QVC UK Lightsaber SOLD OUT

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There Is Another...Lightsaber

There Is Another...Lightsaber 07/01/2004 10:11 PM
Following up on a report from Rebelscum reader Caleb, I checked out my local Target store today and came across another lightsaber in the Original Trilogy Collection Role Play assortment: Anakin Skywalker's Electronic Lightsaber. This is the same toy that was released in the Saga and Clone Wars assortments, only this time in the black-and-silver packaging without the OTC logo. The basic lightsaber assortment was also hanging on the pegs, with a simple black-and-silver Star Wars logo.

Town Sold On eBay Not Really Sold

Town Sold On eBay Not Really Sold 12/29/2003 04:51 AM
Earlier this month, I wrote about how it's become popular to use eBay as not just a buying and selling platform, but also as a PR platform for such things as selling towns - because you're almost guaranteed to get press coverage for selling something weird. Of course, it looks like there might also be a downside. Last year, a town in California received a ton of press for being put up on eBay, after conventional attempts to sell it had failed. That press coverage helped push up interest in the town until someone "won" the town with a bid of $1.8 million. Of course, as we pointed out at the time, with many such high profile auctions, the top bid is likely to be bogus. A few months after the original auction, it was reported that the sale still hadn't been finalized. Now, exactly a year after the original eBay auction happened, the folks who "own" the town are admitting that the buyer disappeared and never sent a check. Even worse, the sellers then went down the list of everyone else who bid on the town and failed to find a single legitimate buyer. Thus, the town is back up for sale - but not on eBay and at half the price of what they "sold" it for last year.

Still Another OTC Lightsaber Found?

Still Another OTC Lightsaber Found? 08/17/2004 09:33 PM
In reponse to yesterday's report of a second prequel lightsaber being released in the Original Trilogy Collection Role Play assortment, Rebelscum reader JediDaxter writes in to let us know that he spotted yet another weapon in his local Wal-Mart in Mount Vernon, Illinois! This time it is Count Dooku's lightsaber. This is the same toy that was released in the Saga and Clone Wars assortments, only this time in the black-and-silver packaging without the OTC logo. Can Mace Windu's lightsaber be far behind?

Yet Another OTC Lightsaber Found

Yet Another OTC Lightsaber Found 08/16/2004 04:01 PM
During my toy run today, I came across another previously-unknown lightsaber in the Original Trilogy Collection Role Play assortment: Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber. This is the same toy that was released in the Saga and Clone Wars assortments, only this time in the black-and-silver packaging without the OTC logo. This is the second time a prequel lightsaber has been found in the new packaging.

FAOSchwarz.com Vader FX Lightsaber

FAOSchwarz.com Vader FX Lightsaber 01/16/2004 11:05 AM
Brian Levine snooped out this discount at FAOSchwarz.com: The Master Replicas Darth Vader FX is just $34.95 when you get to checkout on the site. $134.95 until you get there, but sure enough, it's marked down that far.

Palpatine Lightsaber Variations

Palpatine Lightsaber Variations 04/13/2005 05:17 PM
In a follow-up to our earlier report, here are photos of the two variations of the Palpatine (Lightsaber Attack!) figure. The early version had him packaged with a blue lightsaber instead of the correct red lightsaber.

Master Replicas Anakin Lightsaber

Master Replicas Anakin Lightsaber 01/19/2004 05:04 AM
Master Replicas is announcing the Anakin Skywalker lightsaber from Attack Of The Clones, today. They were kind enough to send us one to look over and take photos of for the Photo Archive. Here's my thoughts on it, as well as a link to the detailed photos...

Attakus News : Vader's Lightsaber

Attakus News : Vader's Lightsaber 01/10/2004 06:07 AM
Attakus has posted the first shot of the new Vader's lightsaber. The saber is made in red translucent resin.

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi ROTS
Lightsaber

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi ROTS
Lightsaber 04/07/2005 03:56 PM
We've got another update to our Photo Archives today from Master Replicas. Right out of Revenge of the Sith, it's the Limited Edition of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Lightsaber, which is an elegant weapon fo a more civilized day. Too bad those days are coming to an end...

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lightsaber (As First Built By Obi-Wan)

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lightsaber (As First Built By Obi-Wan) 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
Our Master Replicas Photo Archives is updated today with Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber in an As First Built By Obi-Wan Edition. This is the elegant weapon long before the Weathered Edition was seen in A New Hope.

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lightsaber Scaled Replicas

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lightsaber Scaled Replicas 06/21/2004 11:39 PM
Our Master Replicas Photo Archives is updated today with the second in a new line of mini-sized props: Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber from Attack of the Clones. This .45 Scaled Replica version is based on the full-sized limited edition replica that was released in 2002, and is the second in a series of Scaled Replicas from the Jedi Collection.

Vintage Photo Archives: Artoo- Detoo
(R2-D2) With Pop-Up Lightsaber

Vintage Photo Archives: Artoo- Detoo
(R2-D2) With Pop-Up Lightsaber 01/06/2004 02:04 AM
Inexplicably, Kenner opted to package Artoo- Detoo (R2-D2) With Pop-Up Lightsaber on a card depicting the diminutive droid after today’s addition to the Vintage Photo Archive was shot on Endor instead of an image of him on Jabba The Hutt’s sail barge, where he was saving the day once again.

Town Sold On eBay Finally Sold For
Real... But Not On eBay

Town Sold On eBay Finally Sold For
Real... But Not On eBay 05/21/2004 02:35 AM
Back in 2002 there was a tremendous amount of hype when Bridgeville, the small (mostly deserted) California town was put up for sale on eBay. It eventually sold in an auction for $1.8 million - and got a tremendous amount of press attention. The only problem: the $1.8 million bid was a hoax. A whole year went by and the owners of the "town" sheepishly admitted that the buyer (and his money) never showed up. Now, however, the town has been sold again - but not on eBay, and back down at its original asking price of $700,000. Even with the failure of the actual sale to go through, though, people still remember that you can "sell a town on eBay," contributing to the use of eBay as a PR platform beyond just its ability to match buyers and sellers.

Photo Archives: ROTS Darth Vader
(Lightsaber Attack!)

Photo Archives: ROTS Darth Vader
(Lightsaber Attack!) 03/25/2005 01:53 AM
The circle is now complete. We conclude today's series of updates to our Photo Archives with a figure that really needs no introduction. Darth Vader (Lightsaber Attack!) will finally have his origins revealed in Revenge of the Sith, but for fans of the Classic Trilogy, we've been admiring this guy for nearly 30 years. Welcome Back, Darth!

Photo Archives: ROTS Anakin Skywalker
(Lightsaber Attack!)

Photo Archives: ROTS Anakin Skywalker
(Lightsaber Attack!) 03/24/2005 04:59 AM
We've got another new series of updates to our Photo Archives today, and we start things off with the man around whom Revenge of the Sith focuses. Anakin Skywalker (Lightsaber Attack!) has become a full fledged Jedi Knight during the Clone Wars, honing his skills all across the galaxy!

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi ROTS Dark
Chrome Scaled Lightsaber

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi ROTS Dark
Chrome Scaled Lightsaber 04/07/2005 01:06 PM
Today's Photo Archives update features the Celebration III exclusive from Master Replicas. It's a new .45 Scaled Replicas of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Lightsaber from Revenge of the Sith with a dark chrome finish.

I've sold out!

I've sold out! 02/10/2004 02:44 AM

What can I say - the lure of the mighty dollar proved too much. I've just made my first post to my new client-side scripting blog over at SitePoint, as a paid columnist.

I'll answer the most obvious question straight away: I'm not going to stop writing here. My SitePoint blog is a subject-focused blog covering client-side web development - CSS, Javascript, HTML and their role in modern web site creation. This blog will continue to host my thoughts on other subjects - mainly server-side stuff, but also general programming, web related rants and anything else that strikes my interest. Oh, and bashing Microsoft, naturally ;)

I'm a big fan of strictly subject-driven blogs, so it's going to be fun working on one right from the start. Lambda the Ultimate (programming languages), Column Two (content and knowledge management), the Daily Python-URL and Adrian Holovaty's online journalism blog are all great examples of blogs with a topical focus, and I hope to take my SitePoint blog in a similarly focused direction.

Incidentally, the blogging system at SitePoint has only just been launched and evidently there are still some issues to iron out. I know the site doesn't validate, and I hope to work with SitePoint to resolve some of the other markup and Javascript issues I've spotted. I hope to write up some of the problems and solutions on the blog itself in coming weeks.

Sold out?!

Sold out?! 03/13/2003 10:26 AM
Yesterday in Block 1A, Calie pulled out a CD and I just happened to see the cover, it was the...

The SSA Sold Me Out?

The SSA Sold Me Out? 01/18/2003 11:00 PM
I recent joined the Soaring Society of America (SSA) now that I'm flying again. Today I got an "offer" in the mail from Aviation Week and Space Technology (no link, for obvious reason). They'd like me to subscribe at a...

Toys "R" Us Sold

Toys "R" Us Sold 06/24/2005 05:49 PM
Shareholders of the beleagured toy giant Toys "R" Us have voted yes to a buy-out from two private investment companies. You can read more at Toysrusinc.com.

MP3.com assets sold

MP3.com assets sold 11/17/2003 06:56 AM
ZDNet UK Nov 17 2003 5:53AM ET

Singingfish sold to AOL

Singingfish sold to AOL 11/18/2003 07:51 PM
In search advertising, users who conduct a keyword search on a site such as AOL, MSN or Google are led to a page that contains search results as well as a list ...

Sold with security

Sold with security 05/25/2004 02:15 AM
USA Today May 25 2004 6:17AM GMT

Sold on a better life

Sold on a better life 07/11/2004 08:49 AM
Chicago Tribune Jul 11 2004 12:14PM GMT

iPods Sold Out?

iPods Sold Out? 12/23/2003 11:33 PM
BBC News reports that the iPod is "flying off shop shelves" with demand clearly outstripping sales. Some British shops have been left to take post-...

100,000,000 iTunes Sold

100,000,000 iTunes Sold 07/12/2004 07:39 AM

Kevin Britten of Hays, Kansas downloaded the 100 millionth song from iTunes Music Store, winning the 17-inch Powerbook, a 40GB iPod, and a 10,000 song gift certificate. I just want you to know, Kevin, that the Powerbook will probably give you herpes, and should be immediately quarantined in our labs.
Read - iTunes 100 Million [Apple]

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iTunes Giveaway, Including 10,000 Song Gift Certificate [Gizmodo]

Xbox 2 to be sold for $249-$299?

Xbox 2 to be sold for $249-$299? 04/13/2005 08:20 AM
Dvhardware.net - Wed Apr 13, 07:12 am GMT

McGraw Hill sold me out

McGraw Hill sold me out 04/16/2004 02:12 AM

Like everyone else on the internet, I get a fair amount of spam. I tend to keep my main work as clean as possible, while skipping over the spam in my lower-traffic personal account and cleaning it up every week or so.

While cleaning out the latest batch, I noticed that a number of undesirable emails had been delivered to an address which I had used as a "spam trap" - I had only used it once when signing up for a particular service. I ran a search for all messages sent to that address and found this charming missive, dated March 15th:

As a subscriber to or customer of certain products and services published by The McGraw-Hill Companies, The McGraw-Hill List Management Center's commitment to you is to keep you current, by email, on products and services from third party (non-McGraw-Hill) advertisers that might be of interest to you. Each email message will be preceded by the name of the company offering the product or service, so that you know the source and purpose of the email before opening it.

If you do not wish to receive these informative emails from The McGraw-Hill Companies List Management Center, please follow this link [-- link removed --]

You will be taken off of this list to receive email messages from these third party advertisers. It will not affect your status as a customer of or subscriber to any McGraw-Hill product or service in any manner.

They'd opted me in to their third party mailing list. Obviously I would have hit the "I don't want your disgusting spam" link if I had actually seen it, but the subject of the email was "++SPAM++ Special Offers" (the ++SPAM++ part was added by my University's spam filter) so naturally I had skipped straight over it assuming it was yet another piece of worthless spam. I guess that's almost ironic.

In the month since receiving that email, I've had 12 unwanted commercial emails sent to that address.

I'm usually very conscientious about ticking the "don't ever, ever spam me" box when I sign up for things. Maybe I was less vigilant than normal in this case, but I sincerely doubt it. The service I had originally signed up for was a free trial of Zinio. I just checked the registration form and it has two clearly labelled "you may send me junk" boxes, which I'm certain I would have unchecked. I can only conclude that they ignored my initial request, sent me an easily missed "we're about to spam you" message and proceeded to fill my inbox with garbage.

Maybe this kind of thing is covered by their privacy policy (which I can't access at the moment as their site appears to be unavailable). You know what? I didn't read their privacy policy. I don't read privacy policys. I don't read EULAs either - heck, I don't read anything that looks like it was written by a lawyer and is likely to BREAK IN TO CAPITAL LETTERS at any moment. I assumed that checking the "don't spam me" boxes was enough. Evidently my faith in basic human decency let me down.

McGraw Hill: I'm absolutely disgusted with you. Your behaviour in regards to bulk email sickens me, and I will never again knowingly purchase one of your products or support your business in any way.

Oh, and the final insult? They signed off their treacherous email with Thank you for being a loyal McGraw-Hill customer. Words fail me.

Why IBM sold its PC business to Lenovo

Why IBM sold its PC business to Lenovo 01/01/2005 06:53 PM
Engadget Jan 1 2005 10:14PM GMT

Bloglines sold to AskJeeves

Bloglines sold to AskJeeves 02/07/2005 01:51 AM

And who said dot come 1.0 companies are dead?

Grea t to see one of the old horses come back to life.

Now we just gotta guess who will buy Flickr?

The house pool says soemthing like $15M-$20M - but others say they'll take the $8M being offered them by Accel. But Stewart and Caterina don't GET the $8M, that would go into the company. Welcome to the game.

280 mln cameraphones to be sold in 2005

280 mln cameraphones to be sold in 2005 03/14/2005 06:24 PM
ZDNet Mar 14 2005 9:45PM GMT

eBay: Sold on Grid

eBay: Sold on Grid 08/30/2004 06:31 AM
eBay Senior VP Marty Abbott spells out how the online auction company has reconstructed its IT architecture and rebuilt its data centers on a gridlike model.

Ask Jeeves to be sold for $1.85bn

Ask Jeeves to be sold for $1.85bn 03/22/2005 04:30 PM
Television to internet tycoon Barry Diller is 'near a deal' to buy search site Ask Jeeves, say reports.

Battlefront Scout Sold Out

Battlefront Scout Sold Out 09/25/2004 03:57 PM
Following up yesterday's report; we've received confirmation that StarWarsShop.com has indeed sold out of their semi-exclusive Battlefront Scout Troopers. Fans still looking to obtain this figure would do well to keep an eye on the LucasArts website. As previously mentioned in one of their newsletters, subscribers will likely get another shot at this figure. Thanks to all that wrote in, and to SWS.com for the info.

Rumba sold to Zazu

Rumba sold to Zazu 09/02/2004 09:41 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Sep 3 2004 2:22AM GMT

19 Handsets Will Be Sold Every Second in
2004...

19 Handsets Will Be Sold Every Second in
2004... 07/06/2004 08:29 AM

...if the market achieves current volume predictions of 600m units.

If it doesn't achieve current volume predictions it will be another number, perhaps the dreaded seventeen or, god help us, eleven.
Read - PMN Stat Spot [PMN]

U.S. to EU on software patents: "We sold
out, you should too"

U.S. to EU on software patents: "We sold
out, you should too" 06/09/2004 10:26 AM
European free software advocates, Green Party activists, Socialists, economists, small business owners, and other radicals are working to keep the European Union from instituting U.S.-style software patents. But don't give up hope. The U.S. government and some of the biggest U.S. software vendors are working to bring those backward Europeans into the modern world, where software development can eventually be limited to responsible companies instead of being done by any-old-body with a computer and a good idea.

eBay sold on Web services

eBay sold on Web services 06/23/2004 02:05 PM
The online auctioneer invites a slew of affiliates to incorporate its propriety marketplace technology into their sites.

Cloned kitten sold for $50,000

Cloned kitten sold for $50,000 12/24/2004 01:12 PM
The everlasting cat?
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