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It turns out that a friend of my wife has a box of Star Wars figures from the seventies that her husband had bought when he was a kid. She had no idea they were worth anything. They are in the original Kenner cardboard box (apparently valued at $300-400 on its own). There are 11 figures including a couple of Han Solos, a Luke Skywalker and a 3CPO (the best one IMO) amongst others. They are in pristine condition with the original price label on there - $1.97!!!
I got to take a look last night and, wow, they are items of beauty.
I'll have a full list next week. If anyone thinks they might be interested drop me a line and I'll get back to you. I'm not sure what they are worth but if there are any aficionados out there...
They are similar to this but in even better condition: 1977 Star Wars Stormtrooper[^]
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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mark merrens wrote: 3CPO
OK, hand in your nerd card on the way out! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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mark merrens wrote: 3CPO (the best one IMO) amongst others
In that case...
These are not the droids you're looking for
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I meant in relation to the other figures she has! Ok, maybe he was the best droid. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Hhhm hhhm [throat clearing sound]Star Wars Clickety[^] 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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In the same way that "Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Film" was the best knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail.
Hint: "3CPO" is not a droid in Star Wars. I think you meant "C3PO".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: Hint: "3CPO" is not a droid in Star Wars. I think you meant "C3PO".
I may refer you to the response in this message[^]
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Ouch! Just seen that after staring at it for a while! Funny. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Why, just because I didn't hyphenate C-3PO[^]? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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is awesome!
I have it set up to run on login, and have it configured as a Quake-style drop down console.
I have TCC/LE, CMD, PowerShell, Git Bash, MSys2 Bash, and MinGW32/64 shells configured in it.
Anyone else like ConEmu?
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
- Mitchell Kapor
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I was with you up to "is"...
speramus in juniperus
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He lost me after "Con"
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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I'm assuming the next part was a reference to a bird which is no good at fixing TV aerials.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I Managed to get to Emu[^].
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Try Rod Hull[^]. The reference is probably limited to those over 30 in the UK. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I am not even from the UK. I guess the Road Runner[^] would be another possible meaning.
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I love it. I have VS command prompt, CMD, and powershell setup in mine. Nice to have everything in one place.
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Just backed everything up on my Windows 8 laptop and have my Windows 7 Pro DVD in the drive. Time to reboot. Bye bye Win8. I will run Win8 in a VM if I absolutely need it.
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It feels good to upgrade, doesn't it?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I bought a new PC a couple months ago. The first thing I did was pop in the Win 7 DVD.
I refuse to use Win 8, with the exception of the tablet my client sent me to test my app on.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I had Windows 8 using "Classic Shell" so I never saw the Metro screen so was happy for a while since I had a regular desktop. Things that made me mad:
1.) Windows would tell me is was "GOING TO REBOOT" for an update and didn't give me choice to postpone reboot! I just hit cancel thinking it would keep asking... no it just rebooted while I was using it!
2.) When I tried to start VMWare Workstation a windows prompt came up telling me because of recent updates I need to reinstall VMWare Workstation. Why is the OS making me "reinstall" my apps that it should not touch?
I'm on Win7 now. Still got drivers to download. Going backward screws you as far as the OS detecting drivers. I had to go straight to RealTek site on my other computer to download driver so I could get a "wired network" connection. Then Win 7 Update found my wireless card. I'm going to go crazy today but it will be worth it. As soon as I have all drivers working I'm using Macrium Reflect Free to backup image of a clean install so if I have to reinstall again I don't go through this.
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I had the same problem with drivers. I can't get any USB ports to work, other than mouse & keyboard. I'm using my new PC as a server, and II remote in anyway, so I can live with USB ports for now.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I got almost all drivers working now. My USB 2.0 ports work fine, the two 3.0 ports aren't working yet. Getting closer
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