The LEGO Group and Star Wars

By Petro Beens

Since its conception in Denmark in 1934, LEGO has produced some of the most popular toys in the world. Advancing from the idea of blocks that could be stacked, LEGO created revolutionary toys that could be locked together. It seems like LEGOs have come a long way since then, and in fact they have. Since their creation, very few toys have insipired the same level of creativity that you can find in LEGOs. While you can buy specific LEGO sets, it's up to you to decide on how to assemble the pieces.

Moving beyond simple bricks that can be locked together, LEGO has created several toy sets that range from all different periods of history and the future. Those that love medieval times can enjoy gigantic castle sets, while those who have a taste for the future can enjoy robot themed LEGOs. Fans of the American west can even enjoy wild west themed LEGOs. LEGO hasn't limited itself to these basic themes either. They have also based many LEGO sets on movie franchises such as Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars.

LEGO Incorporated the famous star wars saga in 1999. This best seller has hundreds of sets based on the star war series. To date there are about 182 star war theme sets. If we include the mini sets and the ultimate collectors series sets there are more than 200. Almost all star wars characters, vehicles and ships are present in the various LEGO sets. Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Jar Jar Binks, Jedi knight, Millennium falcon, Rebel Blcckade Runner are all available in the various sets of LEGO star wars. The LEGO ultimate collection having highly complex designs, have a number of star wars product. The X-wing fighter, originally released in 1999 and re-released in 2002 is probably one of the most popular sets of the LEGO star wars series. Star wars and LEGO together have created magic and hours of fun and entertainment.

With the Lego X-Wing Star fighter set, you can relive the exciting days of the Rebel Alliance and their conflict with the evil Empire. This rare set, the first installation in the coalition between LEGO and Lucas Arts, comes complete with parts to customize your fighter to be that of Luke Skywalker's Red Five, or Wedge Antilles' Red Three snub fighter! It also includes minifigures of the Alliance's greatest heroes--Wedge Antilles, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa, R2-D2, and the mighty Chewbacca. With this great, classic set you have everything you need to defeat the Empire and save the day.

The Star Wars themed LEGO system will be around for many years to come and fans young and old will enjoy Star Wars LEGOs for a long time. - 23806

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Petro enjoys collecting hard to find LEGOs Star Wars Figures and loves his LEGO Jango Fett mini figure.

A Small Collection Of Various Movie Story Lines To Check Out

By Beverley Conley

For a long time we have used the video store as one of our main ways to access movies. These days you can stay at home and get movies from a movie download site. Let's look at what you might find to watch using a movie download site.

Peter Pan Return To Neverland: An animated family film of a Peter Pan adventure. Wendy's daughter Jane is an unbeliever. When Captain Hook steals her away to Neverland, she must learn to believe if she wants to escape back to the real world.

Another 48 Hours: The team from 48 Hours is back in action. Ex con Reggie Hammond, now freed from prison, is coerced by Detective Jack Gates to help him with another problem. Gates has been hunting an elusive powerful drug dealer. He needs Reggie's help to catch this guy.

Sullivan's Travels: Sick of making fluff, film director McCrea plans to do a serious film. Dry and grief mix seamlessly sick this landmark Hollywood satire, which grows more relevant with each passing year. Cast includes Joel McCrea, Veronica Pool, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Al Bridge, and Franklin Pangborn. (90 minutes, 1942)

Bram Stoker's Dracula: Count Dracula is on a mission to find the one woman he truly ever loved. HE wants to be eternally reunited with her. He leaves Transylvania and goes to London to see if a woman who looks exactly like his love of centuries ago is in fact the woman he searches for.

Holiday: First rendition of Philip Barry's play in reference to non-conformity is a delightful film. An untidy early talkie with projecting that in some cases Astor, Owsley even tops the more renowned 1938 rendition. Horton plays the identical role in both films. Cast includes Ann Harding, Robert Ames, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Hedda Basket, and Monroe Owsley. (96 minutes, 1930)

Hannibal Brooks: Delightful yet forgettable film of a British prisoner of war( Reed) ordered to take a priceless elephant to the Munich Zoo during WW2. Made to go on foot, he turns trip into a plan to make an escape. Cast includes Oliver Reed, Michael J. Pollard, Wolfgang Preiss, Helmut Lohner, Karin Baal, and Peter Karsten. (101 minutes, 1969)

The Three Muskateers: Musketeers Athos, Porthos, and Aramis join young D'Artagnan in an attempt to stop Cardinal Richelieu, who is plotting to form an alliance with the English. The Musketeers are abandoned, and asked to throw down their swords. These three refuse, and along with D'Artagnan will try and save France.

Mickey Blue Eyes: Alarmingly unfunny story based on the renowned nearsighted animation personality refreshed in the energized credits, with Greg Burson filling in for Jim Backus as the voice of Magoo. Nielsen does his best unconditionally, although the pointlessly difficult plot about the theft of a dear cherry just goes on and on. There are a tremendous amount of mean spirited characters for a kid's film. Cast includes Hugh Permit, James Caan, Jeanne Trippet, Leslie Nielsen, Jennifer Gamer, Malcolm McDowell, and Miguel Ferrer. (103 minutes, 1999)

I Want to Go Home: Lyrical author-actor Green plays a compulsive American cartoonist who voyages to Paris for an art show and to see his alienated daughter Benson. Depardieu, an exuberant admirer, brings him to his mom's country home for the weekend. Written by Jules Feiffer, with a score by John Kander, this Franco-American curio is appallingly poor. Cast includes Adolph Green, Gerard Depardieu, Linda Lavin, Laura Benson, Micheline Presle, and Ludivine Sagnier. (101 minutes, 1989)

Try "Downloads Movies Online" if you want to find some downloads. Try a different search if the first one does not provide good information. To get new search results type in "Divx Movie Download". - 23806

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Legal movie download do exist but unfortunately there relatively difficult to find. Watch New Release Movies On The Internet Watch movies on the days you don't feel like watching them. The time will pass quickly for the kids and silently for you.

What's the Panasonic TX-P37X10 TV Like?

By Sherri Melton

The new Panasonic TX-P37X10 HD ready plasma television is an remarkable surround sound wonder. This is a great 37 inch TV that has many options. It has awesome advanced 3D color management system and this means that the colour is bright, luminous and has optimal quality. If the reason you want to buy a plasma television is for the beautiful picture then you are in luck. This television has one of the most beautiful pictures on the market. The Panasonic TX-P37X10 ought to be on your shortlist for a 37 HD plasma television.

When you are researching which 37 inch HD plasma TV you are going to buy, make sure that you look at many reviews on the internet. Many websites will also have great price comparisons to read. You will be sure to find that this model with its shiny and sleek design is one of the top models in its class. You are sure to love all of the great option it has. Read the following list before you decide whether or not to buy this TV.

o The TX-P37X10 has a memory card reader, teletext, electronic program guide and an analogue and digital TV tuner. You can easily put your pictures on the TV and view them via the SD slot. This is a fantastic option.

o With 1,024x768 resolution, the picture is amazing. The panel life is 100,000 hours.

o It has a motion picture with impressive 100hz double scan. The picture can't be beat.

o The TX-P37X10 is environmentally friendly, the long life panels are lead free.

o For crystal clear sound, there is V-Audio and V-Audio surround sound. This TV has great sound technology.

o The TX-P37X10 is wall mountable. A wall mount costs extra but it does come with a television stand.

o There are 3 HDMIs, VGA, PC input and an SD card slot on the TX-P37X10. These are really great options.

o For full range sound there is a bottom speaker. If you like surround sound, you can set up your system easily on the TX-P37X10. The connections are quite simple.

You will be very impressed with the TX-P37X10 TV. If you are seriously considering this 37 inch HD plasma television then make sure you have done adequate research. It is a very easy to use television and it is also very attractive. Even the techie in the family will love this model for its many great options. You will be impressed with this television model.

You can't go wrong with this Panasonic TX-P37X10 model. The V-Audio surround sound is a great option and 3 HDMIs should impress anyone. Make sure that you end up buying a model that has 100hz double scan like this model has. You will love the great picture and quality. You can even hook up the internet to this television. What could be cooler than that? Hook it up to your home networking system. Before you really make up your mind make sure you read consumer reviews and product reviews. This will help you make your decision. After you research it is almost certain that the TX-P37X10 is the television you will end up looking to buy for your family. - 23806

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Reviews for the Panasonic TX-P37X10 at Panasonic TX-P37X10 and Panasonic TX-P37X10 Review

?The Types Of Lead Guitar Harmonics and How To Use Them

By Thomas Anderson

Natural Harmonic

The simplest harmonics to produce are probably "Natural Harmonics. The technique used is to play with an open string. You would pluck the string with the right hand with your pick as usual, and at the same time softly touch your left finger to the string at the proper point and then move out it immediately. Your left finger forces the string to stay still in that point, thus creating a node, while the rest of it resonates. The clarity the harmonic relies upon how speedily you remove your finger. The most significant thing about "Natural harmonics" is that where you place your left finger .This is so because it has to match the exact placement of the node of the harmonic series you want to produce.

In most cases you require to place your finger above the fret, not the gap in between them. You can acquire all the "harmonic" easily with a little practice except the 9th fret that is fairly difficult to get. The 12th fret is simplest and best lace to start.

Artificial Harmonic

"Natural harmonics" being produced on open strings have limited notes which we can easily create. While "Artificial harmonics" include one more step and give a lot more openings, although they are much difficult to play. However, the principle is simple - we have just to shorten the string by fretting it somewhere. For instance a 2nd harmonic although still consisting of 2 equal notes split in the middle would sound higher because we have shortened the string by fretting it.

It also signifies that we have to move the point that we create the node up by half the distance we have moved up the fret board (so that we are yet striking the accurate center of the part of the string that is free to move). Since we figure the positioning of the nodes as a division of the part of the string that is able to resonate, all of the nodes will be closer at hand, and will move on the string slightly. To actually perform the "harmonic", since your left hand is busy in fretting the string, you must place a finger from your right hand on the appropriate point, and use another finger on the same hand to actually pluck the string - this is not easy - fairly difficult to perform but with practice you can meet the task.

To produce "artificial harmonics", apply the exact same rules , simply remember that you have to adjust for the number you have moved up the neck.Entire complex tonal patterns can be played by practicing artificial harmonics , but if you are moving your fret hand up the string even to play successive notes, you also require to alter the place to match the "harmonic "you are producing.

Both the techniques mentioned above are equally at home on a classical or electric guitar. - 23806

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A Small Collection Of Quick Film Reviews To View

By Florine Russo

It wasn't that long ago that a trip to the corner video shop was the most convenient way to get a movie. You can now save a trip to the video store and download movies right off the internet. Let's look at what you might find to watch using a movie download site.

Law of the Lawless: An all star veteran cast is of chief interest here, with Robertson an ex-gunman turned law man. Cast includes Dale Robertson, Yvonne De Carlo, William Bendix, Bruce Cabot, Richard Arlen, and Kent Taylor. (88 minutes, 1964)

Meet The Spartans: This is an outrageous spoof of the epic movie 300. Wearing leather underwear and capes, 13 Spartans will take on the Persian army. The Spartans will have to battle the like of: Ghost Rider, Rocky, Paris Hilton, and many more.

Friday Night Lights: High school football in Dillon Texas is as big as anything gets. When Eric Taylor comes in to coach the Panthers, the expectations are high. This movie shows the intense pressure and huge hopes the town puts on its team.

Lawyer Man: Powell is aces in this entertaining drama as an ambitious attorney, with an eye for the chicks, who tangles with crooked congressmen. Blondell is his dependable, lovesick secretary. Powell even talks Yiddish in this one. Cast includes William Powell, Joan Blondell, Claire Dodd, Sheila Terry, Alan Dinehart, David Landau, Roscoe Karns, and Sterling Holloway. (72 minutes, 1932)

Belizaire the Cajun: Assante is well cast as a charismatic drug dealer in love with a Cajun woman who is the spouse of a prosperous Englishman. This is a choppy and somehow unsurprising drama in reference to the English prejudice and brutality toward the Cajuns in 19th century Louisiana. Cast includes Armand Assante, Gail Youngs, Michael Schoeffiing, Stephen McHattie, Can Patton, and Nancy Barrett. (100 minutes, 1986)

Good Guys Wear Black: Norris hops feet first through a windshield and proceeds to rearrange the face of bellman Backus, all in the name of nationwide security. Stupid political paranoia thriller passes time effortlessly enough. Cast includes Chuck Norris, Anne Archer, James Franciscus, Lloyd Haynes, Dana Andrews, and Jim Backus.(100 minutes, 1979)

XXX: Xander 'XXX''Cage has been brought in by NSA agent Gibbons to help him with an urgent matter. He must help the MSA bring down a Russian crime ring, or face jail time. Agent Gibbons needs an unknown person with incredible skill and talent to get inside the organization. Is XXX the right man for the job?

Rampage: Pregnant Long Island housewife, unable to deal with married life escapes her husband and picks up a simple minded football player on the street. Cast includes Michael Biehn, AIex McArthur, Robert Duvall, Marya Zimmet, Tom Aldredge, and Laurie Crewes. (97 minutes, 1992)

There's Something About Mary: Ted has had a crush on Mary since high school. A good friend convinces Ted to search Mary down. So Ted hires a private detective to locate Mary. This sets the stage for a fun comedy romance.

Remember, be creative and use phrases like "Movies Rentals". A change in the phrase will sometimes get a better result. You should punch in "Music Downloading Services" for another set of results. - 23806

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