Well, they always say be careful what you wish for, as it may come
true, and in the case of my post yesterday on the VOTC, I’m glad that
it did come true. Hasbro Canada has just shipped North Vancouver store
Big Pete’s the first
Canadian assortment. Packing out in the same ratio as the American
set, the Canadian figures (or at least Han and Leia) sport French
warning stickers on top. As for the OTC, these bad boys are hitting
The Real Canadian Superstores in the ration shown above. Sadly (for
all of you, not me) there was a glitch that allowed me to get the
whole case for slightly more than $82.00CND (that’s $6.84CND each), so
the actual retail price is unknown. The figures aren’t in their
computers yet; so many stores are keeping them in the back. If you’re
polite enough, they may hook you up.
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VOTC 12” Figures In Canada
VOTC 12” Figures In Canada09/03/2004 02:47 PM Reports have been coming in from all over the country that the 12”
Boba Fett, Luke Skywalker, and Stormtrooper VOTC figures have been
(very temporarily) hitting shelves at Toys “R” Us. The ones pictured
above were purchased at Toys “R” Us in Burnaby, British Columbia for
$39.99CND each.
More ROTJ VOTC Wave Found!
More ROTJ VOTC Wave Found!09/20/2004 08:41 PM Following hot on the heels of our earlier report, Rictor Riolo writes
in with his new find as well: Hey, this morning I too found the
ROTJ VOTC figures at Wal-Mart on Marks in Henderson. Boba Fett is the
best! I am enclosing a picture of Fett and a Stormtrooper
for you! YEA! I am so glad to be caught up.
ROTJ VOTC Wave Found!
ROTJ VOTC Wave Found!09/20/2004 01:07 PM Rebelscum reader Darth Hirsch writes in wth his latest find:
Thanks to a call from fellow AZ Board forum member Slave 1 this
morning I was able to pick up the full set of ROTJ vintage figures
this morning at the Elliot & Priest Wal-mart. The case breakdown was 2
Stormtroopers, 2 Boba Fetts, 1 R2, 1 Chewbacca, 1 Darth Vader, and 1
Lando. Just one more reason the Az Forum is the best Rebelscum forum
out there!
Explosives Found in Car at Canada Border (AP)
Explosives Found in Car at Canada Border (AP)02/16/2004 05:28 PM AP - The biggest northern border crossing west of Detroit was closed
Monday after Canadian guards found explosives in a car entering the
country from the United States, Canadian customs officials said.
Grenade Found at Canada Border Crossing (AP)
Grenade Found at Canada Border Crossing (AP)02/16/2004 07:51 PM AP - One of the U.S.-Canada border's busiest border crossings was
closed for about an hour Monday after guards found a grenade in the
glove compartment of a car leaving the United States, Canadian
officials said.
VOTC Is Out!
VOTC Is Out!07/07/2004 01:34 AM The circle is now complete. Going toy shopping now is just like it was
for the original
Star Wars Generation. Hitting shelves in the USA, in this case K-mart,
are the first three VOTC figures, Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi, Princess Leia
Organa, and Han Solo are priced at $10.49 each. Meanwhile, the 12”
VOTC Boba Fett and Stormtrooper figures are currently hitting shelves
at $48 each in the Philippines. Hats of to Rebelscum readers Craig
and Manny for the images. Now they just better hurry up and get to
Canada...
VOTC Spotlight: C-3PO
VOTC Spotlight: C-3PO07/21/2004 11:02 AM Hasbro adds a new spotlight to the new Vintage-style Original
Trilogy Collection figure of C-3PO from The Empire Strikes
Back. Click on the thumbnail above for the full report.
VOTC Spotlight On R2-D2
VOTC Spotlight On R2-D208/05/2004 02:26 PM Hasbro updates its Vintage Original Trilogy Collection with all
the details on everyone's favorite astromech droid....R2-D2! Loaded
with accessories and attachments, this is truly the ultimate astromech
droid to date, and it even comes with Return of the Jedi
sculpting, and the very popular Vintage packaging. Click on the
thumbnail for the complete report.
VOTC Luke Is Out There
VOTC Luke Is Out There07/08/2004 02:01 PM Numerous reports have been coming in that the VOTC Luke Skywalker,
like the one pictured above, have been hitting the pegs at Meijer
stores across the US. Thanks to Rebelscum reader Eric for the image
and everyone else for writing in.
VOTC Spotlight On Chewbacca
VOTC Spotlight On Chewbacca08/04/2004 03:15 PM Hasbro updates its Vintage Original Trilogy Collection with all
the details on everyone's favorite Wookiee co-pilot and
mechanic....Chewbacca! Sporting 15 points of articulation, the
walking carpet is armed with a bowcaster, Return of the Jedi
sculpting, and the very popular Vintage packaging. Click on the
thumbnail for the complete report.
Amazon.com Has New VOTC Figures
Amazon.com Has New VOTC Figures09/07/2004 07:52 PM Rebelscum reader "Bjcjcr7" writes in to let us all know that
Amazon.com now has the following new VOTC figures available for order!
Shirtless VOTC Luke Skywalker07/22/2004 03:18 PM This one's for the ladies... Rebelscum forum member Brandon Heat sends
in a few scans of his new acquisition...the Original Trilogy
Collection's Vintage Luke Skywalker, who has removed his shirt to
show off his added articulation. Also included is a comparison scan to
his star-hopping buddy, Han Solo. Nice attention to detail!
Photo Archives: VOTC Han Solo
Photo Archives: VOTC Han Solo07/09/2004 01:54 AM Our Photo Archives
adds the first in the new special Vintage-style Original Trilogy
Collection figures, this time from A New Hope. The ultimate
version of Han
Solo, this figure perfectly captures every detail of the cocky
Corellian captain of the Millennium Falcon. Pose him in the
cockpit, firing at a squad of Stormtroopers, or blasting bounty
hunters in the Mos Eisley Cantina, this figure can do it all!
VOTC Spotlight On Boba Fett
VOTC Spotlight On Boba Fett08/03/2004 06:16 PM Hasbro updates its Vintage Original Trilogy Collection with all
the details on everyone's favorite Mandalorian clone bounty
hunter....Boba Fett! Decked out with 18 points of
articulation, this bad boy can be set in a variety of poses, comes
with a soft goods cape, backpack, antenna, wookiee scalps, rifle, and
a Return of the Jedi color scheme. All in the very popular
Vintage packaging. Click on the thumbnail for the complete report.
Photo Archives: VOTC Obi-Wan Kenobi
Photo Archives: VOTC Obi-Wan Kenobi07/15/2004 03:38 AM Our Photo Archives
is updated with the next in the new special Vintage-style Original Trilogy
Collection figures from A New Hope. The ultimate version of
Obi-Wan
Kenobi, this figure perfectly captures every detail of the crazy
old hermit-turned-Jedi Master. Pose him scaring off sandpeople,
disabling a tractor beam, or dueling a dark lord, this figure can do
it all!
Photo Archives: VOTC Yoda
Photo Archives: VOTC Yoda08/20/2004 10:53 AM Our Photo Archives
is updated with the next in the new special Vintage-style Original Trilogy
Collection figures from The Empire Strikes Back. The
ultimate version of Yoda, this figure
perfectly captures every detail of the Jedi Master. Pose him limping
through the swamps of Dagobah, using the Force to lift sunken ships,
or showing off his sexy legs (that's right---legs!), this figure can
do it all!
VOTC ESB Figures Hitting The Shelves
VOTC ESB Figures Hitting The Shelves08/05/2004 07:44 PM Lasted assortments of the Vintage Original Trilogy Collection
shipping to retail outlets across American have two new surprises in
them. Cases shipped to a Toys “R” Us in Greewood, IN included the
VOTC Darth Vader and Yoda figures. The others can’t be
too far behind. Thanks to Rebelscum reader Gary for the report and
image.
Photo Archives: VOTC Luke Skywalker
Photo Archives: VOTC Luke Skywalker08/16/2004 02:03 PM Our Photo Archives
is updated with the next in the new special Vintage-style Original Trilogy
Collection figures from A New Hope. The ultimate version of
Luke
Skywalker, this figure perfectly captures every detail of the
Farmboy from Tatooine. Pose him staring out into the distance,
practicing his lightsaber techniques, or striking a pose shirtless,
this figure can do it all!
Photo Archives: VOTC Darth Vader
Photo Archives: VOTC Darth Vader08/19/2004 12:55 PM Our Photo Archives
is updated with the next in the new special Vintage-style Original Trilogy
Collection figures from A New Hope. The ultimate version of
Darth
Vader, this figure perfectly captures every detail of the Dark
Lord of the Sith. Pose him attacking some helpless victim, kneeling
down to his master, of choking the life out of a Rebel scum, this
figure can do it all!
Photo Archives: VOTC Lando Calrissian
Photo Archives: VOTC Lando Calrissian09/20/2004 12:59 AM Our Photo Archives
is updated with the next in the new special Vintage-style Original Trilogy
Collection figures from The Empire Strikes Back. The
ultimate version of Lando Calrissian,
this figure perfectly captures every detail of the swauve scoundrel.
Pose him double-crossing his old pals, getting choked by a wookiee, or
taking aim at Stormtroopers, this figure can do it all!
Photo Archives: VOTC Princess Leia Organa
Photo Archives: VOTC Princess Leia Organa07/12/2004 12:44 PM Our Photo Archives
is updated with the next in the new special Vintage-style Original Trilogy
Collection figures from A New Hope. The ultimate version of
Princess Leia
Organa, this figure perfectly captures every detail of the spunky
senator from Alderaan. Pose her hiding out on the Tantive IV,
firing at a squad of Stormtroopers, or storing the Death Star plans in
R2-D2, this figure can do it all!
Keeping Found Things Found: Web Tools Don't Always Mesh With How People Work
Of all the personal
computers to be unwrapped during the holiday season, more than 80
percent will be used to go online and search the Web's more than 92
million gigabytes of data (comparable to a 2 billion-volume
encyclopedia). Getting online is the easy part, finding a useful Web
page is a bit harder—keeping track of a useful Web page is another
issue altogether.
People have devised many tricks—such as
sending e-mails to themselves or jotting on sticky notes—for keeping
track of Web pages, but William Jones and Harry Bruce at the
University of Washington's Information School and Susan Dumais of
Microsoft Research have found that often people don't use any of them
when it comes time to revisit a Web page. Instead, they rely on their
ability to find the Web page all over again.
The goal of
this study is to understand better the ways in which people manage
information for subsequent re-access and re-use. The study focuses on
the management of information found on the Word Wide Web. Follow-on
studies will look at similar problems and practices of personal
information management for other information types including email and
personal files (electronic and paper-based). The classic problem of
information retrieval, simply put, is to help people find the
relatively small number of things they are looking for (books,
articles, web pages, CDs, etc.) from a very large set of
possibilities. This classic problem has been studied in many
variations and has been addressed through a rich diversity of
information retrieval tools and techniques.
A follow-on
problem also exists which has received relatively less study: Once
found, how are things organized for re-access and re-use later on?
What can be done to avoid the need to repeat the entire search
process? We refer to this as the problem of Keeping Found Things
Found. The current study addresses this problem in the context of
World Wide Web use. The study focuses on use of the Web by managers,
researchers, librarians and other information specialists. But it is
expected that the results of the study will be relevant to most users
of the Web.
Canada 2.012/17/2004 06:29 PM You'll be hearing a lot of "I'm moving to..." the next couple days.
Well, I'm not moving anywhere. I'm staying put. The borders? Well,
that's another story. From the moment I woke up this morning, I been
hearing Ving...
More OTC In Canada
More OTC In Canada07/30/2004 05:30 PM This time it's the Millennium Falcon that has landed on Canadian
shelves. So far the ship formerly owned by Lando Calrissian has been
found at the Toys "R" Us in Burnaby, BC which means it should be
trickling it's way across the rest of the country sometime next week.
The price of this bad boy is $79.99 Cdn. Thanks to Bountyhunter69 for
the head's up!
Only in Canada, eh
Only in Canada, eh12/19/2004 03:40 PM Court quashes levy on MP3 players TORONTO - The Federal Court of
Appeal has ruled that a $25 levy on iPods and all other MP3 players
must be dropped. The surcharge was imposed by the Copyright Board of
Canada last December as a means of protecting artists hurt by illegal
downloading. It was quashed after an appeal was launched by several
major retailers, including Future Shop and Wal-Mart. They argued that
the levy was “unconstitutional…
Man on Man - I've been hooking up with more Canucks lately -
than any other nationality. Someone from Vancouver was just
saying the other day..... Trips to Toronto and Vancouver coming
up soon.
Council In Canada07/26/2004 09:33 PM It seems the drought in Canada might finally be over! First there were
sightings of the OTC Vader's TIE Fighter followed shortly thereafter
by both the OTC and VOTC figures. Now, the first Jedi Council scene
has been spotted at Toys "R" Us stores across the country! Priced at a
whopping $29.99, one might think that these packs have the potential
to warm shelves but only time will tell. Happy hunting!
Much like the rest of the world, Canada is still
developing as a nation. To make sense of this ever-changing country,
the Canada e-Book uses sound, images, tables, graphs and both
analytical and descriptive text to look at Canada—The Land, The
People, The Economy and The State.
HP Canada Gets Mobile
HP Canada Gets Mobile07/08/2004 02:10 AM HP Canada gets mobile with the nr3600 rugged Note-book weighing in at
7.9 lbs. This bad boy is not only waterproof, but it can survive 26
three-foot drops on plywood over concrete. Now that is tough
computing!
OTC Shows Up In Canada
OTC Shows Up In Canada06/16/2004 02:12 AM Canadian collectors looking for early OTC finds need look no
further than their local specially stores. Reports are in and
confirmed of the TIE Fighter and X-wing have been found
in a few comic shops, and in the case of Vancouver, the Virgin Records
store downtown. While it is unclear where the toys were ordered from
or what quantities will turn up over the next few weeks, with prices
ranging from $36-45CND each, the deals are still fairly decent.
Canada still #1 in e-government05/10/2004 03:04 AM Information Highways May 10 2004 6:33AM GMT Grok Description matches for OTC And VOTC Found In Canada GrokA matches for OTC And VOTC Found In Canada
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