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Title: THIS proves that there are still some good people out there!!
Post by: pendemic on August 05, 2010, 15:41:23
i bought this car off of craigslist for 20$ from a guy in Texas and he was kind enough to ship it to me. and this thing looked 100 TIMES better in person than in the pics.
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Post by: scorcher on August 05, 2010, 16:42:38
thats a steel mate in nice condition isint it
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Post by: pendemic on August 05, 2010, 17:19:13
It's in excellent condition! No broken tabs, and came with extra batteries too.  ;D
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 05, 2010, 22:34:50
that is sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love it!!!
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 05, 2010, 22:36:21
wasn't i trying ty buy a 49mhz fast traxx from you? haha cant wait till you find that one if you doo!!!!!!!!! ;D
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Post by: performerrpm on August 06, 2010, 14:04:16
is this the same one u have on ebay for 130??


in that auction you said you have a fast traxx truck, what color is it if so
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 06, 2010, 14:11:29
haha i call first dibbs at his truck traxx!! haha
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Post by: performerrpm on August 06, 2010, 14:24:09
iam only intereste in the black ones, if its not black you have 1st dibs..........if its black we shall arm wrestle for it....lol
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 06, 2010, 14:37:11
Well if it's black I could let it slide seeing how I have one. :P
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Post by: pendemic on August 06, 2010, 20:31:05
LMAO MY LUCK KEEPS GETTING BETTER! i got a brand new fast traxx truck brand new in the box today from a thrift store. the one im gonna put on ebay is neon green color.

performerrpm do you have a youtube page too?
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 06, 2010, 20:40:49
what color is the brand new one???????
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Post by: pendemic on August 06, 2010, 20:55:54
what color is the brand new one???????

its black ;D
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 06, 2010, 21:04:20
haha!!!!!!!!!!! i want it!!!!!!!!!!!  ;D
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Post by: pendemic on August 06, 2010, 21:30:11
haha!!!!!!!!!!! i want it!!!!!!!!!!!  ;D

im holding on to that one for a while! lol
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Post by: performerrpm on August 06, 2010, 21:54:01
haha!!!!!!!!!!! i want it!!!!!!!!!!!  ;D

im holding on to that one for a while! lol


lucky dog!!!!! best ive found at the thrift store is a hopper. how long you gonna hold onto it??? put me in line for it when it sells!!!!


no youtube page, you probally seen that guy with all the vids of the tycos he has? i thik he use to be a member here
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 06, 2010, 22:34:11
hey what frequency is the yellow/greenish fast traxx truck? and how much you want for it?! :D
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 06, 2010, 22:41:56
my best a a thrift store is................... some nice hot wheels cars! haha lame =[ people in pennsylvaina dont use rc cars or something, or just kill them. atleast around here
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Post by: pendemic on August 06, 2010, 22:51:54
hey what frequency is the yellow/greenish fast traxx truck? and how much you want for it?! :D

lol take a wild guess!
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Post by: pendemic on August 06, 2010, 22:53:51
my best a a thrift store is................... some nice hot wheels cars! haha lame =[ people in pennsylvaina dont use rc cars or something, or just kill them. atleast around here

i seen a nice green fast traxx in the box a few weeks ago on CL for 60$ in pennsylvaina
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 06, 2010, 23:08:53
no way you saw one i keep looking( get me tghe link  ;D)and my guess is 49mhz???!!!! do i win?!
question is there a way to search all of craigslist at once? am i missing that option some how, rather than going through all the states and cities???
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Post by: performerrpm on August 06, 2010, 23:13:29
google- search all of craigs- list their will be a few different sites that lets you do it, some work better than others so try a couple of the ones google brings up
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 06, 2010, 23:18:09
ill try it right now! thanks!!!!! ;D
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Post by: performerrpm on August 06, 2010, 23:19:32
 http://www.taiyo-toy.co.jp/lineup/other/fasttraxx/index.html


heres the link to the new fast traxx from another thread...........you would have to translate it to understand it but you can see the pictures anyhow
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Post by: pendemic on August 06, 2010, 23:34:08
no way you saw one i keep looking( get me tghe link  ;D)and my guess is 49mhz???!!!! do i win?!
question is there a way to search all of craigslist at once? am i missing that option some how, rather than going through all the states and cities???

yep its 49MHz!!! it was a few weeks ago when i seen it the post is probably down by now. :-[ sadly i searched all the major cities and came across it. but if you find one take a shot at it!
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Post by: pendemic on August 06, 2010, 23:36:38
http://www.taiyo-toy.co.jp/lineup/other/fasttraxx/index.html


heres the link to the new fast traxx from another thread...........you would have to translate it to understand it but you can see the pictures anyhow

OH MAN DO YOU SEE THAT THING!!!!!!!!!! I WANT ONE SO BAD!!!!!!
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 06, 2010, 23:45:53
ive seen that before, they have underglow!!!!!!!!!! haha, there is someone running a blue one like that on youtube. just looked no fast traxx but two nitro dozers.
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Post by: pendemic on August 07, 2010, 00:07:12
oh man i want that thing so damn bad! i just bookmarked it on my web browser. just looked at youtube could find the dozers
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 07, 2010, 11:28:52
i ment i found nitro dozers on craigslist
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Post by: performerrpm on August 07, 2010, 11:56:52
pendemic, how bout some pictures of the two fast traxx trucks you got??? i may wanna hound ya bout 1




i havent seen the nitro dozers in action, are they very fast?
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 07, 2010, 12:09:10
i've heard they dont compare to a fast traxx in low gear, so i guess no but they look sweet!!!!!!
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Post by: pendemic on August 07, 2010, 12:35:20
pendemic, how bout some pictures of the two fast traxx trucks you got??? i may wanna hound ya bout 1




i havent seen the nitro dozers in action, are they very fast?

im gonna post pics, just gotta get my camera back as soon as i do im posting them asap  :D
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 07, 2010, 12:38:17
asap needs to be faster i want the yellowish truck!!!! haha or a 49 mhz one!!!!!!!!
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Post by: performerrpm on August 07, 2010, 19:31:59
what he said ^^^^^^


and iam after that black one as you all well know by now
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 07, 2010, 19:44:20
no way you want that black one. what a surprise! fyi i got extra traxx on ebay today!
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Post by: performerrpm on August 08, 2010, 00:05:32
my red ftraxx i bought from pendimic has pretty decent traxx on it. their pretty snugg fitting still but i was thinking of buying some of those replacements just for later, what i really need is a battery cover since the one that came with it was broken but for now tape works!! actually i dont mind it not being perfect cause i dont mind beatin on it in the parking lots and anywhere else i can put it thrue
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 08, 2010, 00:19:25
Absolutely! All my cars see action and take a beating I just wish I had two of each!!! So I could keep one nice
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Post by: performerrpm on August 08, 2010, 00:46:41
Absolutely! All my cars see action and take a beating I just wish I had two of each!!! So I could keep one nice

carefull............how you think i ended up with so many  bandits............iam bandit rich now just because i wanted a nice one to put up.........my beater bandit sold earlier for a fair price i suppose, but before there were any bids i started to end the auction just because i started thinking i may miss it..........looks like ill be shippin off wanna ma eliminators too......iam probaly not gonna like that!!!
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Post by: pendemic on August 08, 2010, 01:00:42
my red ftraxx i bought from pendimic has pretty decent traxx on it. their pretty snugg fitting still but i was thinking of buying some of those replacements just for later, what i really need is a battery cover since the one that came with it was broken but for now tape works!! actually i dont mind it not being perfect cause i dont mind beatin on it in the parking lots and anywhere else i can put it thrue

hey they have replacements on ebay right now!
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 08, 2010, 01:11:40
I don't see any post the link! And I would like to have two of each and FYI I was the first bid on your bandit, felt bad since no one bid. But I can't afford two of each haha, I'll never get a second super fast traxx, seeing the price they go for!
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Post by: performerrpm on August 08, 2010, 12:56:35
that bandit i sold on ebay worked fine and looked ok, but after seeing that other member here sell that black one in the box minus remote-but in real nice shape- for 80 i put that one at 50 which was the lowest id take since it isnt real super nice...........it was kinda like the red fast traxx to me for the fact i didnt mind beatin on it. the eliminator did good enuff since i only payed 80 or so for 2 and sold one for 70 something.
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 08, 2010, 18:07:10
very true, i did kinda want that bandit though bummer i missed it
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Post by: performerrpm on August 08, 2010, 18:17:33
have you seen the red one on ebay? its a pretty nice lookin bandit, without the box i doubt it will bring what he wants but he does have best offer on it too you never know,maybee able to get a deal
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Post by: pendemic on August 08, 2010, 20:58:40
have you seen the red one on ebay? its a pretty nice lookin bandit, without the box i doubt it will bring what he wants but he does have best offer on it too you never know,maybee able to get a deal

the guy whos selling that bandit and the other cars lives about 10 mins from me, and he always has sky high prices for his cars.
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Post by: performerrpm on August 08, 2010, 21:25:40
he has a clist ad for it for 260 bucks
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Post by: pendemic on August 08, 2010, 21:36:32
he has a clist ad for it for 260 bucks

if only they were worth that much.
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Post by: performerrpm on August 08, 2010, 21:44:17
the first bandit i bid on was a red one in the box, i thought when i bid 200 i was for sure gonna win......ha that wouldnt have gotten me the box at the time, now that folks are sorta broke there not bringing near as much. most of mine i got reasonable except the 2 in boxes.......i knew i was payin out the nose for them but wanted'em bad..........sux they were like 49 bucks new
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 08, 2010, 23:57:40
yeah i like the red bandit too haha, but not for that price.
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Post by: pendemic on August 09, 2010, 00:04:04
lol thats about 3 cars now  ;D
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 09, 2010, 00:14:25
i offered him 40 bucks for the blaster =p haha
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Post by: pendemic on August 09, 2010, 00:15:25
i offered him 40 bucks for the blaster =p haha

the ad on CL?
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 09, 2010, 12:15:07
no on ebay the guy had a bunch listed and he wanted 95 for a blaster
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Post by: pendemic on August 09, 2010, 13:02:25
no on ebay the guy had a bunch listed and he wanted 95 for a blaster

offer 80$ instead, 95$ is that even worth it?
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 09, 2010, 15:44:20
for a blaster not in the box, no. i would old go 60 maybe 65. but i just bought a scorcher 80$, ps1 with lcd screen 80$, and replacement fast traxx treads 40$. i think i need to stop spending haha
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Post by: performerrpm on August 09, 2010, 16:29:30
i offered him 40 bucks for the blaster =p haha

40 is a fair price i think, ive seen several nice ones go less than 50, sometimes they dont even get bid on unless the opening bids less than 35 or so
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 09, 2010, 17:26:36
yeah but this guy priced everything way over.
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Post by: performerrpm on August 09, 2010, 20:51:21
dont look like he sold anything but the scorcher
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 09, 2010, 20:59:01
he sold that?!  there ere to listed, i got the one for 65, didn't he price that for around 150 or something?? wow
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Post by: performerrpm on August 09, 2010, 21:13:20
yep, ot was around the 150ish mark but cant remember exact, guess it was mint in box
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Post by: pendemic on August 09, 2010, 21:16:34
lol that scorcher was the only good priced item
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 09, 2010, 21:32:05
the one i got is in da box too  ;D
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Post by: performerrpm on August 09, 2010, 21:40:21
how do you like it? my friend had one once but ma other friend had the fast traxx which i liked but i never tried the scorcher. looks like it would do alot of bouncing.......



ope, just remembered a cool lil tyco i had once, if run across it yu should give it a try it was called the stunt boss 360. handled like a scorcher or fast traxx but had 4 wheels with a wheel base of maybee 6 inches and ran on a 6.v battery but it would fly
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 09, 2010, 22:09:29
i dont know yet it hasn't come yet! it will be for my brother, for christmas, so he wont see it for awhile, but i will get to play with it because he is at a camp but i cant wait till it comes!!  but the car your talking about ill look up!!!

ill tell you if it bounces or not.


anyone no the difference between brushless and brushed? cause i wanna make the super fast traxx alot faster than the fast traxx.
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Post by: performerrpm on August 09, 2010, 23:01:03
brushed is what your fast traxx has now, the only way to change to brushless is to buy all new esc and remote and then it would have to be for dual motors, will cost you a bundle not to mention that the gears in the fast traxx will not last long at all. also you cant just upgrade your stock brushed motor with a hobby type motor because they draw to much on the stock electronics, so you would have to go with a brushed hobby type motors and brushed esc and you would need a new tx and probally still the gears wont last. i almost burned a bandits electronics up trying to upgrade to hobby motor with stock electronics, the stocks wouldnt even hardly spin the motor but sure heated everything up on the board, so i abandon it.



there is one thig i seen a guy do on another forum that i was gonna do to my regular fastraxx which is what he had but it would work on your super, he found an old r/c boat with dual motors that had digital proportioning steering and ran off a 14.0 volt battery, he put the boats electronics into the fast traxx which function just the same with 2 forward and reverse sticks, then used a laptop battery which fits on the top of the chassis instead of the bottom,,,,,which cures the battery cover door problems.... then bought a new hobby type hummer body and mounts  and it looks kick azz, also said its awhole lot faster than stock
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Post by: performerrpm on August 09, 2010, 23:03:57
heres you a link to the hummer fast taxx i mentioned above.....looks like a pretty simple deal, in fact soon as i find the right parts iam gonna try, that hummer on the ftraxx looks cool

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=473825&page=2
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 09, 2010, 23:58:23
yeah ive seen that before. sadly evrything you said is gibrish to me, i have no knowledge of electronics. so basically i should leave it alone haha
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Post by: performerrpm on August 10, 2010, 00:00:12
i just stumbled onto something, the tyco mutator that i had steered like a fast traxx, is that how yours does? i just seen a taiyo edge mutator same thing but black but the wheels turn left and right, i also seen one on youtube
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Post by: performerrpm on August 10, 2010, 00:05:04
http://denver.craigslist.org/tag/1860824841.html


heres a link to it for 10 bucks since you heart the mutator......lol
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Post by: pendemic on August 10, 2010, 00:06:15
http://denver.craigslist.org/tag/1860824841.html


heres a link to it for 10 bucks since you heart the mutator......lol

lmfao good one!
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 10, 2010, 00:26:31
you know whats sad i already emailed that guy, but no response. :-\ haha
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Post by: performerrpm on August 10, 2010, 00:28:35
lmao........yeah i had a deal workin on cl for a rebound in the box like new with battery and when i said shipping he quit replying
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 10, 2010, 00:31:12
no one has answered me on craigslist and ive emailed quite a few, and yeah my mutator runs like my fast traxx, i like that the edge mutator turns the front wheels.
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Post by: mashine101 on August 10, 2010, 00:34:30
Hey czstycor, I have a mutator if your interested..would prob make a good parts car....
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 10, 2010, 00:35:27
haha doesnt run anymore ehh?
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Post by: mashine101 on August 10, 2010, 00:41:17
runs...but the front bumper has a piece broken off..and one of the rear shocks that help it raise doesnt seem to wanna work anymore
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 10, 2010, 00:45:35
bummer its a cool little truck, but i wouldnt have use for the edge version i have the tyco one
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Post by: mashine101 on August 10, 2010, 00:47:51
This is the tyco version...its 49mhz, purple and green...
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 10, 2010, 00:51:40
really? i didn't think a shock raises it.
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Post by: mashine101 on August 10, 2010, 00:53:57
well not excatly, but it does mutate right...but one side doesnt want to...like I said great for parts, cause you never know..lol
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 10, 2010, 00:55:32
haha yeah my one gear is slipping or stripping on the left motor of the mutator
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Post by: mashine101 on August 10, 2010, 00:57:49
Yeah I only ran this guy a few times, about a year ago...picked it up at a goodwill...fast, but has way too much weight..
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 10, 2010, 01:03:08
yeah but i will say its the only one i havent needed to fix out of my buch haha so heavy but a rock!
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Post by: mashine101 on August 10, 2010, 01:14:08
yeah, I hear that
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Post by: czstycor/c on August 10, 2010, 20:21:13
wish it was faster haha