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http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/ Monster Truck Collectors en-us Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:15:02 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly Monster Truck Collectors News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/images/logo.gif http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/ http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=225 Well, that completes the series. What a great year of collecting it has been. It has been full of shocks, surprises, anger, and joy. Here are my memories of the 08/07 collecting year... I remember when we all found out that there was going to be 70, yes 70 new trucks! All the excitement that was evident throughout the forum, and then the big news broke. HW had switched to plastic frames. The emotions expressed can only be compared to when they switched to the larger wheels. Mixed opinions emerged from that fiasco, but life as Monster Jam collectors moved on. The sting from the chassis switch got a little less painful with the debut of some long awaited trucks. Trucks like Capitan's Curse, the new Spectra Flames series, Wrecking Crew, and Iron Warrior. To me it seemed like the HW monster jam's were as popular as ever! And the explosion of great new trucks didn't stop with the 1:64 scale, the 1:24 and rev tredz were all great as well! The year progressed and we had a few more new trucks here and there, but the re-releases started to take over, as we all expected would happen. But, almost like HW heard our cries, more new trucks were on the way. Black Stallion, El Matador, Maniac, Obsession, Stone Crusher and Tropical Thunder made there way onto the scene and energized the community once again for the final stretch of trucks. Of course, the year once again had its disappointments. It didn't look like Air Force, Safe Auto, or Escalde was going to be made yet again. And trucks like War Wizard and Jurassic Attack, that we all experted to sport there new paint, still had the old ones! but hey, thats life as collector I suppose. Today, we have our final trucks, Wild Hair and Donkey Kong. Rumors have been flying around for months that HW will come out with a series 2 like they did in 2004. No one can say for sure it will happen, but with the popularity of this die casts I can't see HW not doing so. What will happen next? We'll all find out soon. Until then, I'll have to keep hunting for the trucks I still don't have! Its been fun everyone! This post is the opinion of "The Collector" and his opinion only. MTC.com thought that this was a well written post and it should posted on the front page for all to see and read Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:15:02 GMT http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=224 We are currently overhauling the entire website. At this time, I do not have a definate for when the site will be up. There will be some new features and new looks coming soon. In order to keep all of the lists, forums and pictures, it is taking us a bit longer than expected. We are doing everything we can to get the site up and running. Because this site has not been properly maintained, the script that we were using quit working after some recent updates to the code. We hope to remedy the situation soon and get the site back up and rolling. Please stick around and we will try to update as soon as we know more. Mike Muscaro & David Kranak Monster Truck Collectors Site Owners. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:58:32 GMT http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=223 SANTA MONICA, CA – JUNE 10, 2008 – Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today the upcoming release of Monster Jam: Urban Assault. The genre-defining monster truck action in the original hit Monster Jam® has destroyed the stadium barriers and players will now be able to wreak havoc on city streets around the world. The game will be available on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ in fall 2008. Selling a record of over 4 million tickets at over 325 performances in 2007 at the premier stadiums and arenas in the world, Monster Jam is one of the best known touring entertainment brands in both North America and Europe, in addition to its recent international expansion into Central America. The 2008 Monster Jam tour kicked off this year with further record breaking attendances and is on pace to be the greatest year to date in terms of live event attendance, television coverage on network and cable, worldwide licensed merchandise, international event growth and online presence. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:14:07 GMT http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=222 At this time, we regret to say that the "FORUMS SECTION" is temporary down. We are trying to get this problem fixed ASAP. Please bear with us here as we try to get this problem fixed. All other parts of the site are still available to you members. Sorry for any inconvience that this has caused. Thanks for being a member here at MTC.com from the Staff at MTC.com. Added Info, At the bottom of the home page in the "Forums Scroll Last Posts" if you click on one of the topics there, you will be able to go to that topic and make a post. We are still working on this problem. But at least you can still make some post this way. Added Info, Another way to get into the Forums is to do a forum search. Click on the "SEARCH" button and type in what you are looking for and it will pull up everything that is related to your search. Again, sorry for any inconvience that this has caused. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:57:15 GMT http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=221 Love the toys? How about the real thing? Up for sale is a collection of actual fiberglass bodies from many of the most popular monster trucks competing in shows from around the nation. Even some older pieces from trucks that no longer run. These have been in storage for far too long, and it's time to part with them. Included in my collection are the following: Mon, 12 May 2008 15:43:51 GMT http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=220 Sudden Impact Racing and Brandon Lagarde are proud to announce their latest contribution to the sport of monster truck racing. The Joint Associate Sponsorship Program (JASP) is a growing membership of monster truck teams that share a number of associate sponsorships and beneficial sub-programs that are designed to help member teams advance to higher levels in the sport. JASP offers teams a way to benefit from lucrative sponsorships and sub-programs, in return for sporting sponsor logos on their trucks and contributing timely race and event updates and news. “It can be hard for a one or two truck team to successfully plead their case to a prospective sponsor,” said Brandon Lagarde. “Teams and companies with large fleets of trucks have a distinct advantage from an exposure and marketing point of view. What we are trying to do with JASP is coordinate with a number of smaller teams and form a partnership that will give us exposure and marketing leverage to provide a better proposal to offer potential sponsors.” JASP will essentially offer a sponsor the chance to appear on multiple trucks in multiple areas of the nation, without needing to have many different contracts and agreements in place. Lagarde added that “We feel confident that as more teams and sponsors join JASP, the more beneficial it will be for all parties involved. The sponsors will have great exposure on a number of carefully selected, high-quality monster trucks and the teams involved will reap the benefits of sponsorship money and/or products.” Teams currently involved in JASP include Bennett Clark’s Clydesdale team, and the Sturges Motorsports camp, as well as a hand-picked group of independent industry members. Tue, 06 May 2008 18:51:46 GMT http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=219 At 9:03 am this morning in a St Louis hospital, Dave Harkey passed away. The monster truck industy has lost a great person, driver and friend. We here at MTC.com would like to send our condolences to Dave's family and friends and his long time employer, Bigfoot. We will be keeping you in our thoughts and prayers in your time of need. Dave was a long time employee at Bigfoot 4X4 and had just retired last summer. Dave was a great friend to many and put alot of smiles on alot of fans faces through out his career. Dave will be missed by all, God Speed Dave and Rest in Peace. (Photo courtesy of Dave Van Artsdalen) Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:00:28 GMT http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=218 We all know by now that Sudden Impact Racing owner, Brandon Legarde, won Innovator of the Year award from Live Nation for his new monster truck tire design for monster trucks only. Well Brandon is at it again, SIR introduced a new tire yesterday in Mississippi and Louisiana during a test session at a couple of events. The thing about these new tires is they are all "Blue" These tires passed there first test at both events as Brandon put Sudden Impact through its test to see how these new tires and rubber compound would work out. These new blue tires were a big hit with the fans of all ages from young to old. More testing will be going on with these tires in the near future. So stay tuned for more updates from SIR on these tires. MTC.com was there to get a first hand look at these tires. Here is a picture of how the tires look on Sudden Impact. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:16:15 GMT http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=217 The first ever "MTC.com Run For The Championship" is now in the books and the winner of the Fantasy League is "Gatorman". The league came down to the last race at the World Finals and with the pick of "Batman", was able to vault him into the lead for the win. In second place only 2.5 points behind was Ray_Traylor. Third place goes to Driver24, 16.5 points behind. Forth place goes to JasonMiller, 28.5 points behind and fifth place goes to Diggerfan831, 34.4 points behind. This league was close all season long and MTC.com just never knew who would pull it out until the last truck had run. A huge thanks goes out to all the members who played and an even bigger THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPONSORS, "Larry Quick of Quick Motorsports", "Sudden Impact Racing", "Scott Hartsock of Gun Slinger 4X4", "Devin Jones, Barbarian of Ka-Boom Motorsports", "Dan Runte, Bigfoot4X4", "Bruce and Jami Haney of Bad News Racing", "TJWooddy98", "Mike2Mary24" & "MTC.com". MTC.com would like to express our sincere Thanks to all these Organizations who supported this fantasy league with their donation of the prizes. Without them, this fantasy league would not have been possible. MTC.com hopes that everyone enjoyed this league and Thank You for helping MTC.com turn "5" years old this year. It has been an awesome five years and we look forward to many more to come. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:20:53 GMT http://www.monstertruckcollectors.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=216 MTC.com would like to congratulate John Seasock in "Batman" , the WF's 9 Racing Champion and Adam Anderson in "Taz", the WF's 9 Freestyle Champion. You both beat one of the top fields in the history of the World Finals on your way to your titles. An awesome job by both of you. John wins back to back Racing titles and Adam wins his first WF's title of his young career in Freestyle. Again, congratulations on winning the World Finals. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:18:31 GMT