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The melted 2015 3DS XL, via eBay
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It’s the limited edition handheld gaming console everyone wants. Or, it was:
In advance of the North American launch of the new Nintendo 3DS XL, a golden special edition Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask version quickly sold out, fetching prices upwards of $500 on secondary markets. Brilliant or either brilliantly ungrateful eBay user perfectlymadebirds got their hands on one, but instead of using it to play the new Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, put it in the microwave.
According to the eBay listing, where the melted device is now being sold for $11,315, the 3DS XL was cooked “for purposes to CREATE ARTWORK using the microwaving process inside a fully customized microwaving robot shielded enclosure.” After being blasted with “1200 Watts of microwaving power” from a “2.2 CUFT VINTAGE 1970s-era Whirlpool Microwave BEAST,” it looks more like an overcooked Hot Pocket than the next-gen console it once was.
Also on eBay: perfectlymadebirds is selling a microwaved iPad Mini and a 2DS. Get ’em while they’re hot.
Via GameSpot
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