When Oscar Bown was five-years-old, he fell in love with a plumber. It's then, in 2004, that Oscar starting collecting memorabilia from Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. series. Six years later, he's literally buried under the stuff.
"Today his collection has over 1000 unique items collected from all over the world," says his dad, Mark.
He's not exaggerating, either. Oscar and his father recently posted a video on YouTube that's nearly five minutes long, and features some of the coolest Mario merchandise available. Oscar's favorites, his father tells us, are his Mario Kart 64 action figures. And like Scrooge McDuck basking in his riches, check our gallery to see Oscar under a massive pile of his Mario treasures.
@Magnalon I agree! It's Probably Not Even his collection...But That's just jealousy speaking...Still WTF! Im thinking about robing this kid :-} It Must Suck on moving days...
At least I have a Super Mario World cartridge....so HA! Still thats quite an unhealthy obsession for Mario stuff. Makes you wonder what this kid will be like once he grows up.
Jeez guys, give the kid a break. He has a huge passion for Mario, and just because he has all this stuff you're going to give him grief for it? What game franchise (or video game character) do you guys show that much support for?
I had one of those Mario "Choose Your Own Adventure" books when I was that age. I think mine was the red one (Dinosaur Dilemma). I thought it was the coolest book ever.
You've just reminded me how much I need to own all those books. I have a Mario one and a Zelda one hidden away somewhere in my room (Leaping Lizards and The Shadow Prince I think were their titles, I can't believe I remember them after all these years!) The worst part was seeing all the lovely colourful covers of other books they had in the backs of them, then never being able to find them in shops, anywhere. Ever.
Yeah. Imagine he decides he hates Mario when he goes to highschool. Mario is a timeless, ageless classic, but still. This is obsession. Whether his dad is showcasing his collectibles, or this kid is just spoiled rotten, someone has a serious problem in that household.
Judging by the kid's age, his father is actually the collector behind this using his son as an excuse. Even the YouTube video gives that amateurish but adult impression. You couldn't buy that stuff from around the world without a credit card.
Hmmm blearily obvious is Mario 1,2 & 3 and many more NES Marios, an essential omission. No emulator / re-release is acceptable. This collection is good but far from complete.
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Must be nice to be the kid whos parents bought them everything. I just hope the kid isn't spoiled rotten.
Nice collection in my opinion.
...rich people...
Geez, I thought kids that looked up to basketball players was bad.
You've just reminded me how much I need to own all those books. I have a Mario one and a Zelda one hidden away somewhere in my room (Leaping Lizards and The Shadow Prince I think were their titles, I can't believe I remember them after all these years!) The worst part was seeing all the lovely colourful covers of other books they had in the backs of them, then never being able to find them in shops, anywhere. Ever.
I'm not sure if I saw these, which I once wrote about in my D-Toid blog.
Guess he's not trying hard enough. Maybe next time, kid.
Yes I totally agree
Judging by the kid's age, his father is actually the collector behind this using his son as an excuse. Even the YouTube video gives that amateurish but adult impression. You couldn't buy that stuff from around the world without a credit card.
@ Ganjookie:
I have one of those too, but I didn't get it Japan. I forgot where I got it; I think a mall in Dallas, Texas. I drank it though. :D