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   Daniel70 to Your Name   
   Re: BABYLON 5 is now free to watch!   
   17 Feb 26 22:26:56   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 17/02/2026 9:05 am, Your Name wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-16 09:29:52 +0000, Daniel70 said:   
   >> On 16/02/2026 8:23 am, Your Name wrote:   
   >>> On 2026-02-15 12:41:03 +0000, Blueshirt said:   
   >>>> Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2026-02-14 12:11:39 +0000, Blueshirt said:   
   >>>>>> I've got tons of it; books, comics, LPs', cassettes, CDs, DVDs,   
   >>>>>> Blu-rays (etc.) but they sit on shelves and in boxes...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I've got lots of VHS tapes, DVDs, and books too, as well as a few   
   >>>>> comics and audio-story casettes and vinyl records. Plus quite a few   
   >>>>> boxed computer games and a ton of toys (mainly Star Wars).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Mine's mainly Doctor Who and Star Wars...   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> and I'm fairly sure the children/grandchildren will just dump the   
   >>>>>> lot of it when they clear the house after I die.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Only if they are dumb or lazy. Such things in good condition could   
   >>>>> be worth a lot of money (maybe not individually, but as a total   
   >>>>> amount). :-)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> A lot of my old nerdy stuff wouldn't be in the greatest condition...   
   >>>> all of my books and comics have been read a few times and the pages   
   >>>> are yellowy. The VHS tapes and DVDs are ok as they are in plastic   
   >>>> cases, but I can't seem to give them away.   
   >>>   
   >>> Star Wars VHS tapes sell for around US$10-$15 in used good condition   
   >>> ... a still factory sealed VHS tape of the original pre-"Episode IV"   
   >>> movie did sell for US$2,500 though.   
   >>   
   >> Sorry!! "pre-"Episode IV"?? Do you mean the prequels, Ep I, Ep II and   
   >> Ep III??   
   >>   
   >> And, in my opinion, there IS no "Episode IV"!! When I saw it at the   
   >> flicks, it was just "Star Wars".   
   >   
   > That's the VHS version that was sold factory sealed at auction - it   
   > doesn't have the "Episode IV" text in the opening crawl.   
      
   ... but what I'm referring to is seeing "Star Wars" at the flicks   
   (probably The Trak Cinema) in glorious HUGE Screen!!   
      
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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