Title says it all. I can't find one. If you have one, let me know. Box condition not important, would love to pay around retail if possible.

 

Hasbro is done producing them, and it was only available for a short time as it was, so I can see why it went up in price. Personally, I missed mine the first time around, but snagged him in a trade at RS after months of having ads up on just about every board I frequent.

I was surprised to see that those threads had been deleted, as they were a mix of both testimonies AND trashing of the Kebco service, and you'd think that would be informative for collectors and members of that site.

I personally have no problems with Kebco (and I posted that in one of threads) but my comment, along with all the others has been deleted, and now people will be left to wonder what is so wrong with Kebco that any thread regarding them has been deleted to protect the advertisers.

STRANGE policy.

It was interesting that they had a bunch of white kids play the characters (who were all supposedly from Buenos Aires in the book) but I still thought it was a great Sci Fi flick. Lots of great one liners from that movie.

Every time I play Star Craft on the PC, I can't help but think of it......

You may now consider me a "Fan" of your collection.  

 

Ah, I wish I could remember all the concerts I've been to. There have been hundreds. I will name some of the best ones, and you will be asleep before I'm done.

Just some of the memorable ones.

Sybil Vane: The first show I ever snuck into underaged. One of my friends convinced the guitarist to let us into the place, and because we couldn't drink we sat on their equipment off the stage and stayed very quiet for that night. It was very cool for me. At the RKCNDY in Seattle, which is no no more.

Mad Season at the Moore: (that show became the video and DVD) in 95 or 96. We met Mike McCready at an in store for the aforementioned Sybil Vane, and he put us on the guest list so we got to be in the second row. Very cool. Only time I ever saw Layne Staley live (and alive).

Super Deluxe and the Presidents at Moe in Seattle. What later became a Gay nightclub was a great concert venue. I remember going to this particular show because there was a big rumor the Foo Fighters were going to do a "Secret" set, but they did it the NEXT night. Man, we were mad. Still, Super Deluxe is always cool...and if you haven't heard them, go buy the CD.

+Live+ on their Throwing Copper tour. We followed them around the state, and it was a great road trip.

Sir Mix-a-lot and the Presidents at the Showbox. We saw them play a show together before they became "Subset". I have NEVER felt a concert floor shake as much as that one did.

Subset at about 12 different shows around Seattle. For about a year, when Sir Mixalot and the Presidents teamed up, they were one of my favorite bands. Why they never released an album is beyond me. It was excellent music.

Super Deluxe on New Years Eve in 1996. One of the best concerts I have ever been to. Seeing the band get drunk and try to do covers was great.

Weezer at DV8 in Seattle. One of three times I saw them perform at a smaller venue....but my first really bloody mosh pit injury. Mosh Pit at Weezer?  Yeah, for some reason.

Foo Fighters and RHCP at the Gorge. Seeing Dave Grohl climb up onto the top of a building was kind of funny.

No Doubt and Weezer at the Gorge: In my top 10 concerts ever. I never left the front of the pit, and it was just amazing. Gwen is better looking in person than on TV, and they did the imperial march  when they came in. How could I NOT love that.

EndFest 1999. I go just about every year, but this particular year was just really fun. Blink 182 and Everclear were the highlights for me. Oh, and as a sidenote, I have never seen more breasts at any concert in my life.

(no one probably cares about all this stuff, but I'm going to keep right on going).

Muzzle and Pris at dozens and DOZENS of shows. The first real act I caught in Seattle when I moved here. I've been watching these guys at various venues for about 8 or 9 years now. They've been on the edge, but never quite made it. Still great music though, and I'm probably going to see them again next week.

Super Deluxe, The Tycoons and Harvey Danger on Christmas Eve 1999. I think it was 99. Anyway, it was a REALLY small back alley club and they performed Christmas songs and a few of their hits. It seemed like at least one member from every Seattle band imaginable was there. Afterwards, I went and had a great Christmas.

REM at Bumbershoot. It wasn't the best REM show I've ever seen, but it was a great outdoor venue and a very nice night.

Super Deluxe and the Dandy Warhols at RKCNDY right before it turned into a dance club. The only reason this show was noteable was they had the retarded Real World kids at the show (they were filming in Seattle as you all know)...and they blocked off a whole section of the stage for those dorks to stage dive. What you DIDN'T see on TV is the little ******** getting booed right out of the place.

They Might Be Giants at Bumbershoot. We got to participate in one of their giant Conga lines, which is always amazing. My favorite TMBG concert so far.

The opening of the EMP. Oh man. Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop, Beck, Metallica, Matchbox 20, Subset, RHCP, No Doubt, James Brown, etc...etc..etc...
3 days of rock, rock, rock. It was just insane.  Oh, and I also saw big nasty Paul Allen chilling with Gina Gershon, (he even let her introduce a band). What a whore.  

Letters to Cleo with Sponge:  The one and only time I ever saw Cleo, one of my favorite bands of all time. Seattle radio wouldn't play them, but they came anyway. Kay Hanley is off doing solo records now, so I don't think they'll be back, but that remains one of my favorite shows of all time because it was the only time I got to see them before they split.

Suzanne Vega at some little Theater. This was one of those "Win your way in" performances. My girlfriend at the time got free tickets, there were about 100 seats (all lounge chairs) and it was just excellent. Remains the most laid back and "romantic" concert I have ever been to.

Tenacious D at the Paramount. Those guys just crack me up. The first time I saw them, they were opening for Weezer and I had no idea they'd be so good live. This time, they were the headliner, and their show was just SO much better. Great guys.

Michael Jackon's big Reunion show with his brothers in September 2001. Whitney, Britney, Destiny's Child, Macauely, Corey Feldman, Tito and Marlon Brando.  All in one building.  Yes, I flew to New York for this with my girlfriend. The scary thing is, I tried to change my flight out to the morning of September 11th (So we could stay and see the show on the 10th) but the penalties for change were too pricey, so we flew home on the 9th.
We did manage to visit the Twin Towers on the 9th though. I took lots of pictures, and they were gone before I ever sent the film in.


Other acts I've seen (some even several times) that weren't bad, but that didn't make huge impressions on me:

Pearl Jam
Counting Crows
Veruca Salt
PJ Harvey
Korn
Rancid
Bad Religion
The B52's
Blues Traveler
Ani Difranco
Moby
Brian Setzer
Santana
Soundgarden
The Cure
Tori Amos
Fuel
Poison (I particularly HATED that show)
John Secada or Enrique Iglesias. To this day I don't remember which one it was, but I know he SUCKED.
Madonna


Finally, Every Weird Al show I've ever seen. Weird Al remains my favorite artist of all time, and I've probably seen him play about 20 times. His show is always great, always funny, and it's just a great time. There's always new stuff he adds, but you can always sing along to the old stuff. I can't wait to see him again this summer when he finally comes to WA.

This is officially the longest post ever for me. I'm sorry.

I have 3 portable MP3/WMA players (yes, I'm a techie dork)....and I've sampled dozens of others that friends have.

My favorite is the Creative Muvo.  It lacks some of the advanced features (of say an Ipod) but it's absolutely TINY, and that's what counts. It weighs a couple of ounces, and has no display screen.  So much like an old walkman, you just press play and hear what you hear. Still, you should remember what songs you just put on it, right?  The best thing about it, it takes 1 AAA battery to run (for hours and hours) and it's USB memory stick media based.  That means you shove it in your PC, and it's also a removable HDD.  That's pretty cool. Put your files on it, and your music, and carry it around in the 5th tiny pocket of your levis. It's just a little larger than a bic lighter.

My second favorite one is the Compaq Ipaq. It's a little bigger than a book of matches, but thick as a deck of cards. The one I have has a little display window that glows indiglo, and it takes 2 AAAs to run. The thing seems to eat batteries a lot faster than my MUVO, but I use it at the gym because unlike the MUVO, it has a belt clip.

The Diamond Rio I have is an older one, and I only keep it around because I haven't had the urge to toss it yet. It's only 64mb, and it's bulky, but I will admit that it has a great iPod like display.

I've also owned an I-Jam (used those little Iomega Click discs for memory) but I sold it because not only did it eat batteries like Anna Nicole Smith eats donuts, but it was bulky and ugly.

Over-all, the clear winner for me is the MUVO.  Tiny, pretty cheap and can be used for more than just music.

I don't know exactly where I read that on the Net, but it was all over it.  Does it really make sense for GG to bring 925 to San Diego, but only 75 busts to Chicago?  That makes no sense to me at all.

Find one source where you read that, and I'd be REALLY impressed.  A lot of people claim they read it, but no one can figure out where. My guess is because that statement was never made.

The problem is, you probably never read an official post. You read fan speculation, and misinformation printed by other collecting enthusiasts.  When SD was over, they were probably saying "well, they'll have at least 500 at Chicago" and people took that as fact, when it was just speculation.

Plus, it just seems like common sense that they'd split it up more fairly.  So it must be true.


 Unless of course they had no idea they had sold through 700 in the first full day of the con. They realized they had to have SOME left for the last two days, so they went to the raffle system, and then pulled their heads out and realized they also had to save SOMETHING for Chicago too. So they saved the last 75 for Wizard World.

Lame?  Yes.

But I think it pretty much was due to a totally underestimated demand. Thank opportunists and Ebay for that one.


Hopefully next year they'll do better. I'm sure they'll try.