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zenpoet
05/14/09

In reply to Sony Product Timeline Is a Glorious Gadget History Lesson
I learned two things, both of which are interesting.

1. It took a long time to kill the betamax.

2. Sony invented the 3.5. Thats cool.
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Endeavour
05/08/09

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You should include also some iconic VAIOs, like the Picturebook or the X505 Extreme.

And there are many other interesting models like the TR (first glossy screen/AR coating), TX (first led display in a notebook and first 16:9 in a notebook) and SZ (first with switchable graphics).
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Jesus Diaz
05/08/09

@Endeavour: Those are just laptops, not groundbreaking products.
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robinandtami
05/08/09

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So Blu-Ray is the first Sony introduced format to not fall flat on it's face?

Maybe that's because they had help with Blu-Ray.
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ceilingFANBOY
05/08/09

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What's with the PSP hate? You left it off of the Game Boy timeline even though you mentioned the Lynx and GameGear on that one, and now you are leaving it off of the Sony one?
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
05/06/09

In reply to Lego Space Timeline Brings Back My Best Childhood Memories
Gods, if only I still had the sets I did as a kid, still together. The monorail alone would have made an awesome Coffee Table setup.
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Purple Dave
05/07/09

@HeldForRansom_GitEmSteveDave:
Coffee table? Oh, you poor sad little man. You're thinking _way_ too small. Monorail needs to be done on a scale similar to this:

[www.brickshelf.com]

I particularly loved how he pulled off spiral ramps using just regular curves. On the other hand, when he had stepped out for a bit (he displayed this at the 2nd and final House of Bricks, which is what inspired the new Brickworld show in Chicago), he did end up having one of the monorail trains jam as it was passing through a tower. I had a heck of a time trying to pry that thing free without damaging the layout, but if I just left it there was every possibility that the motor would have burned out. As it was, the metal gear on the motor chewed off several of the teeth on the rail.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
05/07/09

@Purple Dave: Well, my monorail set wasn't black, it was blue and white, down to the rail switches.
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Purple Dave
05/07/09

@SpaceBatCowboy_GitEmSteveDave:
It's better in black. Blacktron I makes everything better.
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üli von strüple
05/06/09

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could the pictures have been any smaller, i coudlnt tell if ive played with any of them...
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
05/06/09

@uli: If you click on them, they get bigger.
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MrHaroHaro
05/06/09

In reply to Lego Space Timeline Brings Back My Best Childhood Memories
I so wanted that Alpha Centauri Outpost to go with my Allied Avenger. Is it still possible to get the 90's sets somewhere?

Dammit Giz, you're gonna make me go out and buy Legos. And make them fight my Gundams. And scare any girls I bring into my room.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
05/06/09

@MrHaroHaro: Well, Lindsay isn't around, but I am guessing she might leave for the Gundams, but stay for the Lego's. She is a Lego-Maniac, but not like that poser, Zack.
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aerospaceman
05/06/09

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it doesn't seem complete. I had an 80s era space set that isn't pictured here. But with these crappy small pictures, it's hard to tell.
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Purple Dave
05/07/09

@aerospaceman:
It's definitely not complete. There were some very early blister cards that came with two original spaceman minifigs (two yellow, two white, or two red), and those should be listed in the first grouping. I also don't see any of the metric crapton of accessory packs that were only sold through LEGO Shop@Home.
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Rii
05/06/09

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OMG, ORANGE CHAINSAWS!!!! BLLAAHGGGERRRRB.

The Lego of today is rubbish. Too many propriety pieces. 90% of the sets are made up of one big shaped piece of plastic with the other 10% being actual Lego pieces.
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Jesus Diaz
05/06/09

@Rii: Actually, that's not the case. The number of special pieces has diminished in recent years, back to the levels in the 80s.
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Dahamma
05/06/09

@Jesus Diaz: How so? I agree that your 2009 sneak peaks have potential, but almost everything else from the 2000's looks like prefab-crap...

(Galaxy Explorer or bust! ;)
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Purple Dave
05/07/09

@Dahamma:
It was in the early- to mid-2000's that they really stepped back and took a good look at how many new pieces they were turning out (in about three years, the Star Wars line accounted for ~100 new pieces). Each new piece costs a lot of money to develop and tool, and a lot of them get used very briefly and then they sit untouched. This isn't always the case, but when it is it's a lot of wasted money. So, a few years ago they decided to really cut back on frivolous new pieces. The BIONICLE line still gets a glut of new parts every year because it sells well enough to cover the costs, but most of the other new parts in the last couple years seem to be minifig accessories like hair, helmets, and handheld stuff (guns and tools and the like).
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Overheal
05/06/09

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I can't wait to procreate just to have an excuse to Need to buy thousands of dollars worth of Lego
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Purple Dave
05/07/09

@Overheal:
Join a LUG. It's simpler, and you'll actually have thousands of dollars to spend on LEGO sets.

@danger the pirate:
The kitchen? No way. That's what the living room is for. Besides, there's less risk of getting grease on them.
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Daniel Spagnoli
04/22/09

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Nintendo didn't start off make Playing cards, they made Hanafuda cards...get your facts strait. thx.
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Rabid Penguin
04/22/09

@Daniel Spagnoli: Hanafuda cards are playing cards. Just not the type of playing cards depicted in the picture ;c)
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Jordan Lund
04/22/09

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Missing the Turbo Express as well (1990).

[en.wikipedia.org]

And the Neo Geo Pocket. (1998)

[en.wikipedia.org]

Neo Geo Pocket Color. (1999)

[en.wikipedia.org]
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Rabid Penguin
04/22/09

@Jordan Lund:

It is labeled as The Definitive Game Boy Timeline. So It really didn't even need the Lynx or Game Gear, etc. But it probably should have mentioned the Super GameBoy and the GameBoy Player.

Because as far as other handhelds go, it's also missing the Wonderswan, Wonderswan Color, and a bagillion others.
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gunbu
04/22/09

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Great time line, I printed it out. I would have included a couple of things though. Nintendo started making hanafuda playing cards in 1889 (and they still do), not western style poker cards.

Also, would have included the Turbo Express, since you have the Lynx and Game Gear on there. First to play console games on-the-go, and it also had an awesome TV Tuner adapter, which allowed you to have a handheld TV which was pretty revolutionary.

And also the death of Gunpei Yokoi in 1997, shortly after the release of the Virtua Boy.
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Rabid Penguin
04/22/09

@gunbu: I actually have a set of Nintendo Hanafuda playing cards. They were originally hand made though, and I doubt my 1990's set is ;c)

I believe Nintendo also had a brief stint in the cab (taxi) industry, making instant noodles, and making love machines for sex hotels.
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Sora57 is rendering
04/22/09

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I remember Mattel came out with a handheld for Electronic Football. You controlled LEDs moving across a screen/football field. That was about 1982 and it was very popular.
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ceilingFANBOY
04/22/09

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zOMG! Jesus hazors teh Sony!

Not even a mention of the PSP?
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