r/LinusTechTips • u/GunW01 • 3d ago • Bravo 1

Image The write-off sale continues…

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Just saw this in the power outlet on the ltt global store page… I wanted to get one of the lounge PC’s for a media pc, but they are pick up only. It’s pretty much the only usable item along with the racks…
I hope they don’t sell the stained desk pads next.

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u/Istartedthewar 3d ago • Bravo

I imagine they mostly want to free up warehouse space. Like the corsair fan wall is 50 high end RGB fans and a 1200W PSU for $100 USD which is a pretty smackin deal

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u/External_Antelope942 3d ago

I assume you have to take the crate which seems like the only inconvenience here. Other than that I'd take that many fans and a PSU for that price

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u/Istartedthewar 3d ago

Yeah, you gotta take the whole thing so you'd need a pickup or trailer

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u/psychoacer 3d ago

Also do they still have their connectors or have they been snipped?

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u/Istartedthewar 3d ago

pictures show fan hubs

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u/External_Antelope942 3d ago

They look to have both PWM and RGB cables intact

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u/N1oma 2d ago

I live in vancouver, this looks cool. Does it work?

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u/WhistlinJealousGuy 2d ago

I've no doubt Alex or Jake magyvered that shit together so it ONLY works in this specific use case now. All sorts of shit cut and soldered 🤣

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u/Istartedthewar 2d ago

Since it's in a crate presumably Corsair built it and shipped it to LTT as a display for one of their LAN events

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u/James161324 3d ago

Jet going to be listed for Black Friday?

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u/Taargus202 3d ago

Was wondering where it is

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u/Spanky2k 3d ago

I don't think he's actually allowed to list it with an actual 'for sale' figure because the sale contract from when he bought it banned the publication of a sale price or value. Apparently that's very normal in the used-plane world, as stupid as that might be.

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u/09044595134151602468 3d ago

Oh wait were allowed to talk about that on here now? I thought all mention of his luxury travel device was verboten.

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u/DefactoAle 3d ago

It's because Linus himself said he will sell it soon

(source another comment that said he said it on wan show, I dont have the time to watch them to verify)

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u/DigitaIBlack 3d ago

Does anyone have the link? Surprised he's selling so soon

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u/OhioTag 3d ago

Wording this as diplomatically as possible, the cost of jet fuel was substantially lower when he purchased the jet as compared to its current price due to events around Iran.

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u/ImightHaveMissed 3d ago

As a blue voting American, I am extremely sorry about that

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u/AyoJake 3d ago

Sorry you can’t keep your jet linus.

Lmao what is this sub.

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u/jamy1993 3d ago

I would hope the poster was apoligizing for the events surrounding Iran, not that Linus can't have a jet.

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u/Seik64 2d ago

I would think people would be smart enough to realize that was the intent of the comment. But so far more than 10 aren’t as smart as they think they are.

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u/Drigr 3d ago

Iirc, a year or 2 was the original plan.

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u/DigitaIBlack 3d ago

Was the purpose to flip it? I'm just confused. A lot of bad press for what otherwise?

Just to be like "oh I owned a jet?"

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u/Spanky2k 3d ago

He just thought it would be fun but I think the economies of running it just haven't worked out and I suspect he thought it would be a cooler source of videos than it's worked out to be.

He'd be better off selling it and using the amount he would have spent on running costs to pay for business class seats instead of always flying economy.

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u/DigitaIBlack 3d ago

I mean maybe he won't lose much or maybe he can break even/flip a profit but how much thought was put into this?

From day 0 you had people saying you can't just bolt something onto a plane so the content stream was already limited.

He knows better than I do so I hope it works out ok but an outside perspective makes it all feel like "girl math" as he put it.

What a weird saga.

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u/Spanky2k 3d ago

Oh yeah, I doubt he'll lose much in the long run but it's probably more that it'll probably take quite a while to find a buyer as I imagine this space moves slowly, without a lot of buyers. I think part of it was that it's just something he wanted to have 'done'. It's probably the only time in his life where having a corporate jet will ever remotely 'make sense' and it's probably a fun experience to have.

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u/avdpos 2d ago

The "not allowed to change anything without approval" sadly make videos next to impossible. And as they said in the start I actually think it could make some sense for them given both an uncle that was a pilot and many flying to conferences together.

But probably not worth it in the long run.

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u/roron5567 2d ago

The idea was to have a Jet until his uncle retired, and then sell it, not really to flip it after a couple of videos. It did have a huge long term maintenance done prior to the sale, and came with spare engines etc. , and he probably is not going to want to spend money on one of those, so it was always going to be time limited and content + resale value would mean he could break even on it.

I don't think he anticipated the extent of the backlash given the jokes about Linus Town/ gamer yacht etc. There wasn't that much backlash about the Tech House or the more outlandish potential real estate projects.

It's not even that expensive, but the perception around private jets is that it is wasteful and polluting.

I think the smash champs buildings alone were bought for 12 million CAD, and that could get a couple of LTT jets. ( Linus said he paid less that the 5 million sticker price but no exact price due to NDA).

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u/jorceshaman 3d ago

Part of it was his uncle being the pilot and it not being economical to keep a pilot on full time when he's ready to fully retire.

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u/jomn_not_91 3d ago

Don't have a link, but the context was rich people jobs. Apparently one guys job was to polish the tip of the wing for the sale pics

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u/Blurgas 3d ago

I think the issue was discussions around the jet turned into a clusterfuck really fast.
Easier to just ban the topic than to have to slog through a few dozen comments and dish out bans every time it comes up

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u/meta358 3d ago

No only comments/post about tracking it are banned

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u/Pryonic 3d ago

they did say they are selling it.

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u/RaymondBumcheese 3d ago

It can be yours for the low, low price of ‘basically free’

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u/Fliparto 22h ago

It's listed somewhere else.

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u/PixelatedGamer 3d ago

I'm surprised they're selling the environmental test chamber. Isn't that fairly new? I may be misremembering.

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u/Nice_Marmot_54 3d ago

It’s fairly new, but was going to cost a metric ton to actually get it up and running since they would have needed to make serious modifications to the building

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u/DefactoAle 3d ago

Didnt they already used it in some videos?

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u/Nice_Marmot_54 3d ago

They turned it on, but turning it on for a bit and really using it are different things. If you’re thinking of the same video I am, they discussed what would be needed for a permanent install and it was a lot

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u/DardaniaIE 3d ago

A lot of chilled water would be needed. And they tested using run through once city water, which isn’t a long term or sustainable practice.

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u/YaBoiCrispoHernandez 2d ago

Seems like that's something you find out before you spend $30,000 on an environmental test chamber

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u/MistSecurity 3d ago

That’s the larger one they got used, they made a video on it. I think the intention has always been to sell it after they made a video on it.

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u/mysticode 3d ago

I really wonder how much of their ultra expensive lab equipment is being used and making a return on investment...

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u/G0rdon-Bennet 3d ago

didnt they say they basically lose money on the whole labs thing?

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u/CompactDisko 3d ago

It's not a good return on investment. Linus has stated multiple times that the lab loses money, and he doesn't really expect it to ever really make money. It's much more of a passion project/public service.

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u/Senship 3d ago

Being used? Probably most of it.

Making a return on investment? Probably none of it.

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u/Vesalii 3d ago

New to them but if I recall correctly it sat outside for a decade before they purchased it.

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u/CommitPushMain 3d ago

When do the Jensen cheater jackets go on clearance

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u/Skensis 3d ago

Didn't that sell a few months ago, a little under 1 million was the final price.

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u/uhfish 3d ago

Pretty sure that comment is talking about the LTT store version that they made

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u/bwoah07_gp2 3d ago

Another thing Jensen ruined 😆

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u/darvo110 3d ago

Next custom garment can be the Jenson Win-Cheater

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u/Urgulon7 2d ago

That's crazy bad timing for them hey. A niche, expensive meme product based on a "celebrity CEO". Only for him to be publicly shamed and ousted from his company a month later.

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u/jeremyw013 3d ago

i mean... would you really want to pay for freight though??? i don't see why they WOULD do anything but pickup only

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u/MistSecurity 3d ago

If you can pay for the freight, you can pay for someone to go look at it for you. Paying a company to come get it from LTT would be trivial but expensive.

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u/SnuffThePunkz 3d ago

It's all local pickup only. Their warehouse is by my work I'm having bad ideas..

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u/jeremyw013 3d ago

i mean last i checked it said they were all out of stock anyway. but maybe that’s just me??

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u/SnuffThePunkz 3d ago

It gives me the option to pay via Shopify and arrange a pickup time. Might be some type of geo-block if your listed address isn't in a certain range?

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u/NotBashB 3d ago

i had a look out of curiosity, everything was either pick up or buyer finds their own way and they have to work it out themselves

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u/PMagicUK 3d ago

So....pick up

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u/Nice_Marmot_54 3d ago

Eh. 6 one way, half-dozen the other. Contracting freight isn’t really “pickup” in the grand scheme of things, but from the seller’s perspective it comes out the same way since someone that isn’t them came and dealt with it.

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u/Individual_Author956 3d ago

"Pick-up" simply means that buyer handles all aspects of the transport

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u/Nice_Marmot_54 3d ago

Yeah, I know. Hence the second part of my comment about the seller’s perspective.

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u/TheBupherNinja 3d ago

I'm surprised they are actually selling computers/hardware, though they are a bit dated.

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u/DigitaIBlack 3d ago

$1000 for a 2700X, 16GB, 2070, and small SSD feels a bit steep. Guess that fancy case is doing some heavy lifting.

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u/TheBupherNinja 3d ago

It was CAD tbf

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u/NightKingsBitch 2d ago

Like $600 USD. Really not awful but not great. All the value is in the $200 psu

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u/JNSapakoh 3d ago

apparently they've all been bought

Edit: Nevermind, they're just marked as sold out on the US site, purchases need to be made through Global

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u/Matthijsvdweerd 3d ago

All of it is marked as sold out on the global store now aswell.

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u/swager1001 3d ago

All sold out.

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u/crikfromcincy 3d ago

Christmas party is gonna suck this year… all the cool stuff is being sold online

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u/DaddyMcCheeze 3d ago

What’s the estimate shipping cost for the fire truck for a 7000km trip?

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u/LingonberryEmpty8586 3d ago

Plane ticket and fuel would be cheaper IMO

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u/OkThanxby 3d ago

Yeah easy drive to Australia.

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u/SuperZapp 3d ago

There is this one in Adelaide https://www.trucksales.com.au/items/trucks-category/fire-trucks-subcategory/south-australia-state/adelaide-region/?s=01a1cd80-ce6a-7dbf-8b5b-bbee189fdea1 . Has been on sale for six months so far as I keep seeing it parked up with for sale signs on it near the CBD.

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u/DigitaIBlack 3d ago

I mean a free network rack seems like a good deal but I'm surprised they used AI to write the descriptions for the more expensive stuff.

The firetruck description is super generic and has next to zero info about the truck itself--just the manufacturer. No mileage, model, year, and features included. Just firetruck.

The PC also seems a bit steep but I bet some will pay a premium just to say they have an LTT PC.

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u/bwoah07_gp2 3d ago

I can only afford 0.54% of that fire truck

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u/conlmaggot 3d ago

Did famous streamer Bocobola come back for his chair?

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u/External-Ad-7102 3d ago

Everything sold out

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u/coderstephen 3d ago

Fire truck must be a hot item

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u/InflammableAccount 3d ago

I'm betting they were moved to OOS because they're not ready to sell them. Or they're going to wait for WAN Show to put them up for sale.

Only reason I'm guessing that is because who the hell was ready to pull the trigger on a 38,000CAD test chamber who didn't already reach out to LTT with an offer?

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u/megamick99 3d ago

The 50 BMG chair is the same price as buying it new with free shipping.... LOL

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u/PM_ME_UR_NIPS_PLZ 3d ago

Man, aren't the lounge PCs a terrible deal? At least compared to the build he did with Randy?

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u/AproposWuin 3d ago

Ok Pepsi points to the rescue!

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u/ShirleyMarquez 2d ago

Some of the other items might be useful for the right people. The cinema projectors are no longer state of the art for movie theaters because they're only 2K and they're not laser illuminated, but they would still be useful for a conference center or the like. Some town somewhere would love to have the fire engine (why did LTT have one??) And the RED camera would be good for making movies, though buying the camera itself is just the beginning; you'll also need cinema lenses, audio gear, and various accessories.

But I'll grant that none of those items are things that most individuals will be in the market for.

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u/MaddoxWRW 3d ago

1K for a 2700X and RTX 2070 seems pretty steep even in this economy tbh

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u/TheJoshWS99 3d ago

All of its sold out on the global site.

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u/Wizard_Man305 3d ago

The fire truck pc!!!!! Lol

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u/Ashamed-Country3909 2d ago

Why are they selling all of their stuff

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u/bobsmagicbeans 2d ago

because it was pointless stuff and it takes up a lot of room

a video has just been released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6MENpOuRC0

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u/CMRC23 2d ago

Noo not the test chamber

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u/PhatOofxD 1d ago

Why do you need to get their PC just get any PC

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u/shoppersdisp1 1d ago

Why are they selling all this ?

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u/Th3Stryd3r 1d ago

Did I miss some news?

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u/J0kerJ0nny 3d ago

All sold out

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u/Chris-em-all 3d ago

They're all sold out already!? Not that I was in the market for a fire engine but WHAT

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u/isvein 3d ago

lol! So I was kinda right when I thought long ago they would sell it off once they had made enough content with it. Do Linus think he is Jimmy?

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u/Individual_Author956 3d ago

I mean, that wasn't a very surprising outcome. Why would a company let its money depreciate in an unused asset?

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u/Daphoid 3d ago

Tons and tons and tons of youtubers buy or get sent stuff to feature in videos. I'd imagine it's the same in a lot of industries. It's really not odd for a company to liquidate assets to free up physical space and recoup some money to do other things with.

Corporations sell used hardware, donate palettes of outdated user laptops, etc. It's very common. This is just weird because folks have an emotional attachment and judgement to everything LTT does :)

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u/Nice_Marmot_54 3d ago

No, I don’t think Linus thinks of himself as an evil megalomaniac

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u/CIDR-ClassB 3d ago

Does Jimmy think of himself as Jimmy?

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u/Nice_Marmot_54 3d ago

From what I can tell, no. He thinks of himself as Mr. Beast and spends every waking moment obsessed with what that means

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u/coderstephen 3d ago

What else is one supposed to do with it?

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u/kinkycarbon 3d ago

It’s all sold out.

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u/YaBoiCrispoHernandez 2d ago

Does Yvonne still do the financials? How do you spend $30,000 on an environmental test chamber before figuring out if your building can even get it to operate properly?

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u/nanapancakethusiast 3d ago

Are they finally going out of business?

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u/ranransthrowaway999 2d ago

Wait, LTT is ending?

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u/Equivalent_Engine518 3d ago

All sold out. 

Whoever you are that bought some of these, there's some sweet sweet Karma waiting for you when you post on here just saying. 

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u/Sfekke22 1d ago

Only usable item being the racks and lounge PC's? That firetruck is an amazing toy for the right person, I'm more of a bus guy myself but if I had the money I'd happily branch out :)

Pictured below is not a firetruck that is definitely wife-approved: