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Somehow both amazing and useless: eBay auction for lot of Famicom Power Gloves photo

What's better than a cool looking but ultimately useless vintage NES peripheral? Why, a large quantity of them, of course. That's the theory from Ebay user andyarcade, who currently has an auction up for 39 Famicom Power Gloves mint in the boxes. How he has that many mint is anyone's guess, but I'm going to wager it has something to do with theft, drug use and scrotum poaching.

The current bid is about $83 and it ends on March 22nd. Be warned, in case you do have an hankering to own this nutbag collection and you reside in the US -- the shipping is $356 AU, which comes out to about $320 bucks for you. NOT cheap. Then again, if you're the kind of guy that is frantically searching for a mass quantity of Famicom Power Gloves, somehow I would think money is no object.

[Via GoNintendo --Thanks, Jonathan]


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Aerox's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:08
Aerox
Gloria Gelder approves of this auction!
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:09
AgentMOO
That auction is so bad!
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:10
Cheeburga
I love the powerglove.
Miguelcar808's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:18
Miguelcar808
If some wons a retro gaming store than this auction is perfect.
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:18
Colette Bennett
Jaren Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:21
Jaren Face
What else can I say other than "I love the Powerglove" and "It's so bad".

I sort of want whoever wins this to start wearing them in public and start some sort of crazy fashion craze. That would make me smile.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:22
DaedHead8
I totally want one. Just one though. Not 39. Just one.
Brilliam's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:32
Brilliam
Dear Dtoid,

Please win this and make the next contest something like "39 worst haircuts = a free power glove!"

I will get a perm for that shit. I will be your Lucas.
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:33
Snaileb
Damn! That's alot of useless crap. Love the post.. good find too. It's definitely a 9 on my WTF meter.
Butmac's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:38
Butmac
I love the Powerglove. It's SO bad.
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:41
AgentMOO
Somebody buy this for RFGO, now
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:42
Holyetheline
wow that's pretty funny, crazy shipping rates too!
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:47
Hamza CTZ Aziz


NINJTENDO
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:49
Snaileb
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHA

Ninja shark
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:51
king3vbo
OH MY GOD Its Ninjtendo. Bring him back Hamza, BRING HIM BACK!!!!
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 13:53
MechaMonkey
No glove, no love.
BA Chieftain's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 14:12
BA Chieftain
Qwerty; find 37 other people in the next 24 hours, and I'll totally be in on that.
power-glove's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 14:33
power-glove
The amount of power that is contained in those boxes is too much for any one human being to handle.
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 15:18
Cowboy TTop
Oh my god, a piece of gaming history. Feel the power of the glove.

It will only be a matter of time, before some talented homebrewer, rigs one of these working up to a Wii. I'd love to see a video of that.
No shutdown's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 15:45
No shutdown
[url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=MvIepwp260I]already done....[url]
No shutdown's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 15:46
No shutdown
whoops i mean...
@cowboy ttop
already done....
njsykora's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 16:10
njsykora
What the hell people, it took 5 comments for a picture of Lucas to show up. Next time a Power Glove story appears I want Lucas in the first 3.
Cube's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 16:44
Cube
I want one just to wear and live out my The wizard lucas fantasy's.


I love the power glove it's so bad.
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 17:49
mistic
I'd love to get one of these for my collection, never had the chance to play with one...
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 18:48
HarassmentPanda
Sadly, the power glove was so bad. Also, scrotum poaching.
Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 18:50
Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain
!SCROTUM POACHING++
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 18:55
Wedge
DAMMIT CHIEFTUN! YOU BEAT ME >=O
13thDragon's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 21:50
13thDragon
Now you're playing with POWER!!!
Walfisch's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 23:09
Walfisch
With those, I could FEEL the games. Maybe then, I'd cry over losing a character. Or hug a character inappropriately. Creepy much?
GENACON's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/21/2008 03:48
GENACON
I'm just crazy enough to bid on this lot.

I have AU $356.00 burning a hole in my pocket, Plus i actually live in australia.

I'm going to bid $100.12.

:D

Remember crazy...


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Meh, screw it.
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/23/2008 10:44
Batthink
Buy one for one hand, and then the other 38 in case you mess up trying to convert one to fit onto the other hand.

People would look better with a pair of gloves.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/23/2008 18:55
Eschatos
Why 39 gloves?
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