expensive

Don’t Go To War With This Aliens Replica M41A Pulse Rifle

Movie prop replicas are a luxury item for many aficionados, sure, but even so for $US900 an Aliens replica pulse rifle better have a working ammo counter, spring loaded triggers and a strap so we can recreate the fateful finale!

Complex $US1.2 Million Manufacture Royale Accordion Watch Plays A Simple Tune

Manufacture Royale’s Opera $US1.2 million watch doesn’t just open up for show, there’s some functionality built into that unfolding, accordion-like action too. Minute hand repeater plays C#, hour hand plays in A. Your wallet weeps to the tune of “empty.”

November 22, 2010
Cars

The Moped Grows Up (and Gets Expensive) With The M55 Beast

The M55 Beast hybrid bike, so named because it is beastly, will get you around town at a 40mph clip and is powered by nothing more than your ferocious peddling and the souls of small children.

November 7, 2010

These Speakers Look Like Gigantic Golden Ears

These Avantgarde Trio Classico speakers look like gigantic golden ears. The frame bends in an ear-like shape and the horns act as the lobes. At $US190,000, they better make my ears bleed gold though.

September 27, 2010

Buddha Went And Reincarnated Himself As A $US13,250 Speaker

I’m certainly not a religious man, but nevertheless I have a sneaking suspicion “speakers” are not included in the Buddhist Wheel of Reincarnation.

August 23, 2010
Cars

Japanese Kinfolk Bicycles Finally Make Foldable Bicycles Worth A Ride

CrunchGear is right to say today’s crop of “foldable bicycles” are “ugly little things with small tires.” No chance I’d give up my road bike for their impractical nature. However, if they all looked like Kinfolk bikes, I might reconsider.

December 14, 2009
Computing

Lenovo Charging A Fortune For The S10e Netbook

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If you’re after a Lenovo S10e netbook this Christmas, I might suggest you avoid their online store. After all, what netbook is worth $109,998.90?

March 31, 2009
Computing

Lenovo – Home Of The Million Dollar Laptop

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How much would you pay for a new Thinkpad W700 from Lenovo? $3,000? $4,000? $1.1 million?

March 20, 2009

Bang & Olufsen’s 4-103 BeoVision Plasma Is Alive, Costs More Than 35,000 Big Macs

At over $US135,000, Bang & Olufsen’s BeoVision 103-inch plasma set costs nearly triple Panasonic’s 103-inch baby or just as much as the 150-inch plasma champion of the world. Why?

February 17, 2009
Computing

Bentley Ego Laptop Proves Fugly Is Expensive

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Question: Would you spend $30K on a laptop that looks like a handbag? No? What if it had a “Bentley” badge on it? Still no? What if you were a gazillionaire and if by purchasing this laptop you could end war and famine and bring peace and prosperity to the world forever? Still no? And fair enough, I’d say.

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