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Added by Ryan Davis on Nov. 10, 2008

ORTHODONTICS ARE A SCAM
ORTHODONTICS ARE A SCAM
I am increasingly worried about you. About us. About people who share our passion for interactive entertainment. About someone whose enthusiasm for video games--and, more specifically, Gears of War--has reached the cataclysmic point where they're ready to invest $549.99 in a 20-pound life-size bust of a Locust Drone, like the one being offered by the folks over at Project TriForce. You know, something to spruce up the home a bit!

The whole video game preoccupation doesn't always foster the most socially approachable image, but is there really a classy place to put this snaggletoothed, acid-faced nightmare man? Nightstand? Freezer? Top of the toilet tank? Under the Christmas tree? Granted, I was completely despondent when I discovered I had just barely missed an eBay auction for a full-scale commercial replica of the WOPR for $1500, so perhaps I'd best just fold my hands neatly on my lap and keep my trap shut.

Filed under : Locust Horde

35 Comments

killdave
on Nov. 11, 2008
Ah yes the mother-in-law ...

Kraznor
on Nov. 11, 2008
"Snaggletoothed, acid-faced nightmare man". Indeed, this puts my five-headed Apocalypse Dragon to shame in terms of grotesquery.

Jeff
on Nov. 11, 2008
Man, if we had that WOPR right now, how awesome would we be? We would have the freshest office in the entire free world.

Kohe321
on Nov. 11, 2008
Your office is already the freshest in the entire free world, Jeff.

ahoodedfigure
on Nov. 11, 2008
I remember in my old science fiction magazines there were ads for some of the creepiest, most horrifying shit you could imagine.  I hated those ads so much I would deliberately avoid those pages once I knew where they were, so I didn't have to get nightmare fuel.  To put it diplomatically, there's always a market for folks who want to buy Melting Man.

I'm not sure there's any Gears of War thing I'd want on my mantle, 'cept maybe the games themselves.

Will
on Nov. 11, 2008
Daym thats crazy, the only two "life size" statues id want of the video game world would be the suited dude from Fallout 3 and the Zelda statue that was a one of the E3's and is in a store in Auckland, NZ.

jangofett88
on Nov. 11, 2008
Under somebody's bed.

MasterSplinter
on Nov. 11, 2008
Meh, I'd rather have a replica Luchadeer head.

punkxblaze
on Nov. 11, 2008
Agreeing with the statement of you already having the freshest office in the world, Jeff. I mean, it's got you guys, that makes it off the fresh-charts.

Giant bomb is the new freshmaker.

Alright, enough of that. Anyone seen the Lancer replica that costs like a grand?

JamesM
on Nov. 11, 2008
I hate to be pedantic,* but you mean "whose", not "who's". The latter is exclusively an abbreviation, whereas the former is possessive. YOU WILL NOT READ THIS SO I MIGHT AS WELL NOT HAVE BOTHERED. 

* I don't really.


EDIT: Thank you for pandering to my pointless criticism. Unless it was someone else who pointed out the error, in which case screw you guys and your stupid faces.

AdventChild
on Nov. 11, 2008
Can we please have some ORTHODONTICS ARE A SCAM merchandise?

Coldbrand
on Nov. 11, 2008
A bit Gears of War 2 obsessed are we Giant Bomb?

bjorno
on Nov. 11, 2008
I should buy one and put a master-chief helmet on it.

Death_Burnout
on Nov. 11, 2008
Man i'd so love to have that, and im not even a huge Gears fan

Endogene
on Nov. 11, 2008
here are the rest of the pictures of it.




TooWalrus
on Nov. 11, 2008
Mmmm.... $1500 Whopper...

Destroyeron
on Nov. 11, 2008
A giant LOL at Killdave.

Milkman
on Nov. 11, 2008
I'm not gonna lie here...That's pretty freaking cool.

ElectricHaggis
on Nov. 11, 2008
Ok, I won't buy it then.....jeez.

The_Icon
on Nov. 11, 2008
Wow.....


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