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a couple of lucky people will nab these custom beatles xbox 360s [beatles rock band]

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…and you will probably not be one of them, unless you are rich (or lucky… or, okay, rich).

How does $3500 sound for the price of a swanky 360? Sure, it’s a little high (and will probably go higher), but just look! If you feel like dropping thousands of bones on Ebay, you might be…

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September 9th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: just plain fun video games

$15,000 1989 collector’s item legend of zelda… plate. as in the one you put food on.

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Millions of people around the world are starving, and will probably kill themselves for food. Wait that doesn’t make sense. You know what else doesn’t make sense? That someone out there thinks he can charge $15,000 (USD) for a plastic plate. Actually I’m not sure if it’s really plastic, it could be ceramic but whatevs.…

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September 2nd, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft retro strange + wonderful video games

colorware brings the black macbook back, but it’s gonna cost you

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When it comes to their laptops, Apple has a bit of a sadistic side, adding neat features only to take them away soon after. For example, the Firewire port was a staple of the polycarbonate Macbooks, and then it was removed from the first Unibody 13.3″ Macbooks, only to be returned in the new 13.3″…

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July 6th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing design hacks + mods mobile tech technology

kojima-signed gunmetal gray ps3 on ebay: won’t be there for long that’s for sure

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It’s a sad day for seller/mgs fan/sad person ids3remix, as he put up his limited edition gunmetal gray 40 GB Playstation 3 for sale on eBay. I think he really needs the money, stat, or else he wouldn’t be selling his beloved console. For those who don’t know, Sony made only 9000 of the gunmetal…

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June 10th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: home entertainment media players technology video games

romain jerome steampunk watch with “titanic dna”: rust is the new diamond

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Luxury watch makers Romain Jerome have an array of limited edition timepieces that possesses what they call “Titanic DNA.” The term refers to the fact that the watches have bezels made from “authentic steel from the wreck [of the Titanic] lying 3,840 meters under the sea, and steel supplied by the Harland & Wolff shipyards…

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May 28th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design gadgets retro strange + wonderful technology timepieces

can your psp do this?: donkey kong hockey game & watch has two-player action

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The ancestor of portable gaming systems is Nintendo’s Game & Watch series. And if we’re going to believe its Wikipedia entry, the “spiritual” ancestor of Game & Watch games is an LCD calculator. Portable gaming sure has come a long way since the ancient 1980s, but there are some things from its past that have…

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April 23rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: just plain fun mobile tech retro video games

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

some really, really rare atari 2600 games

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Flickr member Redbeard Math Pirate came across this collection of extremely hard to find Atari 2600 games. See if you can recognize any of them:

For some reason I can’t any find these in my closet between my copies of Pitfall and Adventure. I swear I nearly wore out my paddle controllers playing Zardoz. There’s nothing…

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February 28th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun quickpix retro video games

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

amazingly preserved hewlett-packard hp01 led calculator watch hits ebay, offers rare glimpse into geek history

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One of the rarest bits of gadget history you can find, this beautiful specimen of the highly collectible Hewlett-Packard HP01 LED calculator watch is available for auction over on eBay. There’s just over 2 hours left in the auction so if you want to get your geek on, you’d better get your bids in fast!…

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February 16th, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design quickpix retro timepieces

rare space invaders watches turn up in japan

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This highly-collectible Space Invaders LED watch came out a couple of years back in Japan, but I certainly could never find a place to buy one. Until now.

I was hunting around looking for something entirely different when I spotted these limited-edition Invaders’ watches over at Japan’s ebten for ¥18,690 (appx. $207 USD).

The watch features an…

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January 30th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys retro timepieces video games

rare r2-d2 fridge for sale: one cool droid

I was surfing around in search of this desktop R2-D2 mini USB can fridge that I recently read about, when I happened upon something much, much cooler than that cooler.

Turns out that this awesome R2-D2 compact refrigerator was apparently made back in 2002 as a promotional prize for an Attack of the Clones contest held…

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August 27th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: retro strange + wonderful

super mario rains down real coins

Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land

Usually when I think of Mario’s primary currency, I think of those little gold coins (and maybe some power-packed ’shrooms). So I was pleasantly surprised to see this arcade machine from Japan in which Mario pays out with real coins.

This ultra-rare Capcom Super Mario Fushigi no Janjanland machine by was recently photographed by Flickr…

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December 6th, 2007 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: strange + wonderful video games

rare nintendo game hits auction block

Nintendo World Championships 1990 Cartridge

Looking for a chance to own one of the rarest video game collectibles of all time? Got $12,000 to spare? Then head on over to this auction on eBay and hit “Buy it Now!” to grab this extraordinarily rare 1990 Nintendo World Championship NES cartridge.

The cart is one of only 116 ever produced and…

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November 23rd, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: video games

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