, also lol double check for 1970 chevelle the links aren't open but when they do they won't redirect unless they are ahead of time, a suggestion.Fantazim 23:54, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I still had to make the pages for the '70 Chevelle SS & the SS Express when I made the '70 Chevelle page. As far as the Since '68 page, I'll try and get that table together tonight. I've been on here too long and I have to get back to work. BigBadBrad01 00:22, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I see that a few users on here are using the South Texas photos I thought we weren't aloud, I found one on the Dodge Concept Car Fantazim 00:25, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I can answer your question about this issue. I, too have noticed a few pictures being used that were obviously from the South Texas website and I asked an administrator about this once.  Evidently, somebody on here has connections with that website and has permission to use the photos.  But nobody else does.  So, that's why nobody else uses their photos.  I hope this helps answer your question.  Kenny.  HaarFager 01:39, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks Kenny - understood Bill Fantazim 02:03, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Designer
I'm sorry. but it is pet-peev of mine to give the actual designer it's due. Change it as you want it, but it won't be my last time.

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Hey, those are some nice looking Deora II pictures you've uploaded! The Deora II is a favorite model of mine. I'm going to upload a few Deora II pictures that aren't represented yet with one. HaarFager 13:04, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Brad, I hope you don't mind, but when I joined the Hot Wheels Wiki recently, I came across your user page early on. I liked the way you had set it up, so I emulated your design in setting up my own user page. You know what they say - imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! HaarFager 02:48, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Brad, thanks for commenting on my Zamac World Race Deora II picture! Before I ever bought it off the guy that was selling it on eBay, I researched that particular model. All the references I could find showed that the back wheels were the same size as the front wheels. I had half convinced myself that it was a distortion through the plastic cardfront that made them look bigger. Then when I got it, I saw that they were indeed bigger.

Now, exactly what does it mean when you say this is a wheel error? Since there were only 2000 made, does that make mine worth less than the others since they are not in error and mine is? I don't know anything about errors. Thanks for any help you can offer on this. HaarFager 19:06, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Brad. Like you, I have just about every Deora II model and I haven't opened any of them. What ones I have loose I purchased on eBay already opened because I couldn't bring myself to open any! Thanks for the info! HaarFager 20:13, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

MSGs: That's cool. I was just adding a couple that I have. If there's any extra info that I might be able to find for you on these models let me know.Kevinharbin 02:12, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey, Brad - thanks for adding the Octopark Playset Deora II with the 10SP's! I got to looking at the one I have still inside the playset and that's the kind of wheels it has. I didn't even notice! The one I photographed and uploaded was a loose one I got off eBay from a guy in Hong Kong, so I don't know if that makes a difference or not. Is it even an official model or a bootleg? You never can tell with those far-eastern countries sometimes. I don't mean to put them in a bad light, but countries in that part of the world have been known to pirate and counterfeit items before, this is a fact. But, thanks for uploading it, the Deora II page is quite impressive! HaarFager 21:02, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Awesome job building the Bone Shaker page ... You did good. AGENTAIR

Naming Conventions
Brad, I noticed you had changed the name of the original Hiway Hauler so as to differentiate it from the later release of 1992 with the same name. Generally, I think it's best to leave the original casting with it's original name, unencumbered with any prefix or additions to the name. Such as what I did with Ambulance and Ambulance (1989 Workhorses) and Lamborghini Countach and Lamborghini Countach (1997). I feel it's only fitting that the original release gets to keep it's name and in this way, the Wiki ends up with less overall name changes for people to keep up with. It's kind of like how the movie "Rocky" doesn't get it's name changed to "Rocky I" to differentiate it from "Rocky II," "Rocky III," etc. You just know plain old "Rocky" is the first one. That's my feelings on the matter. The way it stands now, when you click on a link for Hiway Hauler, it takes you to a page where you have to pick which one you want. I'd like the names to work like they used to and take a person directly to the page. It's quicker, easier and a whole lot less confusing. What do you think of this? Can the name of Hiway Hauler, the first casting, be changed back to plain "Hiway Hauler?" There's a trick to make a link have a different link name as opposed to the name that shows for you to click on. The markup goes something like: 2 "["Vehicle page/link name here|Display name here 2"]" Go into my user page sometime, like you're going to edit it and you can see how I've managed some of these kinds of link naming conventions. I'm just trying to help make things a little easier for people. HaarFager 21:13, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey Kenny, I know what you are saying about the links and I see what you are saying about the Hiway Hauler page. I for one like the format that I put it into because lets say someone is looking at the more the Hiway Hauler and they see a link that isn't formatted correctly. It would then take them to the Hiway Hauler (1980) page only confusing someone more when they see that this castings run ended in 1996. I like the "multi casting with the same name" page because it checks any errors that any rookie link makers may have made. See Cool-One. It takes you to the page and you see a pic of the original and the newer casting. I think all pages where there are similar names should look this way. Take a look at that and tell me what you think. BigBadBrad01 22:09, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Brad, that link to Cool-One does look very nice, but I'll just go in and change all the links for my Hiway Hauler from the first casting. I prefer that when I click on a link for that one, it takes me straight to it.  HaarFager 23:04, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Vehicles With Missing Parts
Brad, what's your opinion on posting images where the vehicle in question has parts that are notably missing? I have an image of a Ramp Truck and until someone else posted one, I didn't even know it was incomplete. But, it came in a group of cars I got off of eBay. I have hesitated to upload it to the correct page because it's not really descriptive and as such, not very useful in identifying the model. What do you think we should do here on the Wiki, as far as setting a standard about that? HaarFager 01:02, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey Kenny, If you know its missing parts I'd avoid posting it unless it is super rare or something. I thought about this for a while a night or two ago when I was working on the Super Modified page. The person that uploaded the photo has the Super Modified without the wing on it. I was going to delete it but didn't really want to delete someone's pic. Now, if I had a replacement pic, I would. I think though that if I had a car that was missing pieces I just wouldn't upload it in the first place...unless, like I said, it was super rare and I didn't think there were many out there to begin with...I guess then I would just make a notation that it is in fact missing a piece. Which is what I think I ended up doing with the Super Modified. BigBadBrad01 07:18, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Brad! Then I won't even post my image now.  I could have placed it as a Gallery image so people could see what the front of it looked like, but since someone has already posted a complete vehicle, there's no need to.  I have a Gunslinger that's missing the big gun on top and a Jet Threat II that's missing the windshield so I probably won't post those, either.  HaarFager 14:49, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * If they are errors I say you should post them in the gallery. It is always fun to look at them! I like you pic of the Surf'n Series by the way...only if every series could have a pic like that! BigBadBrad01 18:21, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, those two aren't errors, they're just old and missing the parts. Thanks for the compliment on the Wild Wave Series picture.  I had a blast setting that one up, in fact although it was about freezing outside here, I felt warmer while I took that picture!  I guess it was being on the beach that did it.  HaarFager 19:51, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Custom Deora?
Brad, have you seen the signature banner of a member on HWC.com called Deora4? It's got a Deora II that I've never seen before and was wondering if it was a custom or what? It sure is a nice looking one! Perhaps it's one of the few versions not represented by an image here on the Wiki? HaarFager 22:05, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I've never seen it before. I'm assuming its a custom. Its definitely 1:18 scale. Look at the wheels. BigBadBrad01 01:12, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Mitsubishi Eclipse
Hey, Brad - where did the Mitsubishi Eclipse page go that I did some work on? The link to it that I have on my user page now directs me to a page with 3 pictures and names of cars and none of them appear to be the page I worked on. Where did it go? Renaming pages like this seems to be very confusing to me. Maybe I'm stupid, I don't know, but I can't find stuff anymore. I think it would be best to leave the first release with it's original name so the people that really use this wiki can find it. For those who are new and unexperienced, we should just tell about all other versions on every version's page, with links to find them. That way, new users can find the car they have if they're not sure which version it is, but they will find out there are more versions. The people that know there are more versions don't need a page to tell us there is more than one version. It just seems like excess pages in the Wiki. If I have created any excess pages, they should just be deleted. HaarFager 22:46, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey Kenny, there was a Mitsubishi Eclipse page there that I did delete to make room for the broad Mitsubishi Eclipse page. There weren't any pics on it and and it just had some info for the 2007 team release of that casting and it was incomplete. I didn't think anyone would care. I was going to add it to the new page when I got a chance anyways. The problem I have with your format is that for one, according to the way you are putting it, the first casting to have the name should keep it. Well if that is the case, the page you created was wrong to begin with because the Mitsubishi Eclipse ('Tooned) was released in 2003 and was the first to have that name. This is precisely why I think disambiguation pages work better. Also, when new castings come out and say "Mitsubishi Eclipse" you don't want someone going to the wrong casting, you at the very least want them to see that there are multiple castings with that name and that they can click on the thumbnail to bring them to the casting they were looking for. I find your way of putting links in the description very confusing. Yes, you do have to change the links under your name page (sorry) but this way if someone is for example adding the 'Tooned Mitsubishi Eclipse to the List of 2009 Hot Wheels and writes Mitsubishi Eclipse in there, its not going to take them to the Mitsubishi Eclipse Convertible page. On another subject (somewhat), I have been making multiple pages for castings in the wiki and all having them redirect to 1 page. This cuts down on the chances of 1 casting having multiple pages out there which I am finding more and more of. BigBadBrad01 23:07, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that was the one I was talking about. I remember there being some information about a 2007 Drop Top version, so that was the page I worked on.  I didn't create it, but did a little work on it, but I don't know who created it or named it.  Do you happen to remember which version that information was with?  That way I can fix the link on my user page.  As for there being multiple pages of vehicles with different names that are all really the same casting, what you're doing is probably what should be done.  Having a vehicle like the Letter Getter, then it being released with about a dozen different other names is very confusing even to me.  Everything should redirect back to the original casting like you're doing it.  I'm glad you thought of that!  HaarFager 00:05, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I went back and added the info that you had put in for the Mitsubishi Eclipse Convertible. It was the 2007 Ragtops & Roadsters version. There was a wheel vari on that one as well so I added that one and the rest of the versions. I'm glad you like what I was saying. I proves very useful on that Batmobile page. Go lukc redirecting those Letter Getter links. I think that casting may have the most amount of names. :) BigBadBrad01 06:25, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Undoing Changes
Brad, I went and undid what you had done to the image size on my 2003 Wild Wave Series page, then I got to thinking why you had done it. Apparently, each user sees things differently on their computer than anyone else does when looking at the same page. I have uploaded a printscreen of what it looked like on my computer and how I formatted it to look exactly like that. It can be found here: So, please don't take offense, I go into detail over there in the text below the photo that tells what I was seeing. Have you noticed this issue yourself, and is there a way around it? Spending all that time formatting a page and then to find it doesn't actually look anything like what you just spent all that time doing is kind of frustrating to me. I wonder if there is some kind of work around or should I bring this to the attention of one of the administrators to find out an answer? HaarFager 05:51, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey Kenny, Here is a shot of how it looks on my screen. [[Image:Wild_Wave_Screen.jpg|75px]] It looks like this on my home computer which is a PC and my work computer which is a Mac. Both are set to 1280x1024 resolution and on 22" monitors. Thats why the text isn't pushing the table down created room for the picture on the right. BigBadBrad01 06:37, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Brad, for showing me your view. That's kind of what I suspected it looked like.  Is every page stretched out wide like that for you?  I don't know if you can tell it or not from the picture I uploaded, but the whole page, table width and all, shows in the screen and it's not stretched out like that.  I wonder why it does that?  Shouldn't we be concerned about this?  Because it seems like I'm formatting a whole lot of potential pages that are going to look just like this one and be unusable.  I don't want to waste my time and have to have somebody come after me and fix everything I do so that it won't be screwed up.  Should I bring this to an administator's attention and see what we should do about it?  Or am I the only one experiencing this issue?  I want the pages I create to look good and be useful at the same time.  HaarFager 08:22, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * No Prob. Yeah maybe one of the Wiki guys can help us out. I am good at copying code but not so good at creating it to do what I want with it. Its funny thought because now I see why everyone was disagreeing about the pictures on the casting pages. Some wanted 75px others like me 100px. Depending on what size screen you have makes a difference in your preference. Try getting a hold of that "Danny" (toughpigs) fellow and see if he can help. I'll try to fool around with it tomorrow if you can't get it to work better. I'm out for the night after I finish uploading the Chevy Silverado pix I took tonight. BigBadBrad01 09:23, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Brad. I'll send a message to "toughpigs" and see if he can help.  Catch you later!  HaarFager 09:37, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Where do you live that you are up so late? I am in Arizona and its 2:39a here. BigBadBrad01 09:39, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * You know, I was just wondering the same thing about you! I live in Southern Illinois, but I work nights and get home around 2 a.m. a lot of times.  It's 3.51 a.m. right now here.  I grew up in Southern Arizona, a smaller town called Safford.  HaarFager 09:52, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice! I make my own schedule so I'll probably go in about Noon tomorrow...or I may just work from home. I grew up in Southeastern Wisconsin but moved out here 2 years ago. I wish I could stay up and upload all the cool things I took pics of tonight but that'll have to wait until tomorrow. Good Night for real this time! (This site is so addicting) BigBadBrad01 10:04, 5 December 2008 (UTC)