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The Lord of the Nelsonic Zelda Watches and Fixing A Bad Polarizer

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When I was a kid, I desperately wanted a Nelsonic Zelda watch, but my parents were always reluctant to shell out money for toys and even if that had not been a hindrance the only ones I could ever seem to find at the store were the white or blue or pink ones.  Everyone knows the black ones are the only cool ones. Over the years as the memory has cropped up I've occasionally checked Ebay and while there are always watches to be had, they're usually the non-black colors or else priced way too high to seem reasonable.  These things originally retailed for $20.  I kept telling myself eventually I'd find one cheaper somewhere.  Well over the years the price has crept up and not down.  Against my better judgement I decided to go ahead and buy one at the egregious price - I consoled myself with the fact that the images on the listing made the watch and the box look perfect. Well, what I received was definitely not the item pictured in the listing.  The listing showed a brand new u