GTP Alternative Cool Wall Nomination Request Thread (Read OP) [NOMINATIONS CLOSED, see pages 10-11]

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Welcome to the GTP Alternative Cool Wall, where everything from bass guitars to chainsaws to shotguns to goggles to intergalactic police officers get polled to find out whether or not they are cool.


Polling works in pretty much the same manner as the GTP Cool Wall, but whereas that only applied to cars, here we poll things which aren’t cars, in case that wasn’t already clear. There are five poll options voters may choose from, and they may only choose one. These are:


· Sub Zero

· Cool

· Meh

· Uncool

· Seriously Uncool

These are then added up, with a score of 2 applied to sub zero votes, 1 to cool, 0 to meh, -1 to uncool, and -2 to seriously uncool, and divided by the number of votes to extract the mean. From this the coolness of the item nominated is derived.


The GTP Alternative Cool Wall Results.

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Rules:

* Only one nomination per person until your nomination has been polled. Once the nomination is given a polling thread, then you are free to make another suggestion.
*Please include all information which you want to be displayed in the poll in your nomination as well as the picture you'd liked used in the poll. Those who fail to do this will have their nominations skipped.
* Do not nominate any of the exact same items that have already been polled.
* Nominations similar to ones already polled must have a significant difference that makes them a separate entity.
* Cars and vans are not allowed. They belong in the GTP Cool Wall in the Cars In General Section
*Motorcycles and scooters may be nominated.
*Musical artists or works may not be nominated. They receive representation from the GTP Music Cool Wall. (Although admittedly this has been on extended hiatus)
*Musical instruments ARE valid nominations, however.
* Living people may not be nominated.
* Whether or not a deceased individual can be nominated will be left to the discretion of the curator and / or the GTP staff. Those which are likely to cause offence by being polled (ie. Jesus) will not be allowed.
* Nominations which are not considered to be notable enough to be polled will not be polled. Notability is up to curator and/or staff discretion.
* Some nominations may be excluded or postponed for other reasons at nominator and/or staff discretion.
* Only nominations made in this thread will be added to the list, please do not write on the curator’s GTP profile, PM her or e-mail suggestions.
* Get your nomination right the first time.
* Nominations will be polled in chronological order of nomination, so it's first come first served.
* Nominations, rules suggestions, and other directly connected discussion only here. Save debates for the polls. Do not discuss the nominations in this thread.
* If your nomination is skipped, I will PM you telling you why I skipped it and offer you a chance to redo it. However, please make a new post with the correct information as I am not going back to the previous incorrect post. Your nomination will also go to the bottom of the queue.


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How it Works:

* You nominate an item and it goes into the queue, assuming you followed the rules.
* A poll will be created every day or every other day (depending on traffic) unless the curator is unavailable to do so; in which case advanced warning should be given.
* The poll will be left open for seven days allowing member to vote on the five levels of coolness.
* Polled items will be placed in one of nine sections.
* Placement on the wall will be determined by a voting formula.

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Currently polling:

1985-1995 New Coke (@JMoney689)
1978-present LEGO Minifigure (@Legro)
2007-present Team Fortress 2 (@SomePlayaDude)
2005 Gran Turismo 4 (@All Your Base)
2010-present My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (@Naveek Darkroom)
1968-present Mattel Hot Wheels (@Ken Koios)




Nomination List:

2013 Jordan 11 "Gamma Blue" (@fortbo)
1998-2004 Robot Wars (@Jimlaad43)
1844-1929 Karl Benz






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Thanks toTheBook,Tornado,Joey D,SweetShopUnion(boiltheocean),BKGlover, White & Nerdy, and Jahgee1124for curating the original GTP Cool Wall which inspired this one. Also, a big thanks toJoey D again for establishing the clear rules and standards currently in place over there, as they again inspired those used here.

I'd be delighted if this thread got pinned, but I guess it'll have to prove its worth first.
 
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1961-1981 Rickenbacker 4001 Bass Guitar

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Solid body

Bound maple neck joint

33 Scale

Bound maple body

Maple and Walnut neck

Ebony or Rosewood fretboard

2 single coil pickups

Wikipedia
The Rickenbacker 4001 was designed with the "crested-wave" body shape, much like the other basses of the 4000 series. The 4001 model features a neck-through construction, a full-wood body,fretboard with metal strings (originally flat-wound, though many players replaced them with round-wounds), twin truss rods, triangle inlays, two pickups, two volume and two tone dials, selector switch,[2]and wiring for Rick-O-Sound (standard in models post-1971).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickenbacker_4001
 
USS George Washington
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Class & type: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier

Theodore Roosevelt subclass

Displacement: 104,200 long tons (116,700 short tons)

Length: Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m)

Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m)

Beam: Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)

Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)

Propulsion: 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors

4 × steam turbines

4 × shafts

Power: 260,000 shp (194 MW)

Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)

Range: Unlimited distance; 20-25 years

Complement: Ship's company: 3,200

Air wing: 2,480

Crew: 6102​
 
Yes. You can nominate anything unless the OP explicitly states otherwise or the curator and/or the mods deem it inappropriate for nomination.
 
I'll have a go:

Gibson SG "The Fool" Guitar

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This isn't your regular Gibson SG (argued as one of the best guitars ever). This particularly designed guitar was used by Eric Clapton in it's early career with the band Cream and it represented the Psychadelic era of rock. Eric Clapton himself said that this design is his "psychadelic fantasy"

The Gibson SG
was a redesigned Gibson Les Paul (and labeled as one too, but Les Paul himself refused the redesign, so the had to rename it) to be lighter and have a faster neck without changing it's layout, and that way not losing any of it's sound.

Used: Eric Clapton (1966-1969)
Artist: The Fool Design Collective from The Netherlands
Body type: Solid body
Neck joint: Set-in (bolt-on on cheaper models)
Body and neck: Mahogany, birch laminate and maple
Fretboard: Rosewood, ebony, maple
Hardware (pictured): Gibson Vibrato (the '64 might have used an Hardtail (Tune-O-Matic)) and 2 P-90's (The P-90's reissued in '68, so the '64 probably used 1, 2 or 3 humbuckers)

Note: The guitar pictured is a replica. We're rating the coolness of the original, but there are too many replicas to filter the original '64 SG.
 
Concorde

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Specifications:

Crew: 3 - 2 Pilots and a flight enginner

Capacity: 92-120 Passengers(128 with optional high-density layout)

Length: 202ft. 4in.

Wingspan: 84ft. 0in.

Height: 40ft. 0in.

Powerplant: 4x Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 MK 610 afterburning turbojets

Dry thrust: 32,00 lbf each

Thrust with afterburner: 38,050 lbf each

Performance:

Maximum speed: Mach 2.04(~1,354 mph or 2,179km/h)

Cruise speed: Mach 2.02(~1,340 mph or 2,158 km/h)

Range: 3,900 nautical miles(4,488 mi. or 7,222 km)

Service ceiling: 60,000 ft(18,300 m)

Fuel consumption: 46.85 lb/mi


 
Just as a warning, I may be unavailable to post at some point in the next 3 weeks, depending on how plans work out with others regarding going camping.
 
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Death Star

Not a moon, it's a Space Station

May be 120km in diameter, housing a superlaser, but it still manages to keep the one exhaust port down to the size of a Womp Rat (I don't know about you, but that's clever design). WARNING: Remember to wipe out ALL Jedi's before building.

Can be fully operational, despite being half built. WARNING: This may cause you to fall into a trap!


Many Bothans died to bring you this information.
 
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Worth a shot...

Bassoon

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassoon

Double-reeded tenor woodwind instrument mostly used in orchestras, chamber ensembles, and the odd bit of Jazz and Popular Music. Developed from the Dulcian around the late 17th early 18th century. Reached it's modern appearance and elaborate key work about 100 years ago. Sounds like this:



 
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I cannot believe you actually went through with this...

Anyway...


Fanatec Clubsport wheel base (also called the CSW)
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Year introduced: 2011

Price: $449.95 USD, 449.95€, ¥58,500, $589.95 AUD

Compatibility: Playstation 3 and PC. Since Fanatec wheels piggyback off the Logitech G27 FFB patterns, all PS3 games that support the G27 will work just fine with Fanatec wheels.

Currently available accessories*: 4 wheel rims (Formula, Formula Carbon, BMW M3 GT2, and Porsche 918 RSR), static paddle shifters, universal hub (with 6 available wheel rims), Clubsport handbrake, Clubsport shifter (with or without a sequential mode), and Clubsport V2 pedals.

Weight: 6.08 kg (Listed as the volume weight from their website.)

And the introduction video from the CEO of the company, @Fanatec..., AKA Thomas Jackermeier.





* I had simply listed all the of the accessories in the Clubsport line, but omitted older accessories and unnecessary parts like the spare load cell and different colored pedal pieces.
 
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The Principality of Sealand

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Capital: HM Fort Roughs
Official languages: English
Population: 50 (permanent population fluctuates depending on work going on at the time)
Monarch: Prince Michael, House of Bates
Established: 2nd September 1967
Area: 0.025 km2 (0 sq mi)
Known for: Fires, rebellions, passport revocation, having a better football team than Alderney

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By "anything", do we really mean anything? As long as it's not AUP violating?
 
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