39 sealed Power Gloves, a great gift for nearly 5 octopi

by Kyle Orland { Mar 21st 2008 at 1:30AM }

All right, here's the situation: You're staging an NES-themed musical (off-Broadway) and the big finale requires a shiny, new Power Glove for all 40 members of the chorus line. You already have access to one unopened Glove that your grandmother gave you as a present in 1995 (way after it was a hot-ticket item), but you need the other 39 before the end of the month or the opening night of your show will be ruined!

This is the only situation that we could think of to justify anyone bidding on the lot of 39 sealed, Japanese Power Gloves that recently showed up as a bulk lot on eBay. Apparently we're not imaginative enough, though, because the Australia-based auction already has four bids with a high offer of AU$90.88 (not including the hundreds of dollars in shipping costs). Maybe we're just not "bad" enough to realize the economic and cultural potential of owning what is most likely the world's largest collection of sealed Power Gloves in one place. So we leave it as an open question to our commenters: What would you do with 39 Power Gloves?

[Via GameSniped]

Tags: auction, ebay, famicom, NES, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, NintendoEntertainmentSystem, power glove, PowerGlove

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Grant @ Mar 21st 2008 1:33AM

i think i better question is what wouldn't you do with 39 power gloves?
best Halloween costume ever?
i think so.

Sam @ Mar 21st 2008 11:39AM

Stop it. I. Can't. Quit. Laughing.

Fernando Rocker @ Mar 21st 2008 1:33AM

I want one =(

Really.

Chris @ Mar 21st 2008 1:40AM

You wanna go halvsies?

Really.

xeleion @ Mar 21st 2008 2:35AM

I'll go thirdsies. ^^

BananaBoat @ Mar 21st 2008 5:31AM

fourthzies. Mom sold mine at a garage sale in 1997 for like a dollar.

WITH OUR MONAYS COMBINED WE ARE CAPTAIN PLANET!!! (I mean bidder number 5)

geishroy @ Mar 21st 2008 1:34AM

probably bury them with ET

Senator Dracula @ Mar 21st 2008 1:41AM

I would challenge 39 R.O.B.s to 39 duels.

Leonidas @ Mar 21st 2008 1:44AM

Kill myself for even wanting one.

Nick Ritch @ Mar 21st 2008 1:48AM

Modify it to work with the wii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Nick Ritch @ Mar 21st 2008 1:50AM

http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/10/power-glove-mod-merges-with-wii-mote/

Neowyrm @ Mar 21st 2008 1:48AM

Play 39 NES games. Simultaneously.

Chris @ Mar 21st 2008 1:53AM

It's only about $10 each including shipping for them right now...

Must. Resist. Temptation.

BPM X: Soul Eraser [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186] @ Mar 21st 2008 2:03AM

Do. Want.

I've been looking into getting a second Power Glove to gut and use as a clothing item. :D

But... I'd rather the American Mattel one... Oh, well.

Fernando Rocker @ Mar 21st 2008 2:04AM

By the way... I was in the mall this morning... There's a sale right now... I bought a Nintendo wallet, with chain, at $10 and one t-shirt with the cover of Super Mario for the NES and a shirt with the Wii Remote.

But in the store are cheaper... the prices in the links are lower (except the Wii remote t-shirt, I pay half of that, with the promotion 50% off when you buy another).

http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/product.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302028546&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442158889&bmUID=1206079326142

http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/product.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302028382&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442174753&bmUID=1206079273285

http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/product.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302028404&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442174759&bmUID=1206079276186

Fernando Rocker @ Mar 21st 2008 2:06AM

I paid $30 for all this three items =p

Morisato @ Mar 21st 2008 2:23AM

I like the mario NES shirt... You can tell someone you need to get blown.

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 21st 2008 3:15AM

That chain fails for not having a Chomp on it.

Dave @ Mar 21st 2008 9:22AM

Hot Topic is not punk rock.

Thatoneguy64 @ Mar 21st 2008 4:50PM

First I'd just like to point out that it's fail for Hot Topic.

Seriously, negative points for shopping there...

And then, the shirts are both 2XL.... I don't think I have to say anything for that.

pointyendofthestick @ Mar 21st 2008 2:29AM

Wow, that's enough to outfit a whole group of Michael Jackson-esque nerds. Maybe you could modify one to control some sort of doomsday satellite...oh no, wait, Bond already did it. I hear it works with Brawl though.

markhill66 @ Mar 21st 2008 2:30AM

"I love the Power Glove. It's so bad."

Keiichi @ Mar 21st 2008 7:14AM

One octopus might have made a donation to a takoyaki stand.

Greyseal @ Mar 21st 2008 7:23AM

Add this guy to the list... you can cover all 5 octopi, and still have one glove left over for yourself!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/octopus.uk/