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Back in March of '93, when I had justed returned Stateside from my 12-month tour of duty in South Korea, I decided to reward myself -- I bought both a BSB and a SES. To this day, even though I am a rabid fan of Star Wars and spent WAY TOO MUCH money (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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The auction-mast. I've been collecting Pirates actively for two years, essentially since the last of the Pirates line when on big-time discount at TRU. Okay, I had snagged a Renegade Runner and Imperial Flagship when they were on discount as tests (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hi Legofans, I invite you to send me your want list, your lego references wished, by mail. See you later, Emmanuel. E-MAIL: dya.shopping@wanadoo.fr (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: 6854 Alien Fossilizer and 6232 Skeleton Crew availble at Amazon.com
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(...) True enough. At the moment, there are many coupon codes floating around for $10 off, such as PRESENTS-4-ALL, that help offset it to a more reasonable level. I've also received several coupons in the last few months for $10 off Amazon toys, so (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 6854 Alien Fossilizer and 6232 Skeleton Crew availble at Amazon.com
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(...) Well, here's the not-so-hidden price structure that offsets the benefit of such an order, according to the CSR I just talked to: As a toy, each item has a flat $1.25 shipping charge; The whole order has a flat $3.00 shipping charge, whether (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | 6854 Alien Fossilizer and 6232 Skeleton Crew availble at Amazon.com
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While placing an order for various Christmas gifts last week, I noticed that 6854 Alien Fossilizer and 6232 Skeleton Crew were both shown as in stock and shipping in 24 hours at (URL) They arrived today, so I can verify they're available. May be a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 5134 Shooting Cannon Service Packs
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(...) US S@H does not have the set in its database. They are still available in the UK, at least through BusyBee Toy Service. Ed (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Apparently US children have a mythical ability to blind/choke/impale/f...e/mutilate themselves whenever they're presented with a "shooting" toy, so that some manufacturers avoid making such toys out of a kneejerk fear of kneejerk lawsuits. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I haven't ever asked if cannon service packs are available from S@H. If they are, they won't be of the shooting variety. Are these still available in the UK? I might need to get someone to get me some. I've been getting them from Italy, but (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.pirates)
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What is the situation with these items... I have tons of them (well a few actually). Were they not available in the US? Are they still not available in the US? Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Choosing a Digital Camera/New Photos Up
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Frank Filz wrote in message <3857A4FB.33FA@minds...ng.com>... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I agree on Frank's point about the focal lenght, it is unfortunate. One other note, I poked around the Mustek web site some more and found that the camera will (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Too bad the production camera doesn't support the sample imaging which Mike originally pointed me to. It showed a nice macro shot of a quarter. This camera will not be able to do that (fixed focus 50cm to infinity). I'm sure the chip is (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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Frank Filz wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Here is the camera that I was telling Frank Filz about: (URL) is based on a chipset from SoundVision ((URL) my company, Mentor Graphics ((URL) designed. The camera is targeted at the entry (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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I just bought the Fuji MX-2900. Best features for the price but a bit expensive. think it was $899. Tom "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:FMGL1z.82L@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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| | Who is Tatoo Magoo?
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... and which sets was/is he in? Scott A (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Choosing a Digital Camera/New Photos Up
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Well, I thought I was all settled on a Mavica, then I stopped in Service Merchandise today. They actually had cameras in stock, and in addition to the Mavica had an Olympus D-450ZOOM 1280x960 w/3x optical zoom. So far, looks like a nice camera. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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I use the original Kodak DC-200 (not even a plus). Several tricks I have found: I keep a little piece of wax paper taped over the flash (it helps difuse it a bit) I always take the box shots at highest-res, then set my html to display them at 50% (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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(...) The only thing I don't like about the mavica is if you aren't under florescent or halogen lights (which btw turn blonde hair green in photos) you aren't going to get that great of a shot indoors even with the flash, it's too hot. I have to (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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(...) You get what you you can afford. My limit was $300, and I got an Olympus D340R. I wish I have ZOOM, and I wish it can take better pictures without flash, but I'm happy with my purchase. There are better cameras, but they cost more. I think you (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <38496885.5739D2F4@p...su.edu>... (...) not (...) it's (...) You can get a decent tripon for about $20. Unfortuanately it won't totally eliminate camera shake unless your camera has a remote. The tripod will hold the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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