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April 30, 2012 By 46 Comments

This week’s assignment from the League: Sweet Ride!

reis o'brien batmobile

The last few weeks have really made the League members work for their wages, so this week’s challenge is a bit of a softball. Some League members may have already answered this week’s post in the previous assignment where we chose a piece of Hollywood movie memorabilia, but this time around, I am handicapping everyone by taking the Batmobile, in all its incarnations, off the table.

This week’s league topic:

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Besides the Batmobile, what is the sweetest ride cruising the streets of pop culture?

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league logoThat awesome illustration above is by League member, Reis O’Brien, and if you are looking for some inspiration for this week’s topic, check out Reis’ series of VROOOM! illustrations.

Once you put up a post on your site add a comment below with the URL. Next Monday, I will put up a post here on Cool & Collected with a list of all the contributing blogs. Once that list is posted, if you haven’t already done so, try to incorporate at least three of your fellow League members’ links (but more would be great!) into the article you wrote on your site.

By cross-posting like this, we will help each other out by sending new readers to each other’s sites. Have fun!

 

(Wondering what the heck this is all about? We’re recruiting for this loose-knit, rag tag crew! Here are the details for joining The League.)

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  1. Reis O'Brien says

    April 30, 2012 at 11:59 am

    First, you honor me, sir. Thank you for giving a shout out to my VROOOM! series!

    Second, OH COME ON! Not only did I go crazy on the Hollywood memorabilia assignment and already choose no less than 5 TV and movie vehicles, but now I’ve gotta narrow it down to just one? AND NO BATMOBILE?! GAH!

    Holy beef enchiladas…. this is going to be tough.

    Reply
    • Brian says

      April 30, 2012 at 12:05 pm

      Hey Reis, thank YOU for letting me use that image. I saw you mention there might be a VROOOM! book in the works??? Just let me know when the book tour comes to DC and I’ll be first in line. 😉

      I’m approaching this week’s topic as “what Hollywood car would I want to ride around town.” This one’s easy for me, and I don’t think you’ve drawn it yet!

      Reply
      • Reis O'Brien says

        April 30, 2012 at 12:44 pm

        There’s definitely going to be an art show with all 100 cars, and a print offered online, but the book is a big maybe. I’m working on it.

        And just because I haven’t posted it yet, doesn’t mean I haven’t drawn it! 😉

        Reply
  2. Paxton Holley says

    April 30, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    If I do mine, I feel like I’ll be repeating myself. And it’s probably pretty obvious if you’ve read my blog for longer than 15 mins.

    I’m going to try to think of a different way to answer this.

    Reply
    • Brian says

      April 30, 2012 at 12:22 pm

      Hmmm, does it begin with a “D,” and end with an “N,” and have “ELOREA” in the middle?

      Reply
      • Paxton Holley says

        April 30, 2012 at 2:52 pm

        You know me too well, Brian. 🙂

        Reply
  3. Shawn Robare says

    April 30, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    Work’s piling up this week, so I knocked this one out early. I’ll be honest, I picked three, and none of them were cars, but I’d proudly “drive” any of them through the streets of Atlanta…

    http://brandedinthe80s.com/of-motorcycles-helicopters-and-heli-choppers-

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    • Brian says

      April 30, 2012 at 1:50 pm

      That was fast! Great picks! (-2 points for going airborne). 😉

      Reply
      • Paxton Holley says

        April 30, 2012 at 2:54 pm

        I give Shawn +2 for going airborne. 😉

        Notice how I act like I have the authority to give/take points away in your house, Brian?

        Reply
        • Brian says

          April 30, 2012 at 2:59 pm

          Ha! Since the points are arbitrarily assigned, I am fine with anyone giving them out arbitrarily.

          Reply
    • Stacey says

      May 1, 2012 at 11:47 am

      The Condor! Great pick. I just picked up one of those at the flea market over the weekend, because it was my favorite back in the day.

      Reply
  4. Mike says

    April 30, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    How dare you hanicapp my pick, kind sir 😛

    Seems as if Paxton Holley already snagged option #2. So, to be diffrent, I will pick another car. I already have 3 in mind 😉

    Reply
  5. Paxton Holley says

    April 30, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    Mine’s written. It’s going up on Wednesday or Thursday.

    Reply
  6. jboypacman says

    April 30, 2012 at 6:34 pm

    I might have to do this one Brian it would fit in well with my “Wheeled Wednesday” am currently running over on the Ark. : )

    Reply
    • Brian says

      April 30, 2012 at 10:48 pm

      “Wheeled Wednesday!” I like the sound of that . Certainly a fitting topic for you this week. 😉

      Reply
  7. fong sam says

    April 30, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    Check it out, Boys & Girls:

    http://haxbee.com/2012/04/30/the-league-sweet-ride/

    Reply
    • Brian says

      April 30, 2012 at 10:51 pm

      Aww man, Fong, you won’t mind if I hop on a freight car and show up on your doorstep one day, right? How big is your couch?

      Reply
      • fong sam says

        April 30, 2012 at 10:56 pm

        There’s plenty of room. Come on over!

        Reply
  8. christopher tupa says

    May 1, 2012 at 9:06 am

    I’m back, I missed some great ones so I tried to make up for it:

    http://ctupa.com/blog/?p=1260

    Reply
    • Brian says

      May 1, 2012 at 12:37 pm

      Wow, I haven’t thought of Condorman in ages. I need to check Netflix for that one.

      Reply
  9. leftylimbo says

    May 1, 2012 at 9:09 am

    Yeah-yuhhhhh! http://www.leftylimbo.com/2012/05/sweet-ride/

    Reply
    • Brian says

      May 1, 2012 at 9:15 am

      No-nooooooo! You swiped my pick before I got it written. -2 pts for LeftyLimbo! 😉

      Reply
  10. Brian says

    May 1, 2012 at 11:23 am

    “You’re the disease, and I’m the cure.”
    https://www.coolandcollected.com/marion-cobrettis-1950-mercury-is-one-sweet-ride/

    Reply
  11. Rob Skellington says

    May 1, 2012 at 11:50 am

    Check out our choice and site – http://www.afchat.net/?p=4942
    Action Figure Chat Thanks all!

    Reply
    • Stacey says

      May 1, 2012 at 12:02 pm

      Nice pick! I think mine is going to be closely related to one of your runners-up.

      Reply
      • Rob Skellington says

        May 2, 2012 at 6:25 am

        I Have added one more addition to my Runners up LOL 🙂 an Awesome motor if i do say myself.

        Reply
        • Brian says

          May 2, 2012 at 8:32 am

          Oh wow, now that is certainly a head turner. I didn’t even think to delve into video games–that could be another whole topic. Good one!

          Reply
    • Brian says

      May 1, 2012 at 12:40 pm

      An excellent choice–would have easily made my top 5.

      Reply
      • Rob Skellington says

        May 2, 2012 at 6:15 am

        Thanks Guys, i’ll be looking out for your posts

        Reply
  12. Iok says

    May 2, 2012 at 8:09 am

    Here’s mine!

    http://that-figures.blogspot.com/2012/05/feature-loeb-assignment-13-sweet-ride.html

    Reply
    • Brian says

      May 2, 2012 at 8:33 am

      The nice thing about your pick is that when you’re not driving it, you can just put it back up on the shelf. 😉

      Reply
      • Iok says

        May 2, 2012 at 8:18 pm

        Yup. And repair it with Lego Technics parts.

        Reply
  13. Ashley says

    May 2, 2012 at 9:03 am

    Here we go, this one was tough! http://www.lifewithfandom.com/2012/05/league-sweetest-pop-culture-ride.html

    Reply
  14. Memoriesoftoymorrow says

    May 3, 2012 at 10:54 pm

    I’m picking one from close to home:

    http://memoriesoftoymorrow.blogspot.com/2012/05/this-weeks-assignment-for-league-of.html

    FOR ALL THE HOSERS OUT THERE!!

    Reply
  15. Dex (@Dex1138) says

    May 4, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    I went to a galaxy far, far away and back again

    http://aeiouwhy.blogspot.com/2012/05/league-post-sweet-ride.html

    Reply
  16. flywheels says

    May 4, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    My contribution is scheduled to post tomorrow morning.

    http://randomtoyreviews.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  17. Adam Ruane says

    May 5, 2012 at 5:48 pm

    Hey, just cut and printed my first assignment pending your approval!

    http://adambobomb.blogspot.com/2012/05/sweet-ride.html

    Reply
  18. Jason says

    May 5, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    Hey Brian! Here’s mine…

    http://jasonvorhees.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/league-assignment-and-extras/

    …I also hit up a few thrift shops, and I’ll be checking out a flea market tomorrow. 🙂

    Reply

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