Today sees the release of the much-ballyhooed Microsoft Zune.



30GB for $250 - same as iPod 30GB

Main selling points over iPod are the bigger screen, FM tuner, and WiFi capability




Anyone care? 

Not me.

Just last week I sold my 30 gig to a co-worker, and bought a brand new 80 Gig.

Then just today, I bought the new Shuffle.  That thing is so ******* small, how can I not buy one for when I go running...

The best part is all of this only cost me about $200 out of pocket, not bad for a brand new iPod with 50 extra gigs, and the shuffle.

Whatever dude, I was listening to Muse way before you were.   

Nah, I'm here at the apartment condo... I've given up.  I had hopes that maybe I could win a few games and sneak into the playoffs, but it's clearly not happening.  My team has had an awful lot of bad luck, but today they just suck.

Oh well, there's always next year.

As we head into tomorrow's games, I'd just like to point out that I am currently FOURTH in scoring.

Last in the standings.

Cursed.

Everyone should consider that - any massive donations from me won't happen until next holiday season though.

Thanks for the advice guys.

Dressel, I should clarify.  I'm not necessarily a carded completist, so the 'one of every figure from 1995 to present' doesn't entirely apply.

I buy every figure carded, but if they re-release the same exact figure, I don't buy it twice.  So my OTC set isn't all of them, my Saga2 set isn't all of them etc...

One of every figure applies - one of every carded example of every figure, does not.



As for timetables, Brent makes a great point about waiting until interest picks up... not just for the idea of maybe making a few more dollars, but maybe I'd re-new my interest as well and decide not to do this.

The other time-table issue for me is that if I do this, I'd like to do it before I leave Dallas.  I don't know exactly when this will be, it could be 1 year, it could be 3 or even 5 years.  But if I downsize, I don't want to move everything and then do it.  I'm not anticipating having tons more room than I do now whenever I move, mostly because I want to live inside a major urban core, so I'll probably have 1 or 2 bedrooms tops... 

I'm definitely ready to have them out of the bedroom - this is probably contributing to this downsizing thing.  I don't have a separate room, and I'm not in college anymore. 

The loose figures will never go away though, those still bring me a great deal of joy to collect.

I would avoid selling it in a few large lots. The bigger the lot, the less likely someone will bite just to get a couple of items they want. Nobody likes having to buy a bunch of crap just to get one item they want.

That's my thinking as well.  My extreme preference would be to find someone who doesn't collect carded, but could afford a modest price to suddenly have a complete carded collection.

I'm not even talking about twins... I'm talking about the way-too-young Olsen twins.