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clawster
July 21, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition.
Report PermalinkI want the Night Vision Goggles, but not the game/art book etc. Was thinking I could preorder it, sell the pack on eBay after taking the goggles + stand out. Worried that the goggles are going to be crappy toy ones and not going to work properly. Given $200 price tag, that’s likely to be the case. Opinions?
http://www.ebgames.com.au/ps3/product.cfm?id=15333
Aaron Clement
July 21, 2009 at 10:38 AM
I’m still curious if the NVG are actual working ones or if they just have a small camera in the front of them hooked up to two green-tinted LCD screens inside the goggle. Sure the EB page claims “see up to 50 feet in absolute dark”, but given most of the sites selling NVG list them for $400-500+ it makes you wonder…
Report PermalinkSing Nguyen
July 21, 2009 at 12:02 PM
If it’s just the night vision goggles only and not the game or anything, perhaps you can find someone who’s already willing to buy the hardened edition ($150), then make a deal to chip in another $50 with them to get the prestige edition and you get the goggles. Hell there’s probably someone on here (or in the other thread) that’ll be willing/trustworthy enough to do that.
But for $50, they might really be two green-tinted LCD screens. Actually it might just be a piece of green cellophane a la 3D glasses. In fact, I could sell you a pair of my own limited edition NVG’s for $49.95; guaranteed to see in the dark.*
*ability to see in the dark may or may not depend on your current abiility to see in the dark
Report PermalinkDarius
July 21, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Sing I will buy the goggles for 50 bucks! hit me up munkiebrains@hotmail.com
Report PermalinkSing Nguyen
July 21, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Uh, I should perhaps clarify things a bit in case my joke wasn’t completely evident/was crap.
I am NOT buying Modern Warfare 2 and therefore CANNOT sell their night vision goggles to anyone. My original post was to make it a suggestion to ask _someone else_ to sell their NVG for $50. I proceeded to attempt to make a joke that I would sell my own special branded NVGs (i.e. non-existant ones) for $0.05 cheaper than the MW2 one.
Perhaps I shouldn’t have said “limited edition” or set a similar price point, or at least said “my own ultra-unique, ultra-awesome, guaranteed to work*, designed and produced by me, NVG’s”. Point noted for my next attempt at satire.
Report PermalinkMr Waffle
July 21, 2009 at 12:51 PM
I can’t remember where I saw it mentioned, but it has been suggested they could be similiar to these.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2008/09/hands-on-with-some-surprising-80-night-vision-goggles.ars
Report Permalinkclawster
July 21, 2009 at 2:50 PM
woah! that’s awesome!
David, can we get confirmation if they’re IR ones like the goggles in the link?
Report PermalinkAndrew
July 21, 2009 at 10:18 AM
I think it may be a better idea just to buy the goggles on ebay when the game is out
Report PermalinkThomas Hambleton
July 21, 2009 at 11:05 AM
This is true, they won’t be very good and you can bet that the cost will be low.
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