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Nintendo Sandwich System
Posted by Owen Good at 7:00 AM on August 11, 2008
If I had this lunchbox, right after I made my PB&J I would hold it up, edge-on, and blow along it hard before putting it inside. I'd also punch the Konami code into my cheese & crackers to get unlimited Capri Sun.
Here's a mod that guts a perfectly good (or bad) NES and repurposes it for food storage and transport. No putting Chiquita banana stickers all over this one, gang. In 20 years it'll totally pwn Josie and the Pussycats for collectible lunchbox supremacy. Creator fluctifragus shows how he made it, with helpful handmodelling from Sasquatch of Alpha Flight.
Nintendo Lunchbox [Instructables]

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NeoTurbo
Posted 7:23 AM 11/8/08
That has gotta be the coolest thing I've seen all day.
NeoTurbo
sqoon
Posted 7:23 AM 11/8/08
capital idea.
though i would throw a fit if it rasterised my sandwiches.
sqoon
Marasai
Posted 7:18 AM 11/8/08
Colour me unimpressed. That sandwich is just two slices of bread pressed together.
Marasai
cheesecake000
Posted 7:17 AM 11/8/08
I thought the Gamcube was the lunchbox of the Nintendo family
cheesecake000
zanzibarlegend
Posted 7:14 AM 11/8/08
omg,
im planning on getting mine repaired tomm, going to a awesome shop in nyc that actually repairs the damn thing. watching this mod just makes me cringe...lol
hopefully he has 2 of them at least. :D
zanzibarlegend
Wahrheit
Posted 7:14 AM 11/8/08
@Ad-hominem:
But that's only because Nintendo won't release any additional means of storage for the Wii, right?
(Do you have a Wii lunchbox? o_O)
Wahrheit
TheHeeyyy
Posted 7:10 AM 11/8/08
@sarcasmOD
(finished reading article) Oh. (hides faces in shame)
TheHeeyyy
Ad-hominem
Posted 7:10 AM 11/8/08
I can't tell by looking at it how much you can hold in it. But, from what I can tell, it's not that big of an area for it's size.
@Wahrheit: Ironically, I can only fit eight bits of food into my Wii lunchbox.
Ad-hominem
DwerG
Posted 7:10 AM 11/8/08
@TheHeeyyy: Ha, as has been pointed out Owen beat us to it! I don't know what happened there, could have sworn I read through that article properly lol.
DwerG
Aethyr
Posted 7:10 AM 11/8/08
Ah god. I'm too late, the horrible pun (singular) has already been made. Save us.
In other news, I really want one! Plus I do have a nonfunctional (and dusty) NES lying around...
Aethyr
headcrab
Posted 7:09 AM 11/8/08
@Wahrheit: Clever.
I might try this myself...
headcrab
TheHeeyyy
Posted 7:07 AM 11/8/08
@DwerG:
Beat you to that joke :P
TheHeeyyy
TitillatedOcelot
Posted 7:07 AM 11/8/08
Now you're playing with power...portion-controlled power!
TitillatedOcelot
sarcasmOD needs a Hitchhiker's Guide and a Thumb
Posted 7:07 AM 11/8/08
@TheHeeyyy: @DwerG: The "having to blow on it" joke was already made. In the article.
sarcasmOD needs a Hitchhiker's Guide and a Thumb
sarcasmOD needs a Hitchhiker's Guide and a Thumb
Posted 7:06 AM 11/8/08
Nothing was cooler in the 90's than plastic, movie and TV show themed lunch boxes. Plain ham sandwiches just taste better in a box with the Jurassic Park logo on it.
sarcasmOD needs a Hitchhiker's Guide and a Thumb
DwerG
Posted 7:05 AM 11/8/08
During lunch he'll have to give his sandwich a magic blow to make sure it works properly.
DwerG
TheHeeyyy
Posted 7:04 AM 11/8/08
Do you have to blow on the sandwich to make sure it tastes right?
TheHeeyyy
kumuasata
Posted 7:04 AM 11/8/08
NES stands for Nintendo's Eating Supplier.
kumuasata
Wahrheit
Posted 7:04 AM 11/8/08
Ownage! I guess one can fit at least 8 bites of food in there.
Wahrheit
mfwahwah
Posted 7:04 AM 11/8/08
That's pretty nifty. Might have to pick up NES and do this :P
mfwahwah
superbagman
Posted 7:48 AM 11/8/08
Sweet! I know the guy who made that! Works at the college my wife used to work at, showed her the lunchbox the other day in person. lol.
superbagman
Suda51
Posted 7:42 AM 11/8/08
@shrek187: The PS3 looks like a grill and the older 360's heat up like a grill! Combine them and they make BBQtron.
Suda51
bialia
Posted 7:42 AM 11/8/08
@Marasai: that was -awesome.-
bialia
Arnold Rimmer's Garden Strimmer
Posted 7:40 AM 11/8/08
@shrek187: But what happens when it get's Three Red Rings and I cant get into it to eat my lunch?
Arnold Rimmer's Garden Strimmer
xMatt
Posted 7:38 AM 11/8/08
@shrek187:
You said it before me!
xMatt
TalKeaton
Posted 7:35 AM 11/8/08
I still wanna make a Gamecube lunchbox.
TalKeaton
shrek187
Posted 7:33 AM 11/8/08
@Scherzkeks: Its already a George Foreman Grill. The 360 looks more like a lunchbox.
shrek187
Đipic
Posted 7:33 AM 11/8/08
Blasphemy!
Btw, that thing needs a latch of some sort.
Đipic
shrek187
Posted 7:31 AM 11/8/08
Hell I would throw in some mushrooms in there and some Star-Shaped cookies. A lunch of champions.
shrek187
Scherzkeks
Posted 7:30 AM 11/8/08
I think I'll buy me a PS3 for my lunch box.
Scherzkeks
sarcasmOD needs a Hitchhiker's Guide and a Thumb
Posted 7:29 AM 11/8/08
err, *wasn't
sarcasmOD needs a Hitchhiker's Guide and a Thumb
shrek187
Posted 7:29 AM 11/8/08
Hmmmm.... I wonder. I take it to work or school.
Guy: Why did you bring a Nintendo? Thats really old.
Me: No you idiot thats a lunchbox.
Guy: *Surprised* Oh Crap youre right, Cool.
Me: *Slaps him* Ignorant fool.
shrek187
sarcasmOD needs a Hitchhiker's Guide and a Thumb
Posted 7:29 AM 11/8/08
@TheHeeyyy: haha it happens to the best of us. at least it was a RROD joke, you could have lost your disemvoweling virginity.
sarcasmOD needs a Hitchhiker's Guide and a Thumb
Suda51
Posted 7:27 AM 11/8/08
Wow if I had that lunch box (and wasn't poor and on free lunch)I would feel so 1337 every time I at my (non existent) PP&J.
Suda51
Zadaz
Posted 7:26 AM 11/8/08
Owen, you have made me laugh out loud at the words "Capri Sun", a feat which was unthinkable up until now, and which will never be surpassed.
Let me know when you would like to claim your beer reward.*
*Delivery only available within beering distance of me.
Zadaz
Suda51
Posted 8:07 AM 11/8/08
@VengefulRonin: I may be wrong but I read one guy who complained about that...
Suda51
zerosN1s
Posted 8:00 AM 11/8/08
Nin"bentō" anyone?
Wow, I made a really lame pun.
zerosN1s
VengefulRonin
Posted 7:59 AM 11/8/08
I lol'd at all the whiny people crying in the comments about how he gutted it and it killed many kittens in the process. Boohoo, it's easy enough to find an NES on ebay, but an NES lunchbox is just bitchin.
VengefulRonin
SentientPudding
Posted 8:39 AM 11/8/08
Heh, cool. Then you can grill the sandwich on your PS3.
SentientPudding
.em.
Posted 8:32 AM 11/8/08
Cool!
My boyfriend has 3 NESs, so maybe I could take one...
.em.
Pornosaur
Posted 8:30 AM 11/8/08
I would beat that dude up in the lunch room and by law I'm an adult :P
Pornosaur
Winterbringer
Posted 9:02 AM 11/8/08
Ah, I see...
Winterbringer
Owen Good
Posted 9:00 AM 11/8/08
@zerosN1s: +1 We like our puns lame in my household.
Owen Good
Simple_Man
Posted 9:00 AM 11/8/08
@Winterbringer: You are; because that is an orange.
Simple_Man
Evil Tortie's Mom
Posted 9:00 AM 11/8/08
@Winterbringer: Yes, because that's either an orange or probably a tangerine.
Evil Tortie's Mom
maraxusofk
Posted 8:58 AM 11/8/08
@Pornosaur:
if ur gonan beat him up, how could u forget to mug him of the lunchbox afterwards? shame on u.
maraxusofk
Winterbringer
Posted 8:54 AM 11/8/08
Am I the only one wondering why there's a Lemon in there?
Winterbringer
Absent Blue
Posted 8:48 AM 11/8/08
Shouldn't the Konami code give you 99 Capri Sun?
Oh, and this? Pure win.
I forgot where but a long time ago (like, when the Playstation was this new thing) I remember reading somewhere that someone turned their SNES into a Kleenex box, I thought that was pretty novel.
Absent Blue
Moonshadow101
Posted 8:46 AM 11/8/08
@eaglesphily1: Of course it does, if you make the necessary adjustments.
Moonshadow101
eaglesphily1
Posted 8:43 AM 11/8/08
@SentientPudding: the ps3 doesn't produce enough heat to cook anything
eaglesphily1
Butz
Posted 9:14 AM 11/8/08
Mmmmmh, plastic softeners and lead residues, delicious !
Butz
DrunkRaba
Posted 9:48 AM 11/8/08
that's pretty awesome! I might have to dig out my old NES for that!
DrunkRaba
2NinjasTapedTogether
Posted 10:07 AM 11/8/08
Hm. I may have to find a non-working NES to do this. Or maybe an SNES... Sweet idea though.
2NinjasTapedTogether
ps3rulz
Posted 10:03 AM 11/8/08
that's hilarious
ps3rulz
jelloman581
Posted 10:02 AM 11/8/08
I need an XBox lunch box, I eat big lunches.
jelloman581
chaos_isnt_here
Posted 9:58 AM 11/8/08
freakin awesome
my NES still works fine though. I guess I'll just have to wait for it to die.
chaos_isnt_here
MrBionic
Posted 10:40 AM 11/8/08
You know.. this just furthers my old promise that if I ever made anything really cool, the *LAST* thing I would do is post photos of it up on the internet for every last unoriginal dimwit to copy.
It's not going to mean anything in 10 years to lamely say, "yah, well, I made mine first *insert pouty face*"
MrBionic
Pudgey
Posted 10:52 AM 11/8/08
Someone should make a GameCube lunchbox. I mean its even got a bleeding handle on it for easy carrying :)
Pudgey
TheHeartless
Posted 12:16 PM 11/8/08
I thought about doing that, but my short attention span kicked in. And Pudgey, that idea is outstanding. If I didn't love my Cube so much I would gut the sucker and turn it into the most kickass, spring-loaded-door lunch box on the planet.
TheHeartless
rob61920
Posted 1:08 PM 11/8/08
i would take that to work everyday if i had one
rob61920
nerdBOY01
Posted 2:05 PM 11/8/08
I gutted my NES and had stored my GREEN HERBS inside my NES during college days.
I don't really recommend keeping NES games around it though some1 might find ur stash!
nerdBOY01
roguemarvel
Posted 1:50 PM 11/8/08
I would totally do this to my gamecube if I still had it.
roguemarvel
NeVeRMoRe666
Posted 1:45 PM 11/8/08
Cool! At our local indie gameshop they were selling broken gamecubes for ten dollars. Me and a buddy bought one, hollowed it out and made lunch boxes to take to school with us!
Sadly, we're also in university so we recieved more jeers than cheers...
DAMN YOU FANBOYS!!
:(
NeVeRMoRe666
Jawmuncher
Posted 2:37 PM 11/8/08
@VengefulRonin:
Same here no one could realize how awesome this lunchbox is.
Instead they cried about how he gutted a NES.
pathetic
Jawmuncher
jelloman581
Posted 2:59 PM 11/8/08
I used to store my allowance in the little compartment underneath it when I was a kid. That was my game money to feed the habit..
jelloman581
Mike's Stalker
Posted 5:33 PM 11/8/08
This sure beats the Nintendo Gamecube lunchbox. I'm really tempted to take out the guts of my old NES and do this. I really am.
Mike's Stalker
Mrevilbobguy
Posted 6:27 PM 11/8/08
@Wahrheit:
Only a real nerd would find that funny.
...I found it funny.
Mrevilbobguy
EmilioBuono
Posted 8:20 PM 11/8/08
Capri sun is actually amazing.
EmilioBuono
bushmaster2000
Posted 7:19 AM 12/8/08
Very creative. It's missing tow things though, a classic lunch box latch and handle. Other than that, it's perfect.
bushmaster2000
Ryodestined
Posted 8:15 AM 12/8/08
Now to make the Original Gameboy Juice container. Flick the power on to make the straw pop out.
Ryodestined