Epic Games wants you to know that the Gears of War 2 Lancer bundle (the one that's exclusive to Amazon.com) is selling like "hot cakes" even at the $139 price point. They probably want you to know that so they can further fuel demand by making the product appear to be limited as its sales success soars. We can totally see through all that marketing fluff. Hot cake sales quotes aside, we also learn that the toy Lancer is in fact electronic and with the power of three C size batteries (probably not included), the 36" replica shakes and makes epic chainsaw sounds. Authentic chainsaw sounds! Sign us up for two!
Gears 2 Lancer bundle selling like 'hot cakes'
Epic Games wants you to know that the Gears of War 2 Lancer bundle (the one that's exclusive to Amazon.com) is selling like "hot cakes" even at the $139 price point. They probably want you to know that so they can further fuel demand by making the product appear to be limited as its sales success soars. We can totally see through all that marketing fluff. Hot cake sales quotes aside, we also learn that the toy Lancer is in fact electronic and with the power of three C size batteries (probably not included), the 36" replica shakes and makes epic chainsaw sounds. Authentic chainsaw sounds! Sign us up for two!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
8-11-2008 @ 12:10PM
Hatredkopter said...
How could it look heavy? Cliffs huge biceps aren't even bulging.
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8-12-2008 @ 12:20AM
Stu said...
MAN! I want one of those, its too bad that amazon doesnt ship somethin like that to Canada or I would buy that in a heartbeat
8-11-2008 @ 12:13PM
Neuromancer said...
Dustin you know it would actually take less time/effort to just type out "$139" instead of "the $139 price point." Just so's you know... ;P
Anyway you're not a real Gears fan unless you custom make your own Lancer, like this "little" baby:
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/56523
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8-11-2008 @ 2:13PM
Maverick Saturn said...
What? Like the boy I just watched on MSN news who made all his own carboard Halo 3 guns and the armour to go with it?
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8-11-2008 @ 12:17PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Well, I bought the Halo 3 legendary but I'm not buying this special edition.
I guess that states where my loyalty lies.
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8-11-2008 @ 2:14PM
Maverick Saturn said...
With Halo?
8-11-2008 @ 2:54PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Yeah. I'm going to buy Gears of War 2, but I'm not going to go the whole hog on it.
8-11-2008 @ 9:06PM
RockerAnimeFreak said...
@ Maverick Saturn: Nooo!!! with Pokemon!
On topic: Epic bundle will buy!
8-11-2008 @ 12:22PM
Doll said...
It's probably quite light, or else we'd be paying much more for shipping. It would be nice if the chain actually moved, but i guess we'd face another problem.
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8-11-2008 @ 12:28PM
Deezul said...
Amazon offers just about free shipping whenever you buy $50 worth of stuff. You think $139 in books would be light?
8-11-2008 @ 12:43PM
Vcize said...
Amazon offers free shipping on their 150lb. generators, so trust me when I say the weight of the lancer has nothing to do with the shipping cost here.
8-11-2008 @ 12:33PM
monkeymonkeymonkey said...
bah! If I bought it it would just collect dust like the Halo 3 helmet. Since I got the Halo 3 Legendary edition for $60, maybe I will wait until this "special" GoW2 edition is $60...lol
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8-11-2008 @ 12:44PM
Vcize said...
Well, apparently they're only selling it bundled with the game at the start and after that it will be the same price for just the lancer itself (hence the way they say "buy the lancer get the game free" rather than calling it a bundle).
So, even if it drops to $60 it would still be $60 for just the lancer with no game, which brings it to $120 for the "bundle".
8-11-2008 @ 1:07PM
monkeymonkeymonkey said...
yea, i doubt someone would pay $139 for the Lancer, its a plastic replica...lol.
8-11-2008 @ 1:22PM
Tucker said...
People were lined up to buy it for $139 when it looked like that was the "non-bundle" price. In fact, most people were yelling up and down that $139 would *not* include the game, so for some it's a pleasant surprise that the full-size "replica" is "only" $80 or so.
That said, I'm still on the fence... I think it looks pretty badass, but we'll see about the disposable income part.
8-11-2008 @ 2:08PM
monkeymonkeymonkey said...
i guess some people manage their money poorly :)
but hey, if it makes people happy to play with a toy gun for a couple of minutes before it goes into a closet, to each his own
8-11-2008 @ 2:18PM
Vcize said...
Or they manage it well enough that they're left over with plenty of money to spend on collectibles or other stuff like that.
Seriously, with as badly as people screw up their car loans many people could afford to be 30 of these lancers and still come out ahead of another person driving the same car. Who's to say they're not one of those people?
8-11-2008 @ 6:36PM
Tucker said...
I'm sure you have some habits that are strange, childish, and/or perverse to some people. Many people enjoy collectibles, and I've seen dudes spend a hell of a lot more money on a hell of a lot smaller/useless items. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say.
This would actually be my first such purchase, because I think it looks pretty damn cool. But, like I said, it depends on the disposable income at the time. Key word: disposable. As in Vcize's definition of well-managed money, as in not skipping my electric bill or something like that to buy a fake gun.
8-11-2008 @ 1:09PM
Dirty said...
The chainsaw noise is pretty lame. I saw it on some comicon coverage.
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8-11-2008 @ 1:22PM
Deezul said...
There is no "special" edition that includes the lancer AND the game. It's possible Amazon will always bundle them, but I suspect they'll run out of Lancers much quicker than H3 Legendary Editions. I've still seen Legendary Editions at Best Buy occasionally. And remember how they were supposed to run out of them, and you had better have pre-ordered it?
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