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Real-Life 40-Year-Old Virgin Selling $35k Worth of Star Wars Action Figures on eBay

If you thought The 40 Year Old Virgin was just a hilarious movie with no basis in reality, get a load of this: it’s an eBay auction for $34,500 worth of Star Wars action figures. Why get rid of what’s clearly the product of a lifetime worth of being a creepy shut in? Well, “THIS…

Xbox 360 Plushie Version 2 For Sale

Deviantart Artist Kickass-peanut just made version 2 of the Xbox 360 plushie, this time with a wireless controller and a built-in hard drive! You like it? You can actually bid for it on eBay, with the starting price of 35£ ($70). From the looks of it it’s quite large, so you’ll be able to use…

Optimus Prime Gets Real on eBay, Fanboys Get Wet

How is it possible to be as kick-ass as a real living superhero without actually being one? There is only one answer to this; owning/driving an Optimus Prime Peterbilt 1:1 Scale Replica, which is now on auction over at eBay. Check out the gallery below. Unless you have serious cash burning a hole in your…

Working Airwolf Helmet On Ebay: Demand Is Through the Roof

Remember Airwolf? Probably not. However, there are probably tens, if not dozens of Airwolf fans out there—and any one of them would love to get their hands on one of these 26 fully functional helmet replicas up for sale on Ebay. Each helmet features a functional LED targeting bar, speed visor, electronic switches, and battery-powered…

Bicycle for Two Seats Riders Next to Each Other

Bicycles built for two seem like they’d be romantic, but how do you decide who gets to sit in front? It’s clearly the better position, as you get a view of the open road rather than of your bikemate’s sweaty back. That’s why this strange mutant two-person bike makes sense… sort of. I mean, it…

Beethoven’s Hair Turned Into Diamond for Sale on eBay

Some crazy ghouls have figured out a macabre marketing concept that they hope rich people with more money than brains will snap up, taking 10 strands of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair and somehow turning them into a trio of half-carat fake diamonds. They extracted the carbon from the composer’s hair, exposed it to temperatures approximating…

Perfect Spartan Master Chief Suit for Sale on eBay

I. Want. This. I want to stomp down Fifth Avenue in it. I want to dance on the subway. I want to hitch-hike to California. And most importantly, I want to do a striptease out of this Master Chief Suit. Gizmodians, I will do this for you on video if you buy me this. I’m…

Complete NeXTcube System for Sale on eBay

Complete NeXTcube system on eBay: $780 w/ S&H (and climbing). Owning a rare* artifact of Steve Jobs’ failures: priceless. Sounds like a Dealzmodo to us. [eBay via CrunchGear] *The system, not his failures.

Buck Rogers Gun, Sold on Ebay

A pistol from the late ’70s TV show Buck Rogers just fetched $2,750 on eBay. Twelve inches in length, the gun features a microswitch to light up the clear tip. My initial impression: Damn, this thing is cheap-looking. And then I remembered a trip to the Star Trek museum in Vegas, and how cheap phasers…

Remember that limited edition Simpsons Xbox 360 Microsoft was giving out as prizes? You can buy them on eBay. Current price: $2550. [eBay via TVSquad] https://gizmodo.com/limited-edition-colorware-xbox-360-commissioned-for-sim-259405

Second Rotation Buys Your Old Gadgets

If you want to dump off your old cellphone, camera or MP3 player but don’t want to deal with the hassle of not getting robbed off Craigslist, check out Second Rotation. These guys have a gigantic “bluebook”-like list of what gadgets are worth and will pay you cash money within ten days of receiving the…

Short Circuit’s Johnny Five On Auction Block Starting at $100,000; Steve Guttenberg Sold Separately

Johnny Five—hero of Short Circuit, Short Circuit 2, and all the Short Circuit sequels that have been playing only in our hearts since the franchise died in 1988—is indeed alive, and for sale on eBay. The five-foot-tall totally sentient robot is made of aluminum and steel, with “vaccu-formed styrene panels” to conceal his robot sexy…

Sony PSP God of War Mod Looks Bloodthirstily Fantastic

Really enjoy God of War? Then Gizmodo Buddy Ramon, who created the ultimate DS Lite Zelda mod and the ultimate Legend of Zelda Wii mod, has something for you. It’s the, dare we say it, ultimate PSP God of War Mod (Mod of War). https://gizmodo.com/the-ultimate-ds-lite-zelda-mod-257536 There are red LEDs, golden chains (the game is Chains…

Really like reddit.com? Buy the two Apple G4 PowerBooks that helped code it so you can lick the keyboard and hope some of their juice rubs off onto your own project. [eBay]

Teen Buys PS2 on eBay, Receives Whole Heap of Cash Instead

A British teenager who bought a Sony PlayStation 2 on eBay for 95 ($194) got more than he bargained for when he opened the package. Instead of a shiny, happy gaming console, there was a whole heap of euros – 65,400 ($90,000) to be precise—stacked neatly inside. A spokesman for eBay said that the parcel’s…

New Casio Exilim Cameras Have YouTube Capture Mode and Easy YouTube Uploading

Casio today announced it was getting cozy with YouTube, introducing two Exilim cameras that will have a YouTube Capture mode—640×480 H.264 video at 30 frames per second—plus bundled YouTube Uploader for Casio software that boasts “three easy steps.” The sleek 8.1-megapixel Exilim Card EX-S880 will come in red or black for $299.99; the slightly larger…

iPhone eBay and Craigslist Watch: It’s a Buyer’s Market

Even though most AT&T stores sold out of iPhones on the first day, many Apple stores still had them in yesterday (as well as today). So why are people putting up iPhones for $700-$900 on Craigslist? And why are auctions on eBay ending at higher than retail? It’s hard to say. Looking through completed auctions…

Angel Sword Guitar Plays Iron Maiden Songs, Slays Teen Pop Stars

O Lord, bless this thy Angel Sword Guitar, that with it thou mayst blow Christina Aguilera and A-HA and Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias to tiny bits, in thy mercy. If you want it, follow these steps: first shalt thou get to eBay. Then shalt thou pay $4,500, no more, no less. $4,500 shall be…

Sony Vaio goes for $10,000 on eBay

A box-fresh version of the VGN-FJ270/B Vaio would set you back between $850 and $1600—unless you like yours second-hand. This was the description of the laptop on eBay: “You are bidding on an EXCELLENT CONDITION Sony VGN-FJ270/B notebook. Had this notebook for less than 4 months. Got it brand-new for Christmas and had limited use.…

Legend of Zelda Wii Mod Benefits Charity, Knocks Socks off Feet

It’s safe to say that this incredibly great Legend of Zelda Wii mod wins the Gizmodo award for best mod of all time. Just looking at the pictures in his eBay auction (now up to $700) brings us back to a simpler time. A time of video games, PB&J sandwiches from mom, and giggling at…