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]
Reader Comments (33)
Posted: Mar 21st 2008 5:31AM BananaBoat said
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)
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WITH OUR MONAYS COMBINED WE ARE CAPTAIN PLANET!!! (I mean bidder number 5)
Posted: Mar 21st 2008 1:48AM (Unverified) said
Modify it to work with the wii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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It would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Posted: Mar 21st 2008 1:50AM (Unverified) said
Posted: Mar 21st 2008 2:03AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
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.
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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.
Posted: Mar 21st 2008 2:04AM (Unverified) said
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
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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
Posted: Mar 21st 2008 2:23AM Morisato13 said
I like the mario NES shirt... You can tell someone you need to get blown.
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Posted: Mar 21st 2008 4:50PM Colonel Falafel said
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.
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Seriously, negative points for shopping there...
And then, the shirts are both 2XL.... I don't think I have to say anything for that.
Posted: Mar 21st 2008 2:29AM (Unverified) said
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.
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Posted: Mar 21st 2008 7:14AM (Unverified) said
One octopus might have made a donation to a takoyaki stand.
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Posted: Mar 21st 2008 7:23AM greyseal said
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/
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/octopus.uk/
Posted: Mar 21st 2008 10:41AM Burritoclock said
I almost bid, but that shipping cost is crazy, damnit I might do it anyway!
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Posted: Mar 22nd 2008 8:16AM (Unverified) said
That would be perfect for my 39-men-nintendo-themed-circlejerk sessions.
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