Comments on: Rocking horse made from a vintage Vespa http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 01:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Justin Watt http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-684837 Justin Watt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-684837 Here's the original source of the Vespa rocking horse, from back in October: http://www.motoblog.it/post/20482/foto-del-giorno-la-vespa-a-dondolo-del-piccolo-diego Google Translate says "One of our readers sent us these wonderful pictures that depict an original Vespa made for rocking the little nephew Diego. The materials used are fiberglass, metal and imitation leather for the saddle." Here’s the original source of the Vespa rocking horse, from back in October: http://www.motoblog.it/post/20482/foto-del-giorno-la-vespa-a-dondolo-del-piccolo-diego

Google Translate says “One of our readers sent us these wonderful pictures that depict an original Vespa made for rocking the little nephew Diego. The materials used are fiberglass, metal and imitation leather for the saddle.”

]]> By: styrofoam http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-684083 styrofoam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-684083 I could turn this into a scooter nerd screed about all the things that are 'wrong' about this thing- but nobody but nerds care. That's why I left it at the simple size comparison. The original reason for posting this was all about how it was "recycled". Theres a LOT of non-recycled stuff in there, probably amazingly un-green. But it's totally awesome. (And the original articles mentions the green-reasons for driving a vespa... riding a vintage vespa isn't terribly eco-friendly. The new ones, maybe a bit.) I could turn this into a scooter nerd screed about all the things that are ‘wrong’ about this thing- but nobody but nerds care. That’s why I left it at the simple size comparison.

The original reason for posting this was all about how it was “recycled”. Theres a LOT of non-recycled stuff in there, probably amazingly un-green. But it’s totally awesome.

(And the original articles mentions the green-reasons for driving a vespa… riding a vintage vespa isn’t terribly eco-friendly. The new ones, maybe a bit.)

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-684124 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-684124 Yeah, something about uncontrolled 2-stroke engines doesn't strike me as particularly green. I bet a hummer is better for the environment, pollution-wise at least. Fuel injection and 4-stroke help the newer scooters a lot. Hopefully the newest ones are catalyzed. Yeah, something about uncontrolled 2-stroke engines doesn’t strike me as particularly green. I bet a hummer is better for the environment, pollution-wise at least.

Fuel injection and 4-stroke help the newer scooters a lot. Hopefully the newest ones are catalyzed.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-685178 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685178 Ah, so the confusion was in their reading of "...depict an original Vespa [made for rocking]..." Reading the Italian, it's perfectly clear that the person means "...depict an original [as in, made by hand and not copied] <i>rocking</i>-Vespa..." Then Greenwalla misunderstood (and didn't use their eyes), freshome and cribcandy copied and kept the misunderstanding (without using their eyes) and Cory copied (ditto). Amazing how the blog telephone-game works. At least in this one only one error was introduced, not one at every relay station.... Ah, so the confusion was in their reading of “…depict an original Vespa [made for rocking]…”

Reading the Italian, it’s perfectly clear that the person means “…depict an original [as in, made by hand and not copied] rocking-Vespa…”

Then Greenwalla misunderstood (and didn’t use their eyes), freshome and cribcandy copied and kept the misunderstanding (without using their eyes) and Cory copied (ditto).

Amazing how the blog telephone-game works. At least in this one only one error was introduced, not one at every relay station….

]]> By: deepfriedmars http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-683916 deepfriedmars Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-683916 I'm calling this one as a full-on make. It looks too good. My guess would be it's a fibreglass shell. It's too perfect! I’m calling this one as a full-on make. It looks too good. My guess would be it’s a fibreglass shell. It’s too perfect!

]]> By: jon_anon http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-683919 jon_anon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-683919 One of those "grandsons" should probably be a "granddad". I think it would be cooler if it was a doting grandson who made it for his lucky granddad Diego, but that's just me. One of those “grandsons” should probably be a “granddad”. I think it would be cooler if it was a doting grandson who made it for his lucky granddad Diego, but that’s just me.

]]> By: styrofoam http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-683927 styrofoam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-683927 It's a make. Imagine a full grown man sitting on that thing. His knees would be well over the handlebars. Vespa scooters may be dainty, but they're not THAT small. It’s a make.
Imagine a full grown man sitting on that thing. His knees would be well over the handlebars.

Vespa scooters may be dainty, but they’re not THAT small.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-684203 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-684203 <em>Yeah, something about uncontrolled 2-stroke engines doesn't strike me as particularly green. I bet a hummer is better for the environment, pollution-wise at least.</em> Depends which metrics you're using to measure "environmentally friendly." If you're going by "resources used" then the vintage scooter is a clear win, but if you're going on "which has cleaner exhaust" then not so much. Yeah, something about uncontrolled 2-stroke engines doesn’t strike me as particularly green. I bet a hummer is better for the environment, pollution-wise at least.

Depends which metrics you’re using to measure “environmentally friendly.” If you’re going by “resources used” then the vintage scooter is a clear win, but if you’re going on “which has cleaner exhaust” then not so much.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-683968 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-683968 Agree, but I think it's a "fake," not a "make." As a proud owner of a Vespa, I can say that this is quite obviously not made out of a real one. It's gorgeous, and I'd love to have one when I have a baby, but it's simply not from a real one. The proportions are completely wrong (as styrofoam notes), the edges of the body are wrong, the angles are wrong. "Wrong" here meaning not actually from a real Vespa at all. "Right" for an excellent rocking horse. Agree, but I think it’s a “fake,” not a “make.”

As a proud owner of a Vespa, I can say that this is quite obviously not made out of a real one.

It’s gorgeous, and I’d love to have one when I have a baby, but it’s simply not from a real one. The proportions are completely wrong (as styrofoam notes), the edges of the body are wrong, the angles are wrong. “Wrong” here meaning not actually from a real Vespa at all. “Right” for an excellent rocking horse.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-683970 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-683970 I'm my own grandpa! I’m my own grandpa!

]]> By: bodenski http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-683973 bodenski Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-683973 Of course this is very nice and a great gift, but I think its just that the description is also scaled down and not quite correct. I too am a bit unsure how he managed to "recycle" by making a smaller fiberglass version, except that it may contain some original pieces (the logo?). I'd love to be able to make one. Of course this is very nice and a great gift, but I think its just that the description is also scaled down and not quite correct. I too am a bit unsure how he managed to “recycle” by making a smaller fiberglass version, except that it may contain some original pieces (the logo?).
I’d love to be able to make one.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-684015 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-684015 That's really obviously not a real Vespa repurposed, but a fibreglass model Vespa. Too small, side cowling not removable, proportions wrong... That’s really obviously not a real Vespa repurposed, but a fibreglass model Vespa. Too small, side cowling not removable, proportions wrong…

]]> By: 30Rock http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-684024 30Rock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-684024 In the famous words of Liz Lemon - "I want to go to there." In the famous words of Liz Lemon – “I want to go to there.”

]]> By: Nadaclue http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-684536 Nadaclue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-684536 hhmmm...I have the shell of a '57 VB1 vespa hanging from the rafters of my garage just begging to have something done to it. It needs more work ($$$) than I'm wanting to do and was trying to come up with a cool chair, but this would be an awesome alternative. hhmmm…I have the shell of a ’57 VB1 vespa hanging from the rafters of my garage just begging to have something done to it. It needs more work ($$$) than I’m wanting to do and was trying to come up with a cool chair, but this would be an awesome alternative.

]]> By: midknyte http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/rocking-horse-made-f.html#comment-684026 midknyte Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-684026 Who cares. It's full of awesome. Who cares. It’s full of awesome.

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