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10-14-2011, 03:10 PM
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Wandering through the floor of New York Comic-Con this afternoon, I had to stop and gawk at the neatly crafted R2-D2 and R2-Q5 statuettes adorning the table of Major League Mods (http://www.mlmod.com) because, well, I'm a sucker for astromechs (http://www.gamespite.net/verbalspew2/2007/10/25/astromechboy/). But then I noticed the miniature robots had game controllers in front of them. Then I realized that they are, in fact, functional game systems: Artoo is an Xbox 360, while his darker counterpart is, naturally, a PlayStation 3. Not only that, but in a nod of the hat to the movies that inspired these amazing frivolities, Artoo's projector (with which he beamed Princess Leia's holographic distress signal) is, in fact, a real-life projector.
I thought I was in love with Microsoft's limited edition Xbox 360 bundle (http://www.evilavatar.com/news/star-wars-xbox-36-console-fans-drooling-opening-wallets) for Star Wars Kinect (http://www.evilavatar.com/games/xbox360/kinect-star-wars), but now I'm not so sure. On the other hand, these custom mods are priced according to their ability to inspire awe, coming in at a cool $1200. Expensive, sure; but to be fair, their creator (Major League Mods owner Mark Bongo) builds each one to order. He also does randomly awesome other mods, like a 2.1 stereo speaker system built into a glossy Death Star, and an Xbox 360 slim model customized to look like Iron Man's convertible briefcase armor.
More... (http://www.1up.com/news/nycc-suddenly-star-wars-kinect-less-cool)
Wandering through the floor of New York Comic-Con this afternoon, I had to stop and gawk at the neatly crafted R2-D2 and R2-Q5 statuettes adorning the table of Major League Mods (http://www.mlmod.com) because, well, I'm a sucker for astromechs (http://www.gamespite.net/verbalspew2/2007/10/25/astromechboy/). But then I noticed the miniature robots had game controllers in front of them. Then I realized that they are, in fact, functional game systems: Artoo is an Xbox 360, while his darker counterpart is, naturally, a PlayStation 3. Not only that, but in a nod of the hat to the movies that inspired these amazing frivolities, Artoo's projector (with which he beamed Princess Leia's holographic distress signal) is, in fact, a real-life projector.
I thought I was in love with Microsoft's limited edition Xbox 360 bundle (http://www.evilavatar.com/news/star-wars-xbox-36-console-fans-drooling-opening-wallets) for Star Wars Kinect (http://www.evilavatar.com/games/xbox360/kinect-star-wars), but now I'm not so sure. On the other hand, these custom mods are priced according to their ability to inspire awe, coming in at a cool $1200. Expensive, sure; but to be fair, their creator (Major League Mods owner Mark Bongo) builds each one to order. He also does randomly awesome other mods, like a 2.1 stereo speaker system built into a glossy Death Star, and an Xbox 360 slim model customized to look like Iron Man's convertible briefcase armor.
More... (http://www.1up.com/news/nycc-suddenly-star-wars-kinect-less-cool)