gears of war 2

Here’s one for the “Things We Don’t Really Need But Are Lusting For Badly” file…

The Amazon.com exclusive Gears of War 2 Lancer. Full-sized replica of the workhorse weapon used by Marcus Fenix and the Delta Squad, right down to the bloodied chainsaw bayonet. Squeeze the trigger to activate the chainsaw sound effects and vibrating action. It also features a removable clip.

Retail price: $139.99 and that isn’t stopping it from currently being the #1 video game item at Amazon.

Think I’ll just get the game instead 🙂...

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While I was gone for over a week (and I’m working on getting a report, some photos and video of the trip up soon) a number of people wrote in asking if I knew anything about whether or not Steve Jablonsky (left) would be returning to score the sequel to last summer’s smash-hit movie Transformers (right now the next chapter is being called Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen but I’m still wondering if Michael Bay might have another title up his sleeve). Anyone who’s read this blog over the past year will recall how it became a focal point for the drive to have Jablonsky’s amazing music for Transformers released on CD. Happily it was, but it’s now no longer being published and unless you pay literally hundreds of dollars for it on eBay the only way you can get it is via iTunes or Amazon’s digital download. Hopefully we’ll ...

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