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Somehow both amazing and useless: eBay auction for lot of Famicom Power Gloves
by Colette Bennett on 03.20.2008 33 comments

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

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]



Latest comment by Eschatos |view all 33 comments
Why 39 gloves?...





Aerox's Avatar
Aerox at 03/20/2008 13:08

Gloria Gelder approves of this auction!
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 03/20/2008 13:09

That auction is so bad!
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Cheeburga at 03/20/2008 13:10

I love the powerglove.
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Miguelcar808 at 03/20/2008 13:18

If some wons a retro gaming store than this auction is perfect.
Colette Bennett's Avatar
Colette Bennett at 03/20/2008 13:18

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Jaren Face at 03/20/2008 13:21

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.
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DaedHead8 at 03/20/2008 13:22

I totally want one. Just one though. Not 39. Just one.
qwerty's Avatar
qwerty at 03/20/2008 13:27

man, does anybody want to chip in with me? i'd be willing to rock this shit out if enough people want one and have some dough
Brilliam's Avatar
Brilliam at 03/20/2008 13:32

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.
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Snaileb at 03/20/2008 13:33

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
Butmac at 03/20/2008 13:38

I love the Powerglove. It's SO bad.
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AgentMOO at 03/20/2008 13:41

Somebody buy this for RFGO, now
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 03/20/2008 13:42

wow that's pretty funny, crazy shipping rates too!
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Hamza CTZ Aziz at 03/20/2008 13:47



NINJTENDO
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 03/20/2008 13:49

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHA

Ninja shark
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 03/20/2008 13:51

OH MY GOD Its Ninjtendo. Bring him back Hamza, BRING HIM BACK!!!!
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MechaMonkey at 03/20/2008 13:53

No glove, no love.
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BA Chieftain at 03/20/2008 14:12

Qwerty; find 37 other people in the next 24 hours, and I'll totally be in on that.
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power-glove at 03/20/2008 14:33

The amount of power that is contained in those boxes is too much for any one human being to handle.
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Cowboy TTop at 03/20/2008 15:18

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.
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No shutdown at 03/20/2008 15:45

[url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=MvIepwp260I]already done....[url]
No shutdown's Avatar
No shutdown at 03/20/2008 15:46

whoops i mean...
@cowboy ttop
already done....
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njsykora at 03/20/2008 16:10

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.
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Cube at 03/20/2008 16:44

I want one just to wear and live out my The wizard lucas fantasy's.


I love the power glove it's so bad.
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mistic at 03/20/2008 17:49

I'd love to get one of these for my collection, never had the chance to play with one...
HarassmentPanda's Avatar
HarassmentPanda at 03/20/2008 18:48

Sadly, the power glove was so bad. Also, scrotum poaching.
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Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain at 03/20/2008 18:50

!SCROTUM POACHING++
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 03/20/2008 18:55

DAMMIT CHIEFTUN! YOU BEAT ME >=O
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13thDragon at 03/20/2008 21:50

Now you're playing with POWER!!!
Walfisch's Avatar
Walfisch at 03/20/2008 23:09

With those, I could FEEL the games. Maybe then, I'd cry over losing a character. Or hug a character inappropriately. Creepy much?
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GENACON at 03/21/2008 03:48

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.
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Batthink at 03/23/2008 10:44

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.
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Eschatos at 03/23/2008 18:55

Why 39 gloves?

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