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Halo Soapbox Invades Red Bull Derby
Posted by Brian Crecente at 10:00 AM on September 8, 2008
Reader Adam sends word that there was a "extremely accurate" Covenant Ghost soapbox among the 34 registered teams and soapbox cars that took part in the 2008 Red Bull Soapbox Derby in Manayunk, Pennsylvania yesterday.
The Spartan Ghosts wore army fatigues on their maiden voyage down the steepest hill in Manayunk in their SoapGhost. Unfortunately, things did not go well. I'll let Adam tell it from his first-hand account:
"The members of the team adorned army fatigues and set out to blaze down the steepest hill in Manayunk in the eerily detailed Ghost. They set out to do that, at least, but it's very apparent that they neglected to hold the "L-trigger" and boost the vessel down because the ship went virtually nowhere before veering into the haystacks lining the track and coming to a complete halt. To all of our dismay, the ship wouldn't levitate past us through to the finish line, 500m from the pit. It was carried. Well, pushed.
Let it be noted, too, that after crashing, the Ghost displayed no secondary explosion and if Halo has taught me anything it's that the damned thing was still drivable. Oh, well. Here's some evidence of the impressive model, anyway. I hope you appreciate it as much as I did!"
I know I did Adam, thanks for the fancy write up.
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Revenge_of_Nekojin
Posted 10:37 AM 8/9/08
@elevenoverzero: Probably no one since he mangled it.
i think soapbox ghost is pretty cool guy. eh hits the haystacks and doesn't afraid of anything
Revenge_of_Nekojin
Altima NEO
Posted 10:35 AM 8/9/08
You gotta hold "A" to jump over the other drivers
Altima NEO
elevenoverzero
Posted 10:25 AM 8/9/08
@maraxusofk:
What?
I wonder how many people there got the reference.
elevenoverzero
Weegi
Posted 10:24 AM 8/9/08
Make sure to get the pictures of when the side fuel tank explodes.
Weegi
eddienoteddy
Posted 10:22 AM 8/9/08
i would have made a mongoose
eddienoteddy
Acebuckeye13
Posted 10:21 AM 8/9/08
i wish i had the time to make one of these.
Acebuckeye13
insanejedi
Posted 10:19 AM 8/9/08
Hope he doesn't catch the Halo kid curse.
(Yea I know that was terrible)
insanejedi
Cell9song
Posted 10:17 AM 8/9/08
ahahaha.....he's got the marine haircut too.
Cell9song
maraxusofk
Posted 10:16 AM 8/9/08
pretty cool. hes gonna be speeding and doesnt afraid of things.
maraxusofk
Netnavi
Posted 10:15 AM 8/9/08
The horrible rain yesterday kept me and my friends inside all day. Played MvsC 1 in crossfever tournaments.
I hope they do this next year, I might enter.
Netnavi
excel_excel
Posted 10:15 AM 8/9/08
@NeVeRMoRe666: hehehe splatter spree hehehe
excel_excel
TOWER_JUNKIE
Posted 10:10 AM 8/9/08
Probably caused by an energy drain.
TOWER_JUNKIE
Sam Smith
Posted 10:10 AM 8/9/08
That is awesome.
Sam Smith
shatteredhalo
Posted 10:06 AM 8/9/08
@NeVeRMoRe666: RIGHT BUMPER!!! RIGHT BUMPER!!!!
shatteredhalo
not_tom_brokaw
Posted 10:04 AM 8/9/08
Hats off to everyone who still came out, it seemed like a pretty miserable afternoon at the races.
not_tom_brokaw
Nicevillin
Posted 10:04 AM 8/9/08
Cardboard halo kid needs one.
Nicevillin
CaptLtrl
Posted 10:02 AM 8/9/08
Preston and Steve probably loved it. :D
CaptLtrl
NeVeRMoRe666
Posted 10:01 AM 8/9/08
2008 Red Bull Soapbox SPLATTER SPREE
NeVeRMoRe666
NeonLight
Posted 10:56 AM 8/9/08
Even if it didn't win, I'd have to say that for kids, that looks like a pretty good job, nearly as much as that kids' Halo gun models.
NeonLight
shade-black
Posted 10:55 AM 8/9/08
This never would have happened when I was a boy - You kids these days and your millennium items, and your card games, and your loud music, and your hula hoops, and your hop-scotch, and your dungarees, and your lolly-pops, and your Sony Playstations, and your voice activated light switches, and your leather pants, and your artificial insemination...
... AND your Blu-Ray discs, and your pierced scrotums, and your bullfrogs, and your telekinesis, and your Marvel comics, and your youtube.com, and your nuclear Physics, and your ingrowing toe nails, and your Halo, and your Quintin Tarrantino, and your power steering, and your elevators, and your illegitimate offspring...
shade-black
MorknGork
Posted 11:11 AM 8/9/08
@chaos_isnt_here
Where in PA do you live? I don't know many of the western PA towns but Manayunk is right outside of Philly. I know a few people who went to see it, though the rain didn't make it as lively as it could have been.
MorknGork
Xiedo
Posted 11:09 AM 8/9/08
@Revenge_of_Nekojin: I got it. Not mangled, just a dose of originality.
Xiedo
TheKnicest
Posted 11:07 AM 8/9/08
That write up is really classic. *giggles* What an elite ride.
TheKnicest
get2theDeLorean
Posted 11:06 AM 8/9/08
Take that halo kid. This fool's extravagant cardboard waste of time actually does something.
get2theDeLorean
NeVeRMoRe666
Posted 11:04 AM 8/9/08
@shade-black: Aaaand this is why we ship you old timers out to retirement homes...
:)
NeVeRMoRe666
chaos_isnt_here
Posted 11:01 AM 8/9/08
where the heck is Manayunk, Pennsylvania?
cause I live in PA and I'm clueless
chaos_isnt_here
Karl Marx Vladimirs Linens
Posted 11:37 AM 8/9/08
Well, just by looking at it you can tell that it probably wasn't the best idea for a car, if you're talking about winning. Since there aren't any engines weight and aerodynamicness are probably the two biggest factors. So those "wings" are a big no-no. Kind of cool, though.
Karl Marx Vladimirs Linens
Strangelove
Posted 11:30 AM 8/9/08
@chaos_isnt_here:
In/near Philly.
Strangelove
Strangelove
Posted 11:29 AM 8/9/08
I was going to go (I live in Philly), but it was raining too hard.
Strangelove
eurkos
Posted 11:53 AM 8/9/08
like other people said, Manayunk is a town right outside center city Philadelphia. Since it's in Philadelphia County, a lot of people consider it part of Philly, and your mail would still get there if it was addressed as Philly and not Manayunk.
eurkos
gozu
Posted 11:52 AM 8/9/08
Just by the way, Brian - Manayunk is a section of Philadelphia, not its own town. :3
gozu
Netnavi
Posted 11:39 AM 8/9/08
@chaos_isnt_here: Take Kelly Drive behind the art museum all the way up to the gas station that's across from that little bridge. Then ask around from there. It's not really a town but a street called Manyunk. Like South street without the grunge.
Netnavi
cornunderscore2x
Posted 12:16 PM 8/9/08
They forgot Gamer Fuel.
cornunderscore2x
TheXanadu
Posted 12:13 PM 8/9/08
If he truly wants to win he's gotta hold down that left trigger...
TheXanadu
Moar_pr0nz
Posted 12:10 PM 8/9/08
Those kids shoulda gone on a splatter spree and taught the other competitors a lesson...lol. Jk but thats really sweet, the soapbox i mean. Maybe next year they'll make a brute chopper? 0_o!! lol
Moar_pr0nz
Quicksilver4648
Posted 12:08 PM 8/9/08
@shade-black: Say what you want but leave pierced scrotums out of it.
Quicksilver4648
chaos_isnt_here
Posted 12:08 PM 8/9/08
@MorknGork: well, I live near Allentown and Bethlehem
@Strangelove: Thanks@
href="#c7641469">Netnavi: its creepy cause my name is Kelly.....
chaos_isnt_here
jello44
Posted 12:06 PM 8/9/08
@CaptLtrl: Gadzooks!
@gozu: @eurkos: Yup, Manayunk is just a part of Philly, just like Kensington, as much as it pains me to even say that.
jello44
Bluur
Posted 12:01 PM 8/9/08
I hope the kid realizes that if anyone hits the back left section of the ghost it immediatley explodes.
Bluur
King Seafoam
Posted 12:30 PM 8/9/08
What they really needed was a Grav. Hammer
King Seafoam
BigDragon
Posted 12:25 PM 8/9/08
Good thing this person picked Halo and not something out of Gears or UT3. Epic almost sued someone that did up their car with Gears stuff until they realized all the trademark, registered, copyright, and so on symbols were visible.
I don't know about all of you, but I would feel really stupid riding around in that thing.
BigDragon
Littlefields
Posted 2:17 PM 8/9/08
Fuck... looks like they have some plasmas.
Littlefields
bangbangblah
Posted 2:12 PM 8/9/08
Am I the only one who thought that looked awfully phallic? Granted, I don't play Halo, but still . . .
bangbangblah
joebobfunguy
Posted 2:37 PM 8/9/08
For some reason I've never been that fond of killing aliens. I mean, aren't they just expansionists like we were with the Indians? Now Nazi killing is something I can defiantly wrap my head around.
joebobfunguy
ruba-dub-dub
Posted 2:24 PM 8/9/08
this is the audience that i play against online? thank god i mute em all out. yup, i'm the silent guy that doesn't "plan strategies" with 12 year-olds. my friend list will do just fine.
ruba-dub-dub
dowingba
Posted 3:27 PM 8/9/08
@joebobfunguy: And the Indians didn't fight back at all. I love history.
dowingba
Kicken
Posted 3:59 PM 8/9/08
@maraxusofk:
What the hell was that horrible attempt at a meme?
Kicken
Xero_Azmea
Posted 4:46 PM 8/9/08
So friggin' awesome!
Xero_Azmea
ArcaneDevice
Posted 7:20 PM 8/9/08
While they think they looked cool sitting in a Ghost from Halo, what they were actually sat in to the majority of the spectators was a large, purple dildo.
ArcaneDevice
teh_joe
Posted 10:57 PM 8/9/08
There was also a guy who drove a kart that was an NES system. i have pics of his crash if you want.
teh_joe
Super_Koopa
Posted 12:24 AM 9/9/08
Of course we want!.. NAO!
Super_Koopa
robinandtami
Posted 1:01 AM 9/9/08
He should have made the steering wheel look like an xbox controller.
robinandtami
legwinstonsmith
Posted 1:50 AM 9/9/08
Rain kind of sucked alot of fun out of this on Saturday... but still an good time. And like every other Philly cat said, Manayunk is a neighborhood is Philadelphia, not a town by itself (as much as that pains people in the area Im sure). So that should read in Philadelphia PA.
legwinstonsmith
Yuber2016
Posted 10:31 PM 8/9/08
There was also an awesome giant NES with Mario and Luigi paper mache models to boot. Unfortunatly, the NES spun out and flipped over, crushing the driver.
Yuber2016
sbsoccerman13
Posted 1:12 PM 8/9/08
and so masterchief learned never ti order a ghost from the back of the cereal box.
sbsoccerman13
Pandamanda
Posted 3:39 AM 11/9/08
I was actually there for this! I was so excited to see it!!! And typing that just now made me realize how nerdy I am... >_<
Pandamanda