I got my order in for one today. I can definitely say I cried with glee upon receiving my notice to be able to order it early. :D

No, I wouldn't pay $50 for it. If the cart worked, it'd be a different story...

darkair: I'm assuming you made that yourself. I'm totally down with that! Mind sharing the files you used to print that out?

Wow, I thought a copy of the game was on that disc that I would be able to keep in the future. As much as I love the packaging, $50 for a box and disc full of garbage isn't worth it.

It's 50 bucks because theres only 200 of them being made.

No i would not. I am mad at Megaman right now.

Also: yes, I am aware of dzhdiv's ulterior motives, and he is not actually among the living.

Its fifty bucks because, no doubt, their marketing/sales dicks told them that they could soak hardcore fans for that much on a large enough scale to turn a tidy profit.

And the marketing dicks were probably right. My gut feeling (and it is only that) is that say of all the people who would pay $20 or $30 dollars for the limited edition kit, 80% of that group would go as has as $50. I mean its a very niche appeal item, I don't think there is really a huge group they're turning off who would seriously buy this for $25 but wouldn't go as high as $50. They'll probably pocket more this way, I wouldn't doubt it.

They don't need to justify $50 because its a foolish/awesome limited edition gimmick that cost them $5 bucks to make (if that). If they charged $9 for a $5 product, they might have to justify it, but at this rate, its a blatant "So you like retro huh?" gouge, and I don't think they make any attempt to veil that.

Also, I'm surprised that anybody thought this would be a functional NES cart - didn't earliar picks show the grey shell cracked open with the disc inside?

For the record, I would not pay $50 dollars for it, for one thing, among many, I don't need any more collectable-style clutter, I'm trying to tidy up. I'm not hardcore against superfluous items and tchotchkes, its just I have enough stuff like this filling shelf-space that I would be hard pressed to open my wallet for anything else at the moment.

But, I do agree that it is a brilliant looking piece of work, and I commend anybody who does buy it for their good taste in over-priced knickknacks.

Its a very cool premium item for a very cool game. Whoever it was at Capcom that got this whole ball rolling should be put in charge.

For as cool as it is, it is not worth 50 dollars. Not cool Capcom.

@King3vbo:

Try using hornet chaser, worked for me. I know that doesn't make any sense, using hornets to attack someone underwater...

And: What Merry Ho said.

i would pay if i cared more