Monday, January 11, 2010

Astro Boy clock is Super Saiyan!



IT'S ASTRO BOY! AND HE HAS A CLOCK SURGICALLY DRILLED INTO HIS STOMACH!

OH BOY!


Yep, this is the Astro Boy alarm clock. I picked this up from a famous clockmaker's store at a nearby mall for 12 bucks. Little did I know what dark secrets lay within...

Actually, this is a normal enough clock I guess, but... what song do you think it will play? Either a generic nursery rhyme, a ringing sound, or the Astro Boy theme, right?


Here is the dark truth:



YES, my friends, it is an Astro Boy clock that sings a distorted MIDI version of the original Dragon Ball theme. And it frequently stops to scream "GOOD MORNING" in a bored, distorted female voice that sounds like the daughter of the lady that screamed "PERPARE TUH QOLLIFAUGH" in Pole Position.

The thing is, it never stops. IT NEVER STOPS. There is no end until you push the button. It just keeps repeating it OVER and OVER and OVER.

I looked into this and it doesn't appear to be official (surprise, surprise). It looks like the makers originally made a bunch of unofficial Goku clocks and eventually got tired of that and stuck the same stuff in an Astro clock. It's pretty cute, though, and it's not like the official clocks are even as good. Or maybe they're better. I probably don't want to know. Anyway, there you have it.

I'll try to post some Pokemon Center stuff next. From New York city. Viva la Pokeymanz!

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