Jackpot. Even better than I've expected...
933807
My son won't take the shoes off, colors are bright and shoe is very well made. Price was great as well.
2226511
I purchased this software as an experiment to try out the Phantom games and the Phantom website.  I am absolutely delighted with both.  You have the chance to play on your own computer by yourself, or to sign into the Phantom website and play on line (from your own computer).  You can choose dream rewards (every slot addict's main dream), or real world rewards (and believe me, the hits are just like at a real casino).  The games are neat, the bonus rounds are fun.  You have to be patient to load the software and be aware that much like POGO or Ultimate Bet you will get booted every now and again.  But aside from that, I would recommend this software to anyone who loves slots and hates to lose "real" money.  Great fun and entertainment -- and very addictive...In addition this is just a piece of the Phantom Casino.  There are five different software products that hook together to form a main casino.  I bought High Roller, Las Vegas Experience, and Reel Deel Slots after I tried this one.  They all hook in together so you can move around the main casino and play poker, tournaments, games, etc.  It is really cool (and I'm 57, so I know cool!)
3445060
I played this game tonight for the first time, and I'm hooked. To say that this is just a matching game is to vastly undersell this game. Yes, it's about matching cards, but the cool think about matching them is that each set of cards can match several ways: you can rotate them and/or flip them to get them to match. Dots go with circles and you're all set.

Okay, so what's so cool about this game? Like all good games, it's 80% design and 10% gaming concept, and swish absolutely hits the mark in both ways. The design is elegant, simple, and modern, with the see-through cards feeling and looking great. Conceptually, this is a logic and memory game all the way. You need to be able to think spatially and visually to do well.

If you're played Gloom, you'll be familiar with the ways that clear-card games work: stacking the card makes a set in this game, thanks to the use of the transparency.

A note about game modifications: More than most games I'm familiar with, this game is very amenable to modifications. You can play it following the standard rules, for instance, which will have you forming a grid of cards and making matches in the grid. But inventive re-imaginings of this game abound in clever company. You can, for instance, deal everyone a hand and use the cards in your hand to match with a central set of 4, 5, or 6 cards. You can also play a challenge round, with everyone dealt the full deck and then each playing putting down a single card that he or she is challenging the others to match. If no match, the dealer gets the card. And the possibilities go on and on with this very open-ended set of cards.

Overall, this is a stunningly simple and lovely little card game. I really like it and can't wait to challenge our 10 year old with a few rounds.
560761
I've played Pit for, oh, probably about 30 years now, and recently introduced our youth group to it. They can't get enough of it, which is why I had to buy a new pack - they wore out the old one in a few weeks! This set is already getting worn (especially the Bear card!) but that's not a fault with the cards, just a fault with the game - it's too good! I'm not a huge fan of the switch from the old commodities (corn, flax, etc) to gold, silver, etc, but I must admit that the young people get a kick out of saying, "OK, who's got Gas?" and giggling... So it can't be all bad! This set was also a help to us because my original one only had 6 commodities and this has 8, so it gave us more room for more players. As an aside, you can play Pit with two decks of playing cards perfectly adequately, as we found, so that's an option for more players (up to 11 players, with, say, Queen and King as Bear and Bull respectively).
1920112
I Bought this a few week's ago, just for entertainment, it's worth the price for certain. I was getting closer to hitting, & then last week I hit (4) balls out of 6 in  in the sweet millions new york lottery..& the other 2 ball's were just a few digits away..Today I just hit (3) out of 6 sweet million's.. also hit's 2~3 ball's for the mega~million's & powerball.. there are several way's to work the program. You can also download the working demo to try B-4 You buy it..Surely will recommend to a friend or anyone..also with the demo version you can buy it for a month or two.. but the full versions the way to go for a few bucks more..;)
may 14th sweet million draw was..5-13-15-17-20-23...I had..13-15-17-23... right in a row..I was off on the#20 & 11 by a few digits ..I was so excited.. the prize was small but it was a great hit..fun program to play with
3378249
I bought this box one night while looking through old baseball cards and just wanting more to look through.  What I got was not at all what I expected.  I fully expected to find multiple doubles and just commons.  What I found were cards like a Tom Glavine RC, early 80's Reggie Jackson, Ozzie Smith and Tony Gwynn cards, plus other inserts and fun rookies that brought back wonderful memories of collecting.  They shipped the cards in three collector boxes inside of a USPS flat rate priority box (fast shipping) with balled up paper taking extra space.  The cards arrived in great shape.  If you are looking for a steal at $20 total, then you came to the right purchase.  Just on the surface, it appears that I have cards valued around $100 or more.  Beckett will probably back me on that.  I hope this helps everyone that is thinking about buying.
4025102
I bought these cards for my two children (ages 6 and 9) who asked for Pokemon cards for Christmas. I'm not totally up on all the lingo, but I'll do my best to explain what I got.

First, all the cards look new and unused.

I received 108 cards total. According to the product description, I was only expecting 100 cards, so of course I was thrilled to receive 8 extra. The 108 breaks down as follows:

- 1 Mew Promo card
- 6 Energy cards, each a different color
- 4 Trainer cards
- 5 Foils (That's what you call the shiny-looking cards, right?), consisting of 4 Stage 1 cards and 1 Basic card. Or, I guess it might be more important to note that the 5 included 3 rare (little star in the lower right-hand corner), 1 uncommon (little diamond in the lower right-hand corner), and 1 common (little circle in the lower right-hand corner).
- 7 100+ HP cards, consisting of 5 Stage 1 cards and 2 Basic cards. Or, 1 rare, 5 uncommon, and 1 common.
- 20 Stage 1 cards, consisting of 1 rare and 19 uncommon.
- 65 Basic cards, consisting of 4 uncommon and 61 common.

Among the 85 "regular" cards, I did get a handful of repeated characters, but they were not exact duplicates. That is, the character names were the same, but the pictures and the text on the cards were different. So, in that category, I got 2 each of the following characters (all are Basic and common except Palpitoad), but again, none of the cards were exact duplicates:

- Palpitoad (Stage 1, uncommon)
- Frillish
- Sandile
- Sneasel
- Swirlix
- Tympole
- Venipede

My kids haven't even learned to play the game yet, they just like collecting the cards. I can't wait for them to open these up on Christmas. I know they will love them!!
740094
Very good quality material I'm so impressed. don't judge  for the prize because you will gain a lot then the price... super impressed lucky me :)
3108481
When I first came across this book, I have to admit I was a skeptic. The lottery is random... so how can one possibly find an edge? On a lark, I decided to buy the book, if only for the entertainment value... but you know what? It really makes sense! The book helps you wade through the massive amount of data and find a pattern. I've even had a few small payouts. I am still waiting on that big jackpot, but this book has actually made the lottery feel more like chess than bingo!
4137221
I really did NOT think this would work. But, for the price, it was worth a shot to get rid of ALL those credit and loyalty cards in my wallet.  I have been amazed. EVERY time i use it at a store, the cashier will tell me... Oh, that won't work (when i put my phone next to card slot), i say... Oh, this isn't Apple pay, it is different, I'm going to give it a try and see if it works... And it does! They are amazed and say, WHAT is that? Always turns into a fun conversation and I've even had them write down the name, so they can get one!! I have the iPhone 6s and bought the case option... It adds weight to your phone, yes, but NOT as much as that big wallet with ALL those cars!! I also like that i can pull up the card i want to use on the app and press my screen to use it, all with one hand... It would be hard to do that without the integrated case. I've used gift cards that i never had with me when i needed them in the past.  I just can't say enough good things. The loading of my cards into the device wasn't fantastic...i had trouble getting some to read, but i alternated swiping down, like they show you, to swiping up from the bottom, and that seemed to work on some. Don't get discouraged with that part. I only have TWO stores it will not work... Both have really old equipment, maybe that is why? I also have not been able to get it to work when the reader is in the store register (where the cashier had to swipe, like a dept store). I don't know where the reader is on those and the swipe slot runs the whole length of the monitor... Could be i just am not getting my phone close to the reader? Honestly, it wasn't a big deal, because my credit card was visible for me to read to the cashier, she plugged in the numbers and we were good. Able to get my discount for using the "store" credit card.  I do always keep one real card with me... Just in case.  Since your credit card numbers ARE visible when you are in the app, think about security... You want to be able to easily wipe the data if you phone is lost or stolen... But doing an "erase phone" option thru Apple find my phone is going to be a LOT less time consuming than calling EVERY credit card company when your wallet is stolen! I love it!
531920
I thought these slots were pretty 'true to form' compared with the real casino machines. It only took me a couple evenings to 'unlock' the other slots and I've spent hours of fun playing these machines. Plus, unlike a casino and other than the initial cost of the game, you don't lose any money!
837906
I recently bought this book as the "daily deal"... only 99 cents and an intriguing story line, so I figured I didn't have much to lose. Well, as it turns out, I lost nothing and gained way more than I expected. This was the most interesting, spellbinding book I've read in ages. I can't remember the last time I didn't want to finish a book just because it was so good that I didn't want it to end. And now I can't wait to read the rest in the series. It's well written and funny, the characters are intriguing, and the world that she has created in the book completely comes alive. Definitely the best 99 cents I've spent in a long time, but I easily would've paid the list price or more for the entertainment that this book provided.
1489461
I'm not sure where all of the naysaying is coming from.  The fact is....this is a highly imaginative presentation of these movies, and when I picked it up from the post office this morning, it was more than I'd hoped for.  Consider it this way: The current Amazon price ($150) divided equally between the six movies values each movie at $25, hardly unreasonable for Blu-Ray, and especially considering three of them feature 3-D versions as well.  (I paid the $140 pre-sale price back in August, valuing the movies at $23 each from my own pocket).  That essentially makes absolutely everything else included entirely free:

1) The suitcase.  I honestly cannot fathom what people are referring to when they are reviewing this as being cheaply made.  It is more realistic than I would have expected, and the artificial circuitry inside it achieves maximum "cool factor."  The repeated complaints that the discs are hard to remove is laughable.  I'd barely opened the case when my 3-year-old daughter pulled Thor smoothly and effortlessly out.  And as for the clips and hinges being weak and fragile?  Again, it's been opened and closed several times today with no threat to their survival.

2)  The Tesseract.  I know there have been complaints about some of these not working, but I suspect that has less to do with the fact that it wasn't lighting up the way people expected and more to do with the fact that it doesn't give them magical powers.  These are the same unrealistic people who were expecting the briefcase to be metal.  Come on, people.  The fact is, even without the rapid-pulsing glow, just the constant glow underneath that lights up the whole inner parts of the briefcase (including the Tesseract) as well as the icon on the outside of the briefcase offers an awesome effect.

3)  The Artifacts.  Seriously, the degree of detail and imagination that went into the artificial memorabilia far exceeded my expectations.  I would have been satisfied with a couple of tongue-in-cheek character profiles.  These items go far beyond that.  I don't want to go into detail so as to allow people the same joyful ear-to-ear grin it gave me, but allow me to say that there was far more here both in quantity and quality than I ever hoped for.  I can't wait to study each item closely.

4) Bonus Disc.  I haven't even inserted this yet, let alone viewed it.  I have seen plenty of reviewers claim it wasn't nearly as much as they expected.  But remember that the $25 valuing of the movies doesn't include this disc.  Anything included on it is extra, and therefore FREE.  Stop complaining.

5) Digipak cardboard slipcases with new cover art.  Some may scoff at my including this as a feature, but truth be told, these very cool new illustrated art covers for the movies are a huge selling point to me.  Very classy move on this inclusion.

Of course then there is the simple fact that the movies themselves are fantastic.  So if you already own all six movies on Blu-Ray, is this worth it?  Very possibly not.  But no one ever claimed that the briefcase and enclosed items were worth $150, and I think that's what a lot of reviewers are forgetting.  The assumption here is that the people buying it probably own between zero and three of these movies (at least on Blu-Ray).  I myself only own Thor and Captain America.  I didn't mind the $40-$50 hit I took by purchasing these twice.  Someone who owns all six movies already (or I'd say at least four) will want to think seriously about the level to which they care about the extra goodies.

But is Amazon overpricing this for what it is and includes?  Absolutely not.
1719261
I've a Win-8 (64-bit) system, and the game installed without flaw and runs great.  I selected it mainly for the Enchanted Unicorn slot, but found the others every bit as entertaining.  There is a nice mix of multi-reel slots and 3 reel slots.  "Double Peppers".  "Double Diamonds".  "Roaming Rhino's".  "Elephant King". -- just to name a few.  The games play and sound just like the actual casino slots, along with ambient sounds of others in play around you.  You can select to play with actual casino pay, or high-pay which will increase your chances of winning.  All-in-all I found this to be quite entertaining and well worth the purchase.
2951190
It's tough to compete with the two best rated reviews of this game. After all, I agree with both of them. I'm going to give 5 stars, though and I'll explain why.

The game came under criticism of poor production quality. Yes, I got just a few cards with the backs slightly askew. I've thought about sending those few in and saying "fix this." I think the fix would it in a simple first-class envelope. Maybe I'll do it. Anyways, other than the hideous Boot and Tombstone tokens (geez.... get an artist to do it right... it'll take no more than an afternoon) the game addition seems fine.

 But here are my reasons for the 5 stars.

* Events. These are brilliant. They could have been packaged solo and would have added to every single preceding set of Dominion.

* More duration cards. This Seaside addition added planning to the game. It's good to have more. Hireling is too cheap, though. With cards like Smugglers the pile of Hireling cards is gone in 2-3 rounds. I would strongly encourage a house-rule to raise the cost of the Hirelings.

* Reserve Cards. This is as innovative as the duration cards. Clever in that you can be seduced to getting ones you don't need.

* Promotion cards. Also clever. You must have a plan from the start. I like this. Races to get Provinces I think remove a lot of strategy from the game. The cards that get promoted are fantastic in their own way. Part of me wants to do away with the Province card rule just so the Promotion cards have a greater chance to kick in.

* Related to the duration cards, there are cards that make it vital to watch what other players do. I have played the basic sets in ways that make it easy to wander off for a snack and not care what your opponents do until it's time to count victory points. I think the best feature of Adventures is adding cards that make the order of play important. So often players just wave a handful of treasures at their opponents and gain a card. Not with Adventures. Play the treasure cards; don't play others. It makes a difference. Don't just scoop up your played cards with the cards in your hand. What you move from play to discard is really different from what you dump from your hand. It's like the designers finally got around to making it a penalty to not follow the basic rules. For this reason alone, I applaud the creators and give 5 stars to the game.

I think the best thing I can say for Adventures  is that, when I brought my set to some experienced Dominion players, two begged off  saying the youngest player was flexible enough to adjust and they weren't. 'tards. One was older than me, one was younger. I beat the kid. He came in second. Dominion belongs to the clever. Don't wimp out. Adventures brings Dominion to the level of chess.
4696012
Even before I started writing reviews for Amazon, I was always a customer who made use of the review section. This was particularly true in regards to poker books because I assumed that the raters had the same goal, getting better, that I did. For this book, I read the insights of the two reviewers below, and made the call. My interest in studying Pot-Limit stems from playing the $10.00 table at a popular website. I wondered if there were some tips I could absorb which would give me an advantage over the other No Limit players at the PL table.

I have to say that I was taken aback when I first opened "How Good Is..." because it looked kind of like a workbook with check in boxes and little quizzes for each hand. Then I saw that the free CD actually was the download disk for Royal Vegas poker, which, in my mind, is an awful site. So, with some trepidation, I began to read this one, and must admit to being pleasantly surprised by the advice it contained. American readers should not be put off by the fact that some of the pot values are represented in English pounds because, you'll soon realize, that the exact amounts have little to do with the functionality of the instruction.

Stewart Reuben is a retired professional, and he definitely knows what he is talking about. He has a engaging personality and is an enjoyable narrator. Inside, he offers up 58 hands for analysis. Over the course of them, many mentions are made of his old poker pals and famous players like Jack Keller or Devilfish Ulliot. Personally, I did not take the quizzes as I went along but I read a couple of the hands twice after recognizing the way in which I mishandled similar scenarios at the table. Lastly, there's a chart on page 9 that shows hand rankings which was so good I forever marred my copy by tearing it out and placing it alongside my computer monitor as a guide.
4006542
I honestly did not know what to expect when I read this. My only experience with the game has been sitting with my daughter and watching YouTubers play it and get the mess scared out of them.
That being said, this book was much much better than I anticipated!  Maybe I set the bar too low, or maybe it really was just that good. There were a few little plot things that tripped me up, but it read just as good (if not better) than most other thrillers that I have read this year.
There is actually a backstory... and a plot... those are kind of awesome!