K-Squared Ramblings » truck http://www.hyperborea.org/journal Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:27:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Officebot http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2010/03/officebot/ http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2010/03/officebot/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:12:20 +0000 Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2010/03/officebot/ New design for Optimus Prime?


Officebot, originally uploaded by Kelson.

Or maybe that should be “Office-mus Prime.” :-)

Spotted at an intersection. Fortunately I had the camera with zoom and time to dig it out before the light changed.

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Nice use of forced perspective on this one.

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Pick-up truck carrying a truck bed.

]]> http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2007/11/double-decker-truck/feed/ 0 When it has to be there in a Flash http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2006/06/flash-transport/ http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2006/06/flash-transport/#comments Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:43:33 +0000 Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2006/06/22/flash-transport/ Continue reading →]]> A while back I was driving on the freeway and noticed a truck with this logo:

Flash Transport Logo

OK, so I’m maybe a bit focused on the Flash, but then I started looking at the design.

  • Red as the main color
  • Sans-serif capital italics (just like the longest-running versions of the Flash logo)
  • A lightning bolt that runs from the upper right to the lower left.

Hmm…

It got me thinking about commercial applications of super-speed. Not something that turns up often in the super-hero genre, but it shows up occasionally. Kapitalist Kouriers is the first one that comes to mind. They were a trio of Soviet defectors who decided to sell their services as couriers and, from time to time, heroes for hire.

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