Review: 60497 Drive-Through Car Wash
Posted by FlagsNZ,
One of the generic sub-themes in the LEGO City line-up is their car wash facilities. These car washes are either stand-alone sets or incorporated into garages and service stations.
Read on as I have a look at 60497 Drive-Through Car Wash.
Summary
60497 Drive-Through Car Wash, 583 pieces.
£49.99 / $59.99 / €54.99 | 8.6p, 10.3c, 9.4c per piece.
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A nice set that is ideally pitched at children six years or older
- Fun play options including a convertible car that gets swamped with water
- A minifigure dressed as a sponge billboard advertising the business
- They grey car has an unfinished look
The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
The box
The image on the front of the box shows the drive-through car is in operation. A red car is halfway in the car wash while a grey car is waiting outside.
The main image on the rear of the box shows the same red car exiting the car wash. As it is a convertible car, some of the cleaning water has entered the car's interior!
There are two smaller images which showcase some of the pay features of this set:
- The red car has a boot (trunk) that can cary the driver's briefcase
- The car wash mechanism can slide back and forth while water can be tipped from a reservoir behind the advertising sign
Normally, the artwork found on the boxes has items that are not included in the set softly out of focus. I therefore initially thought that the Drive-Through Car Wash was assembled on a 32x32 baseplate with the pavement and kerb tiled over, as this is how it appears to me in the main images on both sides of the box.
Instructions
The instructions are divided into three booklets. Two smaller booklets assemble the two cars and a larger booklet assembles the car wash.
Sticker sheet
There is one small sticker sheet included with this set.
Parts
The 583 parts are divided into five numbered bags. This link takes you to a complete inventory at Rebrickable.
There are a few unique or rare parts in this set, but I want to highlight these three elements in particular:
- Chassis 6x12x1, No. 1,
- Plate 1x6 Double with 2x3 Extension
- Plate Round Corners 2x6 Double with 2x3 Extension
The chassis element has only been released in black and has only been seen in four sets. It is quite common to see these large chassis-type elements in the smaller LEGO City vehicles pitched at a younger audience. I would prefer to see these vehicles assembled from scratch using bricks and plates, but I do understand that they make assembly simpler and stronger.
60497 Drive-Through Car Wash is pitched at youngsters aged six years or older and both cars use this element as the chassis. This element has been seen in four other sets.
I simply cannot understand why the other two elements have been created as two regular plates would work just as well in each instance. The element with the rounded plate has been seen in four other sets, while the element with the 1x6 plate is unique to this set.
Minifigures
The set has four minifigures: two car drivers and two workers at the car wash.
The red car driver
The red car driver wears a dark brown zipped-up cardigan with a name patch over a red button shirt with white Hibiscus Flowers. This torso has been seen in eight other sets.
The minifigure's dark brown hair has been seen in only six other sets.
He has a moustache with a soul patch (the things you learn at Brickset!) and some stubble.
Both drivers have two expressions. Here is this minifigure's worried or stressed look. Note from the image above that his hair does not completely cover this alternate expression when seen from the back. He holds a reddish brown mini suitcase.
Dark stone grey car driver
The driver of the grey car wears a dark turquoise hoody with dark green panels.
There is a white zip and the hoody has a white drawstring. The stiff plastic sections found at the end of drawstrings (or shoelaces) are called aiglets (sometimes shortened to aglets). The term is derived from the Old French word aiguillette meaning needle. This torso has been seen in eight other sets.
In military uniforms, aiguillettes are worn by aides-de-camp on their ceremonial uniforms. The origin of this usage stems from the lacing used to fasten plate armour together – particularly the lacing supporting the arm defences.
This minifigure's dark brown hair is tied with an elaborate knot bun at the back.
She has closed her eyes and is laughing in her other expression.
Bob the minifigure billboard
Bob is a human billboard and is advertising the drive-through car wash business.
Bob is wearing a medium azur[e] torso brick. At the front of the torso brick is a 2x3 medium azure[e] printed tile with a sponge and soap suds design. Both these elements are unique to this set. There is an earth blue plate at the back of his uniform.
These torso bricks come in many colours. This is the first instance in medium azure[e] and the first instance where the torso has arms that differ from the torso colour.
You can see that Bob has square pants!
Car wash worker
Both car wash workers wear a medium azure[e] baseball cap. The cap closure at the back is filled in, so this must be a stretch-fit version of cap. This element has been seen in only two other sets.
Our worker is standing by with a long-handled brush to help clean the cars, although I wouldn't want someone to use such a tool to clean my car!
The build
Bag 1
Bag 1 assembles the red convertible car.
This red car is an e-vehicle. The medium azure[e] battery terminals can be seen under the bonnet (hood). This printed tile has been seen in five other sets.
The boot (trunk) opens up and can store the mini suitcase.
Bag 2
Bag 2 assembles the dark stone grey car. It has black and bright yellow racing stripes over the bonnet, roof and boot.
This vehicle has one sticker applied to the roof. I have taken images before and after applying the sticker.
This car has a bonnet scoop (hood scoop) and spoilers on the back. I comment on the four exposed dark stone grey studs along each side of the car later in the review.
Bag 3
Bag 3 assembles the drive-through car wash.
The dark stone grey tiles and cheese slopes delineate the path of the cars as they pass through the Drive-Through Car Wash. The dark stone grey cheese slopes act as chocks to locate the vehicle in the correct position so it can be washed.
There is a printed 1x6x5 trans-clear wall panel with Bob the human billboard squeezing the water and soap out of his sponge.
Bag 4
Bag 4 assembles the car washing mechanism. This is predominantly assembled using Technic components. The car washing mechanism can slide back and forth.
This is the first time that Technic Cylinder 4 x 4 with Pin Holes and the Street Sweeper Brushes has appeared in reddish orange.
A removable vacuum and cleaning unit clips onto the side of the building.
The completed model
Bag 5 completes the model.
Clever use of SNOT techniques and the medium azur[e] and earth blue detailing has made an attractive Drive-Through Car Wash facility. These two-tone coloured stripes wrap around two sides of the building.
1x1 and 2x2 white tiles have been added to give the building decor a soap-sud look.
A set of traffic lights indicate to the drivers when the Drive-Through Car Wash is ready to receive the next vehicle for washing. There is a price list for the various levels of cleaning service available.
The two cars' wheels line up with the chocks and sit in place as the car wash mechanism is moved back and forth to wash the vehicle. The Drive-Through Car Wash sign doubles as a reservoir to hold washing water (made up of two 1x1 trans light blue plates). This water can be tipped onto the vehicle below.
Since one of the vehicles is a convertible and the top is open, it will fill up with water if it should venture into the Drive-Through Car Wash.
The cars can be further groomed using the detachable vacuum and cleaning unit.
Overall opinion
This set is pitched at youngsters aged six and over. I have a grandson of that age who is fascinated by drive-through car washes. From an early age, he knew the location of all the drive-through car washes from his house to our house. His parents had to take a particular route when driving to our house so that he could see all of them on the way!
Our grandson would build drive-through car washes using our big bin of Primo bricks and plates. He was, however, terrified of actually driving through a car wash as an occupant of the car!
This set would absolutely appeal to him.
I like the fact that one of the vehicles is a convertible which "fills up" with water as it is cleaned in the car wash.
I like Bob the minifigure sponge billboard (who also has square pants).
My one fault that I can have with this set is the slightly unfinished appearance of the dark stone grey car. There are four exposed studs along each side of the car (see image above).
Below, I have modified this car two ways:
- By using two 1x6 dark stone grey tiles (left), or
- By using two 1x8 dark stone grey tiles (right).
My preferred modification would be the 1x6 dark stone grey tile option. These two parts would be additional to the existing inventory, though.
The alternative modification of using 1x8 dark stone grey tiles would not require an additional element added to the inventory as the set already uses this element. The car's open windows are slightly smaller due to raising the window sill by one tile using this method.
Since the set already includes 1 x 1 Quarter Round Tiles in black, two additional parts could also have covered the exposed black studs on each side of the yellow bonnet scoop (hood scoop).
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I had not realised how regularly a Car Wash has appeared for Lego City
Classic Spongebob set.
I like both car designs. Gray looks like an old sports car, and the fact that it looks great without a sticker is excellent for kids. I might try a mod for the red one so the roof can be put up.
Those lacking tiles for the grey car are indeed rather sad. It makes such a difference!
Other than that seems like a pretty cool set, even more so for kids.
That said, there is one other thing I don't neccessarily see as a good development: In the end this is just a simple car wash with a couple of decent but not all too spectecular cars. Does it all need to be this big. And as a result of that, does this need to be a €55 set? Cars are not hard to come by even from pocket money sets, so maybe this set would have been better with either just one car for like €40, or at this price point but with some additional side build instead of one of the cars?
I find it odd there's no additional building with it, like a petrol station or a car multipark. The only cleaning car facilities I know of that are on their own are where vehicles are washed by hand.
One of my earliest sets was 6394, which had a car wash with a car multipark, it's still one of my favourites though it remains unbuilt at present, as I haven't got room to incorporate it into my current layout.
I appreciate the update, but I still prefer my current set, I think.
This is clearly a 30€ set. Two larger polybag cars (which would be at most 10€ together) plus a few bricks for the car wash itself for the remaining 15€. If we are generous we add another 5€ for the nice special minifigure.
I wonder how much of the private life of FlagsNZ, Huw, MeganL and others we could reconstruct purely based on their reviews :-)
@IgelCampus said:
"Two larger polybag cars (which would be at most 10€ together)"
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
This set made me wonder - is the road plate system from a few years back just fully dead-dead now? I feel like a few years ago this would have come with a little stretch of road to enter and exit the car wash and also the whole set would be $120.
@daniellesa said:
"I find it odd there's no additional building with it, like a petrol station or a car multipark. The only cleaning car facilities I know of that are on their own are where vehicles are washed by hand.
One of my earliest sets was 6394, which had a car wash with a car multipark, it's still one of my favourites though it remains unbuilt at present, as I haven't got room to incorporate it into my current layout.
I appreciate the update, but I still prefer my current set, I think. "
It might be a regional thing—here in the U.S. standalone car washes are a very common sight (sometimes you can pay extra to have your car detailed by hand, but the standard drive-through is very much the norm).
@daniellesa said:
"I find it odd there's no additional building with it, like a petrol station or a car multipark. The only cleaning car facilities I know of that are on their own are where vehicles are washed by hand.
One of my earliest sets was 6394 , which had a car wash with a car multipark, it's still one of my favourites though it remains unbuilt at present, as I haven't got room to incorporate it into my current layout.
I appreciate the update, but I still prefer my current set, I think. "
You're lucky; the city where I live has tons of standalone automatic car wash places. It's honestly a bit ridiculous; every time a business closes outside of the downtown area, there are decent odds the building will be razed and replaced with yet another bubbly monstrosity
I do appreciate sets like 6394, and I think it's fascinating to compare the scale differences. The modern, larger City scale does allow for a level of detail that isn't possible at the smaller Town scale (even if modern parts were available). However, the larger scale means that a cohesive larger structure like 6394 isn't really feasible. The last attempt at a multi-story parking garage, 4207 from 2012, was in a sort of in-between scale (4-wide cars, but bigger than Town-scale cars) and even that lacked the depth the earlier set and looked weirdly incomplete in comparison. The set being reviewed is a well-built, attractive set with lots of detail, but I feel it shows a lot of what makes me personally dissatisfied with the current scale
For the driver of the gray car, at first I thought it was Dr. Bashir.
@WokePope said:
"This set made me wonder - is the road plate system from a few years back just fully dead-dead now? I feel like a few years ago this would have come with a little stretch of road to enter and exit the car wash and also the whole set would be $120."
I was thinking exactly the same, where are the roadplates??? Past City sets included some like you said.
Maybe that's why @flagsnz "thought that the Drive-Through Car Wash was assembled on a 32x32 baseplate with the pavement and kerb tiled over, as this is how it appears to me in the main images on both sides of the box."
I like the set but I rarely like default Lego City cars; I don't get why they're not yet using the cool new piece that allows two figs to sit next to each other on a 2x6 plate that also allows to close the doors.
@IgelCampus said:
"This is clearly a 30€ set. Two larger polybag cars (which would be at most 10€ together) plus a few bricks for the car wash itself for the remaining 15€. If we are generous we add another 5€ for the nice special minifigure.
"
Here in Poland this set (as most Lego) is on perptual discount at sevaral vendors and the price ranges from 34 to 38 euros. But you got really carried away with calling these 2 cars "at most 10euro together", it is not 2015 anymore friend :')
Nice. Its these small sets that can really help make a CITY themed setup stand out.
Yeah, I don't think it's much of a coincidence that Bob should happen to be a sponge.
I don't know about that skeezy guy with the soul patch. I kind of get the feeling he should be driving a nondescript white van. I'm not saying the van should contain puppies and lollipops, but just for once, it'd be nice if it actually did.
To those who say this is a $30 set: we got a $30 carwash in City in 2023. It came with one 4-wide car, this comes with two 6-wide cars. The 2026 carwash building is twice the size of the 2023 building, which was more of a wall. This one can actually fit an entire car inside. I think the larger size of this set is well warranted, and it's still at a reasonable, accessible price point. Thanks for the review, @FlagsNZ.
@iwybs said:
"To those who say this is a $30 set: we got a $30 carwash in City in 2023. It came with one 4-wide car, this comes with two 6-wide cars. The 2026 carwash building is twice the size of the 2023 building, which was more of a wall. This one can actually fit an entire car inside. I think the larger size of this set is well warranted, and it's still at a reasonable, accessible price point. Thanks for the review, @FlagsNZ ."
It wasn't me, but I do see someone saying this should be a €30 set, not a $30. And while I still wouldn't expect this to be a €30 set regardless, the currency is rather relevant here. That $30 2023 set was actually a much more reasonable €20 set over here. That US price is just ridiculous. So not really a good bar to hold other sets against....
But to hark back to my own comments that this set is bigger (and thus more epxensive) than it needs to be...... 60362 is perfect proof of that. Pretty much the exact same play value at less than half the price.
And sure, this new one might be nicer if you're an adult with a huge Lego City diorama. But that's kinda the thing: More often than not I get the feeling that even City sets are nowadays often primarily designed with adult collectors in mind, not kids.
This car wash Lego kit is FAR better than the last attempt. I love it.
@Andrusi said:
" @IgelCampus said:
"Two larger polybag cars (which would be at most 10€ together)"
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha"
You are right and I was wrong about things. But i still think this is not half of a modular which were around 130 before the crazy price developments after 2020. An realistic price for this amount of plastic would 35-40 for me personally. Just to put the price of this into perspective: I just bought a flower set with 900 pieces (Gobricks, so better quality than Lego) for 15 € which originally had an rrp of 30.
The last time I used a traditional drive-thru car wash it ate the valve stem off one of my tires, so I was driving on the rim when I exited. The two I use these days just have you park in the center. One uses a touch-free system, and the other uses traditional cloth rollers, but they move around the vehicle instead of you being towed through the building.
"This red car is an e-vehicle."
Ooh, those don’t get along with water. They like to fight back with fire.
Sponge... Bob... square... pants...
Those parts were created for Speed champions where that support IS needed.
Yeah I know, weird
Still, a great set.
I like the building. Thinking to transform it in a store or deli
"The stiff plastic sections found at the end of drawstrings (or shoelaces) are called aiglets (sometimes shortened to aglets)."
…and their true purpose is sinister.
@Lyichir said:
" @daniellesa said:
"I find it odd there's no additional building with it, like a petrol station or a car multipark. The only cleaning car facilities I know of that are on their own are where vehicles are washed by hand.
One of my earliest sets was 6394, which had a car wash with a car multipark, it's still one of my favourites though it remains unbuilt at present, as I haven't got room to incorporate it into my current layout.
I appreciate the update, but I still prefer my current set, I think. "
It might be a regional thing—here in the U.S. standalone car washes are a very common sight (sometimes you can pay extra to have your car detailed by hand, but the standard drive-through is very much the norm)."
Yeah, drive-thru versions take up a lot of space, so those tend to be standalone businesses, with a few detailing stations located on the premises. Gas stations frequently have small corner lots that only have space for one small building and a few pumps. Occasionally, one of these might dedicate a patch of land for use with a car wash station that directs you to park your vehicle in the center before it gets started.
@Crux said:
"I don't know about that skeezy guy with the soul patch. I kind of get the feeling he should be driving a nondescript white van. I'm not saying the van should contain puppies and lollipops, but just for once, it'd be nice if it actually did."
Are you tired of falling for their tricks every time?
I love the sense of humor in this set, well done. Always nice to see that extra bit of love thrown into what would otherwise be a fairlys tandard City set.
I think the previous version was a better deal. It was more affordable because it only came with one car, and the buildimg wasn't as big whilstbit does the same thing.
I like the colors on the grey car. It gives me Blacktron I vibes, and it reminds me of how 5982 Smash 'n' Grab did a homage to that theme with a stripe running over the center of the vehicle.
For what it is I think it does well enough what it sets out to do though.
Oh, and those new parts you showed look super lazy from a parts design perspective. It feel like they design parts just for the sake of it at that point.
It’s already on Amazon U.K. at £32.50 (35% off) but as the only part I want is the new colour brick torso that’s still a bit steep. Hopefully it’ll turn up in BAM at some point.
@PurpleDave said:
"…and their true purpose is sinister."
I was waiting for someone to make that reference.
Red car driver? With Hawaiian shirt and moustache?
It's Thomas Magnum, isn't it?
:-)
@Zordboy said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"…and their true purpose is sinister."
I was waiting for someone to make that reference."
It’s probably the only quote I can cite from that show, off the top of my head.
@TeaWeevil said:
" @daniellesa said:
"I find it odd there's no additional building with it, like a petrol station or a car multipark. The only cleaning car facilities I know of that are on their own are where vehicles are washed by hand.
One of my earliest sets was 6394 , which had a car wash with a car multipark, it's still one of my favourites though it remains unbuilt at present, as I haven't got room to incorporate it into my current layout.
I appreciate the update, but I still prefer my current set, I think. "
You're lucky; the city where I live has tons of standalone automatic car wash places. It's honestly a bit ridiculous; every time a business closes outside of the downtown area, there are decent odds the building will be razed and replaced with yet another bubbly monstrosity
I do appreciate sets like 6394, and I think it's fascinating to compare the scale differences. The modern, larger City scale does allow for a level of detail that isn't possible at the smaller Town scale (even if modern parts were available). However, the larger scale means that a cohesive larger structure like 6394 isn't really feasible. The last attempt at a multi-story parking garage, 4207 from 2012, was in a sort of in-between scale (4-wide cars, but bigger than Town-scale cars) and even that lacked the depth the earlier set and looked weirdly incomplete in comparison. The set being reviewed is a well-built, attractive set with lots of detail, but I feel it shows a lot of what makes me personally dissatisfied with the current scale"
I agree. That's one of the reasons I struggle so much with the 6-wide cars and even bigger mid-sized trucks with gigantic wheels (like the life-guard or off-road trucks): They are better detailed, but they throw everything else out of whack, scale-wise, with City buildings either being mere facades or too big and expensive for their simple purposes. Your comparison of 6394 and 4207 highlights how it's probably among the reasons why we don't get nice large civilian buildings with lots of functionality anymore.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Zordboy said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"…and their true purpose is sinister."
I was waiting for someone to make that reference."
It’s probably the only quote I can cite from that show, off the top of my head."
And here I thought aglets were for tying the world together...
The fact that the red car driver has a suitcase containing a donut, I think that's the same guy from the police prisoner transport van set. 60479
@PurpleDave said:
" @Crux said:
"I don't know about that skeezy guy with the soul patch. I kind of get the feeling he should be driving a nondescript white van. I'm not saying the van should contain puppies and lollipops, but just for once, it'd be nice if it actually did."
Are you tired of falling for their tricks every time?"
The side-door slides open, I excitedly hop in, and there it is - the same old laptop with barkingpuppies.mp3 on loop, the world goes dark, and I wake up in a familiar ditch, wearing the the sailor-costume again. It's enough to really put a dent in a person's trust.
Just once, man. Just once, could there really be a puppy? And maybe a sailor-costume that isn't three sizes too small?
Feels it’s a slight shame there’s not a mechanism to dump the water but I suppose it would be incredibly visible through those glass walls so probably for the best
Aren't these the kinds of car washes that ruin a car's paint job with those awful harsh brushes? Not sure if I want to put one of these in my city.
Yeah, the gray car definitely looks better with the 1x6 tiles added.
@Zordboy said:" @PurpleDave said:""…and their true purpose is sinister.""
I was waiting for someone to make that reference."
I can't hear the word "aglet" without thinking of that scene.
@PurpleDave said:" @Zordboy said:"" @PurpleDave said:""…and their true purpose is sinister.""
I was waiting for someone to make that reference."
It’s probably the only quote I can cite from that show, off the top of my head."
Have you forgotten "The Great Brain Robbery?" "Aren't you going to wash your hands?" "No! *beat* Because I'm evil." Not to mention "If nothing else, I can at least learn the Flash's secret identity. [removes mask, looks in a mirror, then frowns] ...I have no idea who this is."
I got Jeffrey Combs to sign my Justice League Unlimited dvds once at a con and he was really nice and convincingly performed excitement that someone was a fan of his for The Question reasons and not just the horror&Star Trek fans he’d had in the queue that day.
so "seeing studs" now has become something negative for a toy which its primary feature is having studs....
@Hiratha said:
"I got Jeffrey Combs to sign my Justice League Unlimited dvds once at a con and he was really nice and convincingly performed excitement that someone was a fan of his for The Question reasons and not just the horror&Star Trek fans he’d had in the queue that day."
I got hugged by the wife of former pro wrestler Tyler “Sabertooth” Mane when I stopped at her booth at a local con… but that’s because we went to college together.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Hiratha said:
"I got Jeffrey Combs to sign my Justice League Unlimited dvds once at a con and he was really nice and convincingly performed excitement that someone was a fan of his for The Question reasons and not just the horror&Star Trek fans he’d had in the queue that day."
I got hugged by the wife of former pro wrestler Tyler “Sabertooth” Mane when I stopped at her booth at a local con… but that’s because we went to college together."
I got hugged by Kenneth Cope but I think he was just excited to be recognised as The Best Hopkirk by someone under the age of 50. London has a lot of geek events and I went to most of them as a teenager, pre-mostly-housebound.
@Hiratha said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Hiratha said:
"I got Jeffrey Combs to sign my Justice League Unlimited dvds once at a con and he was really nice and convincingly performed excitement that someone was a fan of his for The Question reasons and not just the horror&Star Trek fans he’d had in the queue that day."
I got hugged by the wife of former pro wrestler Tyler “Sabertooth” Mane when I stopped at her booth at a local con… but that’s because we went to college together."
I got hugged by Kenneth Cope but I think he was just excited to be recognised as The Best Hopkirk by someone under the age of 50. London has a lot of geek events and I went to most of them as a teenager, pre-mostly-housebound."
I felt a little sorry for the person behind me, who had stuff to be signed, and had to wait while she had a whole conversation with someone who wasn’t there for a signature.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Hiratha said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Hiratha said:
"I got Jeffrey Combs to sign my Justice League Unlimited dvds once at a con and he was really nice and convincingly performed excitement that someone was a fan of his for The Question reasons and not just the horror&Star Trek fans he’d had in the queue that day."
I got hugged by the wife of former pro wrestler Tyler “Sabertooth” Mane when I stopped at her booth at a local con… but that’s because we went to college together."
I got hugged by Kenneth Cope but I think he was just excited to be recognised as The Best Hopkirk by someone under the age of 50. London has a lot of geek events and I went to most of them as a teenager, pre-mostly-housebound."
I felt a little sorry for the person behind me, who had stuff to be signed, and had to wait while she had a whole conversation with someone who wasn’t there for a signature."
Speaking of signatures, I'm still kicking myself for forgetting to bring my copy of the first Birds of Prey collection to the small convention in Asheville where Gail Simone was doing one of the panels.
@TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Hiratha said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Hiratha said:
"I got Jeffrey Combs to sign my Justice League Unlimited dvds once at a con and he was really nice and convincingly performed excitement that someone was a fan of his for The Question reasons and not just the horror&Star Trek fans he’d had in the queue that day."
I got hugged by the wife of former pro wrestler Tyler “Sabertooth” Mane when I stopped at her booth at a local con… but that’s because we went to college together."
I got hugged by Kenneth Cope but I think he was just excited to be recognised as The Best Hopkirk by someone under the age of 50. London has a lot of geek events and I went to most of them as a teenager, pre-mostly-housebound."
I felt a little sorry for the person behind me, who had stuff to be signed, and had to wait while she had a whole conversation with someone who wasn’t there for a signature."
Speaking of signatures, I'm still kicking myself for forgetting to bring my copy of the first Birds of Prey collection to the small convention in Asheville where Gail Simone was doing one of the panels."
Speaking of car washes, I just found out yesterday that there are two distinct versions of the Minecraft Drowned, and I only have one in my hunger of zombies!
@TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Hiratha said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Hiratha said:
"I got Jeffrey Combs to sign my Justice League Unlimited dvds once at a con and he was really nice and convincingly performed excitement that someone was a fan of his for The Question reasons and not just the horror&Star Trek fans he’d had in the queue that day."
I got hugged by the wife of former pro wrestler Tyler “Sabertooth” Mane when I stopped at her booth at a local con… but that’s because we went to college together."
I got hugged by Kenneth Cope but I think he was just excited to be recognised as The Best Hopkirk by someone under the age of 50. London has a lot of geek events and I went to most of them as a teenager, pre-mostly-housebound."
I felt a little sorry for the person behind me, who had stuff to be signed, and had to wait while she had a whole conversation with someone who wasn’t there for a signature."
Speaking of signatures, I'm still kicking myself for forgetting to bring my copy of the first Birds of Prey collection to the small convention in Asheville where Gail Simone was doing one of the panels."
Oof. Yeah, I would be too.
At the car wash, woah
Talking about the car wash, yeah
Come on, y'all, and sing it for me
Car wash, ooh, car wash, yeah
(Work and work) Well, those cars never seem to stop coming
(Work and work) Keep those waxin' machines humming
(Work and work) My fingers to the bone
(Work) Keep up, I can't wait 'til it's time to go home
Hey, get your car washed today
Fill-up and you don't have to pay
Come on and give us a play
Car wash, right away
(This disco song has been stuck in my head since the review launched. Especially this portion of the song 'Car Wash' by Rose Royce.)