The provided pictures are clearly Photoshopped, unless what we thought was a chrome stand is actually printed with a close-up picture of a couch. Furthermore, the Wiimote pictured is an old prototype with "x" and "y" buttons and no speaker. Also, troublingly, the name of the promoted game is incorrectly written as Unleash the Force. We think we'd need a little more reassurance before we dropped $15,000 on this system.
Oh, did we mention that it's fifteen thousand dollars? Because it is. Fifteen thousand dollars.
[Via GameSniped]
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12-09-2007 @ 3:52PM
S.K. said...
wow, i'd trade my plain, white, boring wii for that!
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12-09-2007 @ 5:04PM
Robert Piangozza said...
I can make one for for half price for ya ;-) But seriously if you want a Skin like that just grab a Darth Vader picture and go to mytego. That's what I did with the Mario galaxy backgrounds you find on the web and I made a sweet skin out of it on their website. $30 only! But Looks like $15,000!! :-D
12-09-2007 @ 6:10PM
Anticrawl said...
Careful, it isn't intirely legal to print and sell skins that aren't properly licensed. While I'm sure it's great I wouldn't go around saying that's what you did or one day that site will omniously dissapear.
12-09-2007 @ 4:27PM
Jeremy said...
Yeah this has fake written all over it. Even the Vader face on the side is an obvious image pasted on the side. They did nothing but take prototype images of the Wii when it was black and touched it up. I doubt anyone even puts up that kind of money for this item.
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12-09-2007 @ 4:54PM
nicr said...
LOL Funny you guys put this up, I just reported this yesterday to ebay, Lucasarts, and Nintendo for possible fraud!
:-D
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12-09-2007 @ 5:04PM
S.K. said...
who cares if its fake? it would still look cool in your room
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12-09-2007 @ 5:05PM
S.K. said...
but not for 15k i might add
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12-09-2007 @ 5:22PM
Patius said...
Unless he is in china
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12-09-2007 @ 5:22PM
Patius said...
I really feel for the sucker who buys it. And hope the guy selling it gets arrested for fraud.
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12-09-2007 @ 5:28PM
Jonas said...
i second the arrest!!
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12-09-2007 @ 5:33PM
Good_Bytes said...
If you go on the e-bay webpage you can see that the Wii-mote is actually a bit different then the normal Wii one.. look closelly.
It would be ugly with a white numchuck attached to it, thus :(
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12-09-2007 @ 6:15PM
Anticrawl said...
If anyone wants a Darth Vadar Wii for less than 15k one of my buddies has the equipment to give stuff that nice enamel coating finish. Just paint on the graphic, coat the Wii black and give it a nice glossy enamel finish and it comes out looking stock. Plus modding the light to be red is easy as pie.
Hrm.. actually I think I may have just thought of a way to make some extra money. Buy some used Wii's from my personal source at 120 dollars a piece, customize them, and sell em on ebay.
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12-09-2007 @ 6:17PM
Anticrawl said...
Better yet I'll buy up replacement shells, customize them, add in a mod kit for the light and the proper tools and sell that.
12-09-2007 @ 7:40PM
JKAntwon said...
Although it looks sweet, Its totally fake. the x and y button is hilarious!
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12-09-2007 @ 10:17PM
hvnlysoldr said...
Emperor: Hey Vader! What's the price of the Death Star?
Vader: IT"S OVER NINE THOUSAND!!
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12-10-2007 @ 12:20AM
Shawn Osborne said...
wow 15k lol I got my launch day Wii for free from my friends for christmas lol
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12-10-2007 @ 1:12AM
pascaloux said...
From Go Nintendo...
Fake.
Notice the couch reflection on the stand in both pictures.
http://www.decalgirl.com/browse.cfm/4,6555.htm
And the black Wii.
http://www.xecuter.com.au/images/wii_case_black.jpg
Credits go to ppl on Engadget for the find.
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12-10-2007 @ 9:00AM
Marcus Albers said...
That chrome case mod there is sweet, though!
Oh, and the auction was ended early by the seller. Go fig!
12-10-2007 @ 5:27PM
Patius said...
That is such a scam.
Feel sorry for the sucker who tries and buys it. And I hope that they arrest the guy trying to sell it on fraud.
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