From: nev@whidbey.com   
      
   >    After I write this message, I'm going to scour the net to see what I   
   > can turn up as far as changes between the BB, and the "Vehicle" as it is   
   > plainly refered to in the instructions.  Although, at first glance, the BB   
   > seems quite accurate as far as paint details & some materials, I can   
   > confirm that the first change that they made was to remove the   
   > spring-firing missile feature from the main gun.   
      
       This was quick, huh?  :)   
      
       Simmilarities:   
      
   1-- all materials are the same.   
   2-- paint details on the cannon and are the same.   
   3-- the chest armor used for the DekaRanger Robo is the same.   
      
       Differences:   
      
   1-- a thin painted white stripe running along the side of the shield section   
   was removed, and just the silver paint is there.   
   2-- gold paint details are missing from the central bolts on the wheel hub   
   caps.   
   3-- the headlights on the nose of the shield section, just in front of the   
   cockpit, were not painted gold.  Instead, they are just painted silver like   
   the rest.   
   4-- a pair of small- what I'll call- 'intakes' to either side of the cannon   
   mounting, on the shield section, are painted silver instead of left the   
   unpainted natural black of the plastic beneath.   
   5-- a peg has been molded into either side of the areas between the front &   
   back wheels.  This is so that a pair of SPD Rangers can have their feet   
   mounted on them, and they can ride it.   
      
       Now, I have to debate with myself whether or not these changes are worth   
   hanging onto the US version, or returning it and getting an official Blast   
   Buggy.  I do know that the two 3" SPD Rangers will remain unused in the box   
   until I sell it.   
      
      
           James Nevermann ][   
      
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