Kotaku
Most of the time, the world gets the best of us. Where we should stand up to social norms, we quietly sit down, assimilate and eat our honey-baked ham and pretend to like to wear festive sweaters with snowflake detailing. Don't let the guilt of lame tradition get you down this holiday season. Bust out a pair of these RETRO JOY Atari candlestick holders at your next meal.
...and then be surprised as your grandma confesses her Atari 2600 addiction and tells tales of missing phone calls and visits from friends and neighbors because she couldn't pause Pac-Man. Each will run you a hefty $100, but if they were any less, everyone would own them.
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100 bucks for something I could probably make for ten. Fat chance!
They're nucking futs if they think anybody but Ben Heck will pay $100 for these.......and he's just going to turn it into a real Atari controller.
You could get an actual atari controler that doesnt work on ebay for 2 dollars and then break off the joystick and paint the whole thing white and save yourself 98 dollars.
hahahaha, $100 dls???... guess some people really think game geeks are made of gold!!!
Love it... want it...not for $100 though:(
@givetozim!:
What he said.
Who would pay for this crappy thing? I mean, it just looks ugly... and costs alot.
@ballaboy311: I'd leave it black, it would probably look cooler. That's a really good idea, by the way.
I'll give them $4.99. Tops.
When the electricity goes out during a winter storm, I could play video games by candle light...
Kidding aside, I think they are neat, but if they cost more than free, I ain't havin' 'em.
@ballaboy311: This fellow is a thinker. I may just do what you suggested.
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Really crappy controller,and a very sloppy job for 100$
$100, ouch.
Looks kinda shoddy craftmanship too. Good idea though.
@ballaboy311: AND you should get a black candle, plug it in to your 2600, invite a pal over, and see if he notices when you fire up Air-sea Battle!
I'm really at a loss as to why it would cost that much. It doesn't look to be made of any precious metal and as others have mentioned anybody with access to a kiln or a yard sale could make this at a tenth of the cost. What were they smoking when they priced this thing?
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