Inside, Still A 12-Year Old Boy posted on September 12, 2006 01:44 PM by Internet Rockstar.
We went in to Kidrobot the other day to buy a donut keychain and only a donut keychain. We had to be extra diligent, as our mind often wonders when browsing the shelves at this, our favorite toy miniature statue store, causing us to leave significantly less wealthy than before. It was going well until we caught sight of a familiar shape shining curiously from the shelf. What's in that little brick cube? The pixelated question mark block filled us with a deep and unexplainable violent urge, and we were inexorably drawn towards it, fist outstretched, moustache twirling in delight.
As per usual, we had been lured in by the siren song of old-skool Nintendo.
Each one of these little question mark blocks doubles as a coin bank, so that when you bust them open, real live coins come spinning out. Inside, the clever videogame gnomes have hidden a tiny Mario sprite sealed in a zipper-pull bubble - so tiny that you will probably throw it away or lose it before you get any actual enjoyment out of it. Unless that enjoyment comes in one giant, orgasmic burst upon seeing a tiny plastic Koopa trapped in a bubble, as it did for us.
Buy it! Mario Mascot Coin Bank, $4.95 from Kidrobot.
And for those interested in more contemporary Nintendo news, this is purportedly the list of classic NES, Super Nintendo, N64, and Sega Genesis games that you will be able to download to your new WII on the day that you get it.
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