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To: Marc Newman who wrote (9145)	3/6/1998 5:28:00 AM
From: Eric Yang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213173

"Hey, who was that anonymous person who wrote in to Macintouch about frustrations in ordering Spartacus from the Apple Store? Could it be one of our most esteemed (I think you mean infamous) posters?" Marc, it was suppose to be _anonymous_. I was just blowing off some steam to Ric. I didn't think the letter would be published. Since I've been whining about the whole thing for so long I guess it wasn't hard to figure out it was me. Anyway, Spartacus arrived yesterday afternoon. As I expected, all my frustration with placing the order vanished the minute Spartacus arrived. All hail Spartacus... This sculpture is everything I had imagined it would be and much more. The attention to detail is mind boggling. There are quite a few little cool things that were never mentioned in magazine reviews. It looks like Apple spent a fortune creating applications and QuickTime movies that introduce users to the Spartacus. They really should put one of these in every CompUSA...next to a G3 playing a QT of the "snail ad". Knowing what I know now, I'd easily pay a couple thousand more for it. Imagine withdrawing money from the bank and the teller miscounted and gave you an extra $100 bill...well, that's what I feel like right now. This is the best investment I have ever made. As I understand it, only 10,000 Spartacus were produced. I'd like to write a short piece about Spartacus and post some pictures but it looks like I won't be able to do that anytime soon. I'm preparing for a 2 week trip to Taiwan where I'll be visiting my parents. It's 2:30am PST. I'm going to play around with the new toy and take a short nap before the market opens. Good luck to all today. Eric