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Suprised this hasnt been started already. But what did everyone get for Christmas, or whatever holiday you celebrate?

I got a 'killer coding ninja monkeys do exist' shirt
some blank dvds, inkjet printable
Happy Gilmore/Billy Madison Dvd
Mission Impossible 2
The Guyver dvd box set
Ruroni Kenshin Movie and OVA's dvds

and then a few other odds and ends, but those are the major things

So, what goodies did everyone else get?

-Darth Simon
Why Anakin really turned to the dark side:
"Anakin, You're father I am" - Yoda
"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!" - Anakin

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*touchy people disclaimer*
some or all of the above comments are partially exaggerated to convey a point, none of the comments are meant as personal attacks on anyone mentioned or reference in the above post
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I got:


Metroid Prime 2
a new Xbox controller S
2 cds
some new weights
some socks
The Rock - Criterion Collection
and a WW2 "Victory at Sea" dvd set (which is a candidate for being re-gifted)
40,000 million notches away
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I got for xmas:
  • A Pizza-Shaped Clock
  • $10 in Carls Jr. gift certificates
  • Monster Garage Hoodie
  • Xbox Live
  • Shanghai Noon on DVD
  • The Man Who Knew Too Little on DVD
  • The Core on DVD
  • Otter Assorted Gifts

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabris, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

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-3.1 Megapixel Digital Camera
-Nintendo DS
-Tom Clany's Ghost Recon, Xbox
-A New pritner/scanner for my computer
-a sweater. yay.
-A sweatshirt.
-World Cup Poker Set (Join gift with my brother)
-Some fancy cologne that I'll probably use twice a year
-a really expensive bar of white & milk chocolate. and pepperment particles

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-Star Wars Radio Dramas Collector's Edition
-New Watch
-Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater w/Ultimate Codes disc and Strategy Guide
-Front Mission 4
-Ratchet and Clank: UYA
-KOTOR II
-A piece of luggage(like I really go anywhere)
-ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Graphics Card
-Underwear(Do you really want to know what kind?)
-2 Sweatshirts, 1 t-shirt
-Gentle Giant Stormtrooper bust w/mini leia
-A few CDs and audiobooks
-Portable DVD player
-A few DVDs(Spiderman 2, Bourne Supremacy, Seinfeld Gift Set, LOTR: ROTK EE, Harry Potter: POA)
-A few novels(New copies of LOTR, new SW novels)
-Pack of DVD-Rs
-A box of assorted chocolates
-A $50 savings bond
-$15 gift card to Barnes and Noble
-$45 cash
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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Wow. The person who gave you that second Item on your list just leveled you two insults. They think you won't realize that MGSIII is crap, and they alos think you suck so much you need a strategy guide and cheat codes.

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It came in a bundle pack but I have no idea where they got it.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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Yeah, that seems like a Sam's Club item.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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I want the star wars radio dramas

what is this collectors edition...is it just repackaged/released versions of the original radio drama or did they edit it to fit the SE. and if its the former, where can i get one and how much

-Darth Simon

ps. I also got a usb fish tank. not something i asked for, cousin bought it for me from thinkgeek.com. but its totally awsome, and the fish actually look decently real
Why Anakin really turned to the dark side:
"Anakin, You're father I am" - Yoda
"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!" - Anakin

0100111001101001011011100110101001100001

*touchy people disclaimer*
some or all of the above comments are partially exaggerated to convey a point, none of the comments are meant as personal attacks on anyone mentioned or reference in the above post
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The Collectors Edition is simply a Limited Edition release of all of the Radio Dramas on 16 CDs with special bonus tracks.

These have been out of print since 1996 but they don't seem too hard to come by.

And don't worry, these have nothing to do with the SEs.

I got mine off of Amazon for $90 bucks new.

It is $195 at retail supposedly but I've never seen the collector's at retail, I've only seen the seperate cassette collections at retail stores.

But Amazon has it new for $122.85 and they have some "Used and New" from as low as $80.

Edit: It seems the seller I got it from (bodean888) has another copy up for the same price I got mine, still factory sealed(as mine was).
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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So, how convoluted is the plot of MGS3?

MGS2 was confusing enough.

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabris, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

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Like everyone else says, its complexity is about the same as MGS one, but in my opinion its much more satisfying.
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That couldn't be hard, as unsatisfyingly stupid as the plot of the first one was.

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We all know of your hate of MGS, there is no need to further bash it in the gift thread.
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I uh, I got this levi's t-shirt, and a nice blue shirt, and a coat, and uh, that's it. Next year I hope to get nothing at all, as I've insisted for more than a month for people NOT to get me anything. I don't want people giving me things, people spending money on me just because it's x-mas.

I did buy a lot of things for other people's though. Go ahead call me a hypocrite.


EDIT: so... many... mispelled words... it was embarassing, I had to fix it.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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I guess there is an age when you really don't want anything for Christmas and tell people you don't want anything...



I must not have reached that age yet.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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I allways feel selfish if I ask for a lot of stuff.

All I asked for this year was the DS, though of course I got a lot more than that.

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I usually get alot because my Mom and Dad, and my Grandma and Grandpa like to start early Christmas shopping in like August and by the time Christmas comes around they have drawn out shopping so much by spending 20 dollars here and 50 there over so many months that its like "What in the world is that under the tree? I don't remember buying that...or that...what is this?"
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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my parent's are exactly the opposite: they do all of their shopping the two weeks before Christmas.

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Swatch
Trivial Pursuit 90s Edition
Sonic 2 Adventure
Electric Frying Pan
Cash and gift cards (which I used to buy DVDs, games for the GameCube and other stuff)

Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men.
Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

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Nothing worth mentioning, except:

I saw


in Chicago on New Years Eve.

Last row of the balcony.
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Niiiiice! How was it?
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Very good. The plot of the movie was altered somewhat, but not a great deal.

The only fault I found with it, was that (at times) the lines were given to quickly.

Ex. Recall the movie, and the scene with the villagers and wanting to burn the "witch". The idiot villagers (Idle, Cleese and Palin) had to pause to think when answering Bedivere's questions.
In this show, those pauses seemed not long enough, or non-existent.

The surprise of the night, however, was when "god" appeared to give the Knights their quest.
In the movie, god was a Gilliam-animation. In the show, its just a massive set of feet that come down from above, then later they blast off (literally, like god had rocket-powered feet).
The big surprise was the voice of god.

John Cleese.

The songs were very good, and included 1 of Eric Idle's mainstays...Bright Side of Life (from Life of Brian).
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Gift cards to Circuit City, Home Depot, and the Apple Store
Some clothes
Bourne Supremacy and Dodgeball on DVD
Some returns netted me Fox and Hound on DVD and the Ray Charles collaboration CD (Genius Loves Company) and the new Snoop Dogg CD
and, oh yeah...

a new townhome (not that it was a "gift", per se, but it was mine and my wife's gift to each other)
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