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Comment on ROCKBURN LP STYLE ELECTRIC GUITAR PACK BLACK Online Store by Jon Seymour "Rock Jock and Freelance Journalist"

Jon Seymour "Rock Jock and Freelance Journalist" — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:03:11 +0000

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Just what I needed, 8 April 2010

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This review is from: ROCKBURN LP STYLE ELECTRIC GUITAR PACK BLACK

I wanted a cheap guitar that I could learn to play on, so I wasn't going to buy anything expensive. I chose this, as I like the Les Paul shape, and I took a chance as there aren't any reviews to be found online of this guitar. I can honestly say that it is all I wanted and maybe a little more. The guitar itself is well made, with a shiny finish, and all the electrics work exactly as they should. It was well set up, and after a quick tuning up, it was ready to play straight out of the box. The neck/fretboard make the guitar easier to play than some guitars I have used in the past (my 14 year old daughter is also using it to learn on, and so far, apart from the obvious sore fingers, she is finding it quite easy to pick up and play). The amp is not the best amp in the world, it has basic volume, bass and treble controls as well as an overdrive switch, but is well up to the job as a starter amp, and it has an output for headphones, which is a must if you don't want annoy your neighbours/partner/parents. All in all, this is a fantastic package to start learning on. I've also plugged the guitar into a decent amp, and it sounds as good as some guitars that cost far more money. If you're looking for an inexpensive way to get into playing electric guitar, I would highly recommend this package. I've only had it a week so reliability is yet to be established, but from the way the guitar looks and performs, it seems decent enough quaity to last for some time. I will be upgrading the amp at some point, but not until I get a lot better.

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Comment on PS Vita Memory Card 8GB Model (PS Vita) 2012 Sales by Nat

Nat — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:17:50 +0000

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful

Have to agree. RIP OFF Sony!, 4 Mar 2012

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Shocking price. This card should be 32GB for this cost. Agree with the other reviews, Shame on you Sony!. Greed

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Comment on PS Vita Memory Card 8GB Model (PS Vita) 2012 Sales by Ben Hur

Ben Hur — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:41:16 +0000

34 of 47 people found the following review helpful

Typical Sony Rip-off!, 26 Feb 2012

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Like everybody has already said, to have a memory card is "essential", but once again, SONY insists on ripping-off its customers. They should include this as standard when you buy your Vita. Shame on you SONY!

Excellent service as usual from Amazon.co.uk.

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Comment on PS Vita Memory Card 8GB Model (PS Vita) 2012 Sales by Nick.D

Nick.D — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:55:41 +0000

28 of 38 people found the following review helpful

Total rip off, 26 Feb 2012

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Gamers should not be rating this any higher than one star as it's a total rip off. Sony should bundle a memory card with the system like Nintendo done with 3DS. This is just another way to nickel and dime people. This is what Microsoft done with the xbox 360, only allowed people to use their overly expensive hard drives with the system for many years. It's a slap in the face to gamers and just more proof these game companies don't give a damn about gamers, just profits.

People buy a Vita for £200, and are then expected to find another £30 for a 8GB memory card before they've even bought a game, it's SHOCKING. 8GB memory cards can be bought for as little as £5 on amazon, but Sony Vita card cost nearly £30. For no reason at all other than pure greed.

Sure the Vita is a nice system and is worth the money, but the price of these memory cards is disgraceful

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Comment on Dollhouse: Season 1 (4pc) (Ws Ac3 Dol) [DVD] [2009] [US Import] Best Buy by Barbie Bino

Barbie Bino — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:49:29 +0000

54 of 61 people found the following review helpful

Having seen the 1st nine Episodes - It just keeps getting better!!!, 20 April 2009

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This review is from: Dollhouse - Season 1 [DVD] (DVD)

This show is a bit of a departure from Whedon's normal writing style. Witty banter is seldom seen here. Instead what we have is a crazy concept for a show, essentially due to the fact that the main character has no character . . .. yet.

The show is about a girl who has been plucked from her normal life by a corporation and had her persoanlity wiped. She can then be hired by people for a great deal of money to perform almost any function they wish such as girlfriend, FBI agent, scientist etc. The employees of the corporation merely implant a new personality into her now blank slate of a brain. She then returns to the dollhouse to be brain wiped again at the end of the assignment. Weird huh?!

The show seems to take on a "character of the week" format for Elisa Dushku, but with a thread running through the whole series of "Can you ever truly wipe a human being's personality?", "Is she retaining some sense of self?". This is without a doubt the more interesting underpinning of the show. Joss seems to sneak in a hint about the answers to these questions with each new episode.

There are a great deal of other aspects to the show, but I think I've covered the most important one.

There are a couple of negatives though. The main one is that the first few episodes are a bit of a "lets see how many sexy costumes we can put on Elisa and let her pose around in them?", kinda deal. I don't mind them dressing her up to look hot but it can get a little soft porny occasionally which cheapens the show. Then there is, as previously mentioned, the lack of humour in the first half of the first season. It does start to creep in eventually but this show can take itself a little too seriously at times and I think that slick banter is what Joss does best - and I love him for it.

Is it as good as firefly and Buffy? No, not yet; but with some better peripheral characters (like xander, spike, river etc from his other shows)which are sorely lacking here this show could be great.

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Comment on Dollhouse: Season 1 (4pc) (Ws Ac3 Dol) [DVD] [2009] [US Import] Best Buy by O. Marshall-smith

O. Marshall-smith — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:03:52 +0000

68 of 76 people found the following review helpful

AMAZING!!, 28 May 2009

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This review is from: Dollhouse - Season 1 [DVD] (DVD)

Ok, so the first five episodes are rather slow, but that is not down to Joss Whedon (creator), its down to the fact the network (FOX) kept sticking there noses in and changing the scripts so the first 5 episodes could be "stand alone" and act as five pilot episodes so people could tune in and understand the show. Episode Six is really when the show hits its stride and the episodes following on get even better (Episode 8 is by far the best episode) all leading up to the finale which was a great ending to the season.

Please DO NOT just watch the first 5 episodes and stop watching, i PROMISE it gets better by episode 6. And by the looks of things this show is going to rock in its 2nd season :D

You can really tell Joss is spending time on this show, there isn't alot of TV series out there were it gets better every episode. Most of the time they start off good and begin to go down hill.

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Comment on Dollhouse: Season 1 (4pc) (Ws Ac3 Dol) [DVD] [2009] [US Import] Best Buy by the antiquary

the antiquary — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:30:22 +0000

443 of 476 people found the following review helpful

A flawed diamond, 21 May 2009

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This review is from: Dollhouse - Season 1 [DVD] (DVD)

Ok, so the series starts off with Joss Whedon, celebrated writer-director-composer, except no-one wants to work with him, then he has a hit web show, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and he catches the attention of the dark and shadowy Fox Corporation. Fox wipe Joss's brain to make him forget that he worked for them before when they became mortal enemies.

So now Fox can make Joss do whatever they want, everyday they activate Joss and set him to work making a television series for them called Dollhouse. Everything works out fine for them. The show is flashy, cool, sexy, confusing, humourless, disconnected and unengaging. Without the real Joss to complain Fox don't even have to spend much cash on it. But can the technology Fox has used really remove all of a person's memories, their sense of self, their soul?

As he works from episode to episode it becomes apparent that Joss starts to remember who he is, but knowing he shouldn't draw attention to this fact he keeps it to himself and works slowly to improve Dollhouse from within. From episode 6 `Man on the Street' flashes of brilliance begin to save the show, culminating in the superb episode 9 `A Spy in the House of Love', by now Dollhouse has become gripping, funny, dark and touching with an intelligent and complex storyline that has people thinking. Joss is even able to help other people taken over by Fox and makes Eliza Dushku realise that she is an actress.

By the end of the series we have been taken to a place we little imagined in the beginning. I won't give any spoilers but Dollhouse does end with Joss improbably winning renewal for a second series, this time will he be out to revenge himself on the people who did this to him and turn out a flawless piece of work from the start?

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Comment on Pintoy Wooden Doll’s Utility Accessory Set Promotion by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:36:25 +0000

PINTOY WOODEN DOLL'S UTILITY ACCESSORY SET, 14 Jan 2012

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FANTASTIC WOODEN DOLLHOUSE FURNITURE
MY DAUGTER LOVE PLAY WITH IT
HIGH QUALITY
NICE COLOUR
GREAT PRICE
HIGH RECOMMENDED
THANK YOU

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Z. Ross "mad scientist" — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:48:29 +0000

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Wooden Dools Utility Set, 11 Jan 2011

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Unfortunately for my daughter this set is a little larger than I expected it to be. So is slightly out of scale from the rest of her doll's house accesories. But for my nearly 4 year old it does not seem to matter. She tells me that the washing machine could go in the garage and not in the kitchen making more space for the breakfast table!!!!!

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Comment on Clamshell Greed Outlet Price by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 06 May 2012 19:13:11 +0000

Greed, 28 Dec 2011

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I bought this card game after reading the reviews. 3 different people have read the instructions and we are still confused as how we should play. I bought this as a fun game for the family at Christmas but what with the confusing instructions and guessing how to play I found it very boring.

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