Boys and toys or the most usless expensive item.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-04-16 03:20am

Okay everyone knows that the difference betveen men and boys is the price of the toys.

So what is your most usless toy you have bought?

My is a gps bought last year, used one week in the mountains.

Cost ~4500skr or ~ $520

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-04-16 07:03am

The Beermaster: $300
it came with a plastic 'keg' CO2 cartridges, yeast and pre mixed bags of barley & hops etc in diferent blends like American Lager, Irish Amber, English Ale......
"Brew delicious ales and lagers at home!" the ad said. well that was the most fucking disgusting beer i have ever had.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-04-16 07:58am

Playstation 2 back when they were still three hundred bucks. Still, it was worth it. Games, DVDs and CDs all in one is a good deal.

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2003-04-16 08:06am

I remember doing a thread on this ages ago. My submission is, and was, the lightsaber from parksabers.com - or pretty much anything from the GOD of expensive boy-toys and automated cool shit, hammacher.com!

theski · Post by **theski** » 2003-04-16 08:33am

$2500.00 DVD based Navigation For my car... Damm thing still doesn't work right

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-16 08:53am

Stormbringer wrote:Playstation 2 back when they were still three hundred bucks. Still, it was worth it. Games, DVDs and CDs all in one is a good deal.

Bah, go buy a dreamcast and a 60 dollar DVD player, you will have the same thing.

Anyways, I am going to say that the most useless toy I have ever bought is probably this:

Not really bought, per se, but a graduation gift from an aunt. All I have really done with it is download games to kill time between class (or in boring lectures....).

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-16 09:14am

I have a Palm VII that I don't use very often anymore.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-04-16 09:19am

Bought a video camera for my wife (i.e. for me), but she (and I) rarely ever use it. Used it last night to prove to myself that it was not my cat coming around the house and eating our cat food.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-04-16 09:56am

i guess i could also include the piece of shit iBook i paid for that my fiancee just had to have. garbage.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-04-16 09:59am

Nathan F wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:Playstation 2 back when they were still three hundred bucks. Still, it was worth it. Games, DVDs and CDs all in one is a good deal.
Bah, go buy a dreamcast and a 60 dollar DVD player, you will have the same thing.

I'm trying to get my hands on a Dreamcast. The problem is I'm having a hard time finding anyone willing to part with theirs.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-04-16 10:14am

I bought Sir Nitram a digital camera that I've not seen since.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-04-16 10:21am

LadyTevar wrote:I bought Sir Nitram a digital camera that I've not seen since.

Could you buy me on too?

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2003-04-16 10:33am

Roughly 6000 Magic the Gathering cards, total cost, including all the Rare ones I bought seperately, would be about 1500-1800 Euros. Bought them with in two years, grow bored of the game and forgot all about them. Now they are all locked in a luggage back in my parents garage, I haven't touched them in years. Fucking colossal waste of money.

BrYaN19kc · Post by **BrYaN19kc** » 2003-04-16 10:38am

About $500 worth of wireless stuff. It's just too easy to plug in around our apartment with hook-ups in every room. Also, CAT5 is still much faster than wireless (I have "G" cards). I guess I jumped a little too fast into the wireless stuff. I rarely use it.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-04-16 10:39am

Around 30 DVDs.

Tax Season over...I wanted something to numb brain.

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2003-04-16 10:46am

My laptop. Bought it second hand for £350. it works when it feels like it and is slow as shit when it does (I forgot how slow a P300 was...)

j1j2j3 · Post by **j1j2j3** » 2003-04-16 03:23pm

Since I never drive it... I always take the subway

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-04-16 04:36pm

Sir Sirius wrote:Roughly 6000 Magic the Gathering cards, total cost, including all the Rare ones I bought seperately, would be about 1500-1800 Euros. Bought them with in two years, grow bored of the game and forgot all about them. Now they are all locked in a luggage back in my parents garage, I haven't touched them in years. Fucking colossal waste of money.

So Sirius... How much would you want for those...?

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-04-16 04:42pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
The Beermaster: $300
it came with a plastic 'keg' CO2 cartridges, yeast and pre mixed bags of barley & hops etc in diferent blends like American Lager, Irish Amber, English Ale......
"Brew delicious ales and lagers at home!" the ad said. well that was the most fucking disgusting beer i have ever had.

From what I've seen of friends who home brew, beer is not easy to make. You should give it another shot.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-04-16 04:46pm

Mark S wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:
The Beermaster: $300
it came with a plastic 'keg' CO2 cartridges, yeast and pre mixed bags of barley & hops etc in diferent blends like American Lager, Irish Amber, English Ale......
"Brew delicious ales and lagers at home!" the ad said. well that was the most fucking disgusting beer i have ever had.
From what I've seen of friends who home brew, beer is not easy to make. You should give it another shot.

i tried a few times. i think it had more to do with the fact that the beermaster was an overpriced chunk of plastic crap.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-04-16 05:00pm

i had a dreamcast and took it apart. :

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Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-04-16 05:00pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Mark S wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:
The Beermaster: $300
it came with a plastic 'keg' CO2 cartridges, yeast and pre mixed bags of barley & hops etc in diferent blends like American Lager, Irish Amber, English Ale......
"Brew delicious ales and lagers at home!" the ad said. well that was the most fucking disgusting beer i have ever had.
From what I've seen of friends who home brew, beer is not easy to make. You should give it another shot.
i tried a few times. i think it had more to do with the fact that the beermaster was an overpriced chunk of plastic crap.

Ah. Nothing you can do about plastic crap. At least you can use the plastic keg for a little table of something.

Next of Kin · Post by **Next of Kin** » 2003-04-16 05:11pm

Nathan F wrote:
Anyways, I am going to say that the most useless toy I have ever bought is probably this:

Not really bought, per se, but a graduation gift from an aunt. All I have really done with it is download games to kill time between class (or in boring lectures....).

Dude, I couldn't get by a day of work without my m130!

Bought a video camera for my wife (i.e. for me), but she (and I) rarely ever use it. Used it last night to prove to myself that it was not my cat coming around the house and eating our cat food.

I'll bite Jegs, what was eating your cat's cat food?

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-16 05:31pm

Stormbringer wrote:
Nathan F wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:Playstation 2 back when they were still three hundred bucks. Still, it was worth it. Games, DVDs and CDs all in one is a good deal.
Bah, go buy a dreamcast and a 60 dollar DVD player, you will have the same thing.
I'm trying to get my hands on a Dreamcast. The problem is I'm having a hard time finding anyone willing to part with theirs.

EBay, my friend, EBay. That or Yahoo auctions.

Edit: Many software stores, such as those found in malls, sell used systems, anything from the NES to the Dreamcast to the XBox. They are usually a bit more expensive though that outlet, though.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-16 05:37pm

Faram wrote:Okay everyone knows that the difference betveen men and boys is the price of the toys.

So what is your most usless toy you have bought?

My is a gps bought last year, used one week in the mountains.

Cost ~4500skr or ~ $520

I use my GPS all the time, it is a Garmin GPS III, the price escapes me at the moment though. Useful when hunting and camping and when travelling, especially by air.

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