Comments on: $8,000 Mr. Potato Head

$8,000 Mr. Potato Head

ZippityBuddha — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 12:28:32 -0800

It takes more than 40 hours to cover Mr. Potato Head with more than 23,000 Swarovski® crystals in 14 different colors.

By: Juicylicious

Juicylicious — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:01:15 -0800

8k!!! What the hell, I'll take 2!

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:01:49 -0800

Anyone who buys one of these things should have all of their money taken away. "No more money for you, until you learn how to use it!"

By: contessa

contessa — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:01:51 -0800

Wouldn't you rather have this?

By: clevershark

clevershark — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:03:58 -0800

Clearly this is a product oriented towards those who have more money than sense.

By: chrid

chrid — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:09:15 -0800

Classy.

By: Peter H

Peter H — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:11:38 -0800

By: papercake

papercake — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:18:17 -0800

Meh. Call me when they do this to Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots.

By: briank

briank — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:20:59 -0800

I can hardly wait to see this on "Growing Up Gotti".

By: clevershark

clevershark — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:28:15 -0800

It's probably too classy for "Growing up Gotti".

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:12:27 -0800

God. Most people only dream of being able to care so little about the homeless to consider wanting one of these.

By: naxosaxur

naxosaxur — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:16:38 -0800

Neiman's is also offering the following "Fantasy Gifts" this year from their Christmas Catalog: -5000 square-foot, four-lane bowling center, beginning at $1,450,000.00 -Limited edition 2005 Maserati Quattroporte for $125,000.00 -Las Vegas 3-wheeler motorcycle for $65,000.00 -And best of all: Customized Suit of Armor for $20,000.00

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:27:08 -0800

i love this fucking country. IN YOUR FACE, MEXICO.

By: logovisual

logovisual — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 15:03:15 -0800

This is the kind of thing I'd buy people as a Christmas present if I were a rock star. I might include a $50 Best Buy gift card if I was feeling particularly generous.

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:06:32 -0800

I note there is a back order. What is especially odd to me is I was thumbing through my Useless Gifts to Give People Christmas Catalog and remember seeing little Mr. Potato Heads studded with crystals. But not 23,000 Swarovski® crystals in 14 different colors. This one was more like 40 crystals in 5 different colors. Or you could make your own. I've bought Swarovski® crystals wholesale and the price (which varies by color) is around ten cents each for the smallest, 3mm size. $2300.00 total plus glue.

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:10:57 -0800

And really wouldn't it be worth going blind from gluing 23,000 Swarovski® crystals in 14 different colors onto Mr. Potato Head when you see that look of sheer delight on your loved one's face Christmas morning!

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:00:02 -0800

You just love writing that little R thingie, don't you. ;)

By: swell

swell — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:26:15 -0800

I think this is why the terrorists hate us. And, for the first time, I'm not sure I blame them.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:52:12 -0800

What's the big deal? I wipe my butt with those things - and only those things. They're quite practical, economical and functional. Makes me feel oh-so-fresh. /snarkoff In the highly unlikely event that anyone that might be influenced by MeFi is seriously considering purchasing one of those sparkling shit-grenades, consider instead purchasing a monetarily equal quantity of the plain-old non-sparkly Mr. Potatoheads and giving them away to the less fortunate. Well, I'd seriously consider a different toy altogether, as Mr. Potatohead is pretty lame to begin with. Hell, just send someone to school. Buy some poor teacher some supplies or schoolbooks. Buy 800 people an inexpensive lunch. If you've seriously got so much money that buying this kind of unredeeming crap seems to be a good idea to you, I'll gladly take any money you'd like to give me, and apply it to a number of personal pet projects I have. (Art, music, activisim, and direct action with the homeless and hungry. (I'm actually looking into starting a small program with my own piddling money and a few friends to just get simple food, clothes, blankets and toiletry to people on the street here in LA. We're talking huge numbers. Like maybe 5-20 dollars a week or something. But it's something. (On that note, three nests deep, why is it that the poor like myself are more likely to help the really insanely poor?))) Otherwise you might as well burn the money. I thought rich people were supposed to have taste or something. /jihad on Neiman Marcus

By: mosch

mosch — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 18:14:21 -0800

This is one of the dumbest ways to spend money, ever. I love it.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 18:36:52 -0800

I thought rich people were supposed to have taste or something. Where in the world did you get that idea? :) Well, actually it's because have the money and power to foist their ideas of taste on the rest of us. Not that the bling-blinging, von dutching, Britney listening masses don't often have shitty taste too, but at least they usually find a way to do it on the cheap.

By: sixdifferentways

sixdifferentways — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 22:57:15 -0800

Neiman's puts out this stuff more as a marketing ploy than in hopes they will actually sell any. A friend of mine works there and told me that most years they don't even sell one of the "fantasy gifts."

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 02:01:48 -0800

Jonmc: i had to go to a mouth surgeon to stitch up the hole my tongue put through my cheek on that one. Wanna buy a von dutch trucker cap? direct from the ~~counterfei~~importer, as seen on craigslist.