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Is the Micro Machines guy still the fastest-talking man on the planet? (2016)

52 points by lnyan 4y ago

harveywi 4y ago
Maybe for short durations. But when it comes to an hour, Rick Houlihan might be world champion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaEPXoXVf2k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaEPXoXVf2k
flatiron 4y ago
So funny. Was just thinking of this guy last week playing with open ai whisper. It really did a great job transcribing him. But then I got to thinking it most likely trained on him.
- sowbug 4y ago
  Same here, and was surprised that my tween kid knew who the guy was when I mentioned him. Apparently his old commercials get reused and remixed in TikTok videos.
bilsbie 4y ago
More importantly why did they stop making micro machines? They were my favorite toy as a kid. (And why did my parents lose my collection)
- IWillForgetThis 4y ago
  Mine too! They actually started making them again recently, I saw some at Target.
  - bilsbie 4y ago
    Wow. I looked it up though and it seems like they don’t have nearly the same level of detail as the old ones. https://www.target.com/p/micromachines-multipack-super-15-pack/-/A-80117963 https://www.target.com/p/micromachines-multipack-super-15-pa...
    - whythre 4y ago
      This is generally true of most toys nowadays, unless they are designed for collectors. The level of detail in many 90s and early 2000s figures are superior to the poor modern day stuff. In the case of Micro Machines, many of the molds are the same but the plastic is softer and cheaper, while the paint jobs are downright sloppy.
    - dimator 4y ago
      Yes the new ones are generally garbage, compared to the originals. Race to the bottom, et al. Also Transformers especially are just monobody plastic garbage now.
    - grendelt 4y ago
      They're chunkier than the old ones. My mom gave me a box with all of mine and my brothers' old Micro Machines in it. My son discovered them and quickly found his favorite ones. They now go with us as "car toys" and "restraint toys" because they're so small and portable. But the new ones are slightly larger and chunkier than the original.
- conductr 4y ago
  Not sure where they went but they're back. My kid loves hot wheels and just graduated to micro machines (delayed due to choking risk lol). Not sure if they're back with any popularity, my kid is my only datapoint. Hot wheels on the other hand has a pretty entertaining netflix show. Season 1 was a claymation style and had wonderful voice acting. Season 2 is normal animation style you see everywhere now and a bit of a let down to me because S1 was hilarious but the kid didn't mind it.
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- CoastalCoder 4y ago
  > (And why did my parents lose my collection) Because you were supposed to clean your stuff out after college, but you just left it there! We asked you like 3 times to deal with it! (Just a guess.) We finally got fed up and gave it to the neighbors for their yard sale.
  - ProllyInfamous 4y ago
    I laughed heartily when my father informed me that Us Brothers' MtG card collection had been tossed. "I guess we didn't need that Mox we had been saving... who cares that the collection was worth more than your vintage Corvette." ::shocked:pikachu:face::
- scopecreep 4y ago
  Didn't some unattended kid choke on one and their parents sued?
tootie 4y ago
One of my high school teachers was a friend of his and it came up in class all the time. He supposed lost his fast-talking crown in a competition while he was still in his prime as Micromachine spox.
rippercushions 4y ago
I wonder how the fastest rappers measure up here? https://www.redbull.com/in-en/5-of-the-fastest-rap-records-ever-made https://www.redbull.com/in-en/5-of-the-fastest-rap-records-e...
adolph 4y ago
Certainly some of the folks doing the pharma/banking/politic post-ad proformas would be contenders if not augmented in some ways.
- chowells 4y ago
  A lot of those have audio artifacts that clearly indicate they were sped up - weird bits of sounds being dropped in clearly unnatural ways, and such. They're probably not winning any contests.
EricE 4y ago
I remember him more from the FedEx ads. Ah, the 80's!

52 points by lnyan 4y ago

Maybe for short durations. But when it comes to an hour, Rick Houlihan might be world champion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaEPXoXVf2k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaEPXoXVf2k

flatiron 4y ago

So funny. Was just thinking of this guy last week playing with open ai whisper. It really did a great job transcribing him. But then I got to thinking it most likely trained on him.

sowbug 4y ago
Same here, and was surprised that my tween kid knew who the guy was when I mentioned him. Apparently his old commercials get reused and remixed in TikTok videos.

bilsbie 4y ago

More importantly why did they stop making micro machines? They were my favorite toy as a kid. (And why did my parents lose my collection)

IWillForgetThis 4y ago
Mine too! They actually started making them again recently, I saw some at Target.
- bilsbie 4y ago
  Wow. I looked it up though and it seems like they don’t have nearly the same level of detail as the old ones. https://www.target.com/p/micromachines-multipack-super-15-pack/-/A-80117963 https://www.target.com/p/micromachines-multipack-super-15-pa...
  - whythre 4y ago
    This is generally true of most toys nowadays, unless they are designed for collectors. The level of detail in many 90s and early 2000s figures are superior to the poor modern day stuff. In the case of Micro Machines, many of the molds are the same but the plastic is softer and cheaper, while the paint jobs are downright sloppy.
  - dimator 4y ago
    Yes the new ones are generally garbage, compared to the originals. Race to the bottom, et al. Also Transformers especially are just monobody plastic garbage now.
  - grendelt 4y ago
    They're chunkier than the old ones. My mom gave me a box with all of mine and my brothers' old Micro Machines in it. My son discovered them and quickly found his favorite ones. They now go with us as "car toys" and "restraint toys" because they're so small and portable. But the new ones are slightly larger and chunkier than the original.
conductr 4y ago
Not sure where they went but they're back. My kid loves hot wheels and just graduated to micro machines (delayed due to choking risk lol). Not sure if they're back with any popularity, my kid is my only datapoint. Hot wheels on the other hand has a pretty entertaining netflix show. Season 1 was a claymation style and had wonderful voice acting. Season 2 is normal animation style you see everywhere now and a bit of a let down to me because S1 was hilarious but the kid didn't mind it.
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CoastalCoder 4y ago
> (And why did my parents lose my collection) Because you were supposed to clean your stuff out after college, but you just left it there! We asked you like 3 times to deal with it! (Just a guess.) We finally got fed up and gave it to the neighbors for their yard sale.
- ProllyInfamous 4y ago
  I laughed heartily when my father informed me that Us Brothers' MtG card collection had been tossed. "I guess we didn't need that Mox we had been saving... who cares that the collection was worth more than your vintage Corvette." ::shocked:pikachu:face::
scopecreep 4y ago
Didn't some unattended kid choke on one and their parents sued?

tootie 4y ago

One of my high school teachers was a friend of his and it came up in class all the time. He supposed lost his fast-talking crown in a competition while he was still in his prime as Micromachine spox.

rippercushions 4y ago

I wonder how the fastest rappers measure up here? https://www.redbull.com/in-en/5-of-the-fastest-rap-records-ever-made https://www.redbull.com/in-en/5-of-the-fastest-rap-records-e...

adolph 4y ago

Certainly some of the folks doing the pharma/banking/politic post-ad proformas would be contenders if not augmented in some ways.

chowells 4y ago
A lot of those have audio artifacts that clearly indicate they were sped up - weird bits of sounds being dropped in clearly unnatural ways, and such. They're probably not winning any contests.

EricE 4y ago

I remember him more from the FedEx ads. Ah, the 80's!