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Monday, March 14, 2011

Thrift Store-ies #3

Ever since Guitar Hero first came out, companies have been trying to produce knock offs for cheap. To my knowledge, none have worked out. We have heard of these lame versions and even seen videos, such as this one:



I dont know for sure if that video was a full on prank or whether the family just wanted to get a cheap knock off of Guitar Hero. Well, a few days ago, we went to Goodwill, as we do, and found this:

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Poor kid who got that a few years ago. "Sweet! Guitar He----What the hell?". I even find the art on the box ridiculously cheap.

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If you cant read that, you get a massive 10 songs with it! Want to see the setlist for this wonderful plug and play game? (Mind you, they all say "as made popular by")
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett
Iron Man - Black Sabbath
You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
Hotel California - The Eagles
Paradise City - Guns N Roses
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Master of Puppets - Metallica

Ok...I can see that being fun for the right price. So how much is it? Lets check online.

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WHAT?! $50-$115...today? The lowest I found was about $20 but that site was all sold out. Ok, so there has to be something wonderful about it. I read the comments and almost all of them said something along the lines of "This is great for my 6 year old and its not as expensive as Guitar Hero." I don't know how much they bought there's for or how much it was when they bought it, but a six year old? What six year old likes those songs? I also read that the songs are even in MIDI format. I mean, COME ON! Guitar Hero 2 is going for $5 online...and even Guitar Hero 3 is going for less than $20. The guitars are pretty much free as well. We see stacks of Guitar Hero guitars for $2.99-$4.99 at Goodwill depending on which one we go to.

To finish this up, I personally would never spend that much for so little even for a child. I'm always open to hear what you think. Leave a comment if you have an opinion. ROCK ON!

THIS JUST IN! I looked for videos to show how awful it is and here are some I found.



I cant believe it, but here is a video of a member of one of my favorite bands, The Spinto Band playing it.

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