TWB: 31-03-17

lordlundar · March 31st, 2017, 12:43 pm #1 2017-03-31T12:43

And Nintendo collectors the world over just screamed in agony.

jwhouk · March 31st, 2017, 12:44 pm #2 2017-03-31T12:44

And I'm not even Captain America.

PSadlon · March 31st, 2017, 2:42 pm #3 2017-03-31T14:42

And Nintendo collectors the world over just screamed in agony.

Though the troll bids were up to $91K

Jelsemium · March 31st, 2017, 10:11 pm #4 2017-03-31T22:11

And Nintendo collectors the world over just screamed in agony.

I guessed from the context that this was a valuable collector's item. I'm picturing Swampy taking the stuff to the local Boys and Girls club to sell so they can take a trip to Disneyland. The next panel, of course, would reveal that the kids were being taken to every Disney park in the world.

Torinir · April 1st, 2017, 2:41 am #5 2017-04-01T02:41

Nintendo Stadium Events is the rarest NES cartridge of all time. Only 200 cartridges were sold, the rest were destroyed, and it is estimated that only 10-20 cartridges survive today. The empty box itself is worth $10k. The cartridge is worth a lot more, and if everything is in the package it's pushing over $40k.

Salda007 · April 1st, 2017, 3:30 am #6 2017-04-01T03:30

And Nintendo collectors the world over just screamed in agony.

The rifle stock could be a Holland and Holland shotgun, the guitar could be an original Fender Strat, the engine block could be from a Porsche or Cobra...

Jelsemium · April 1st, 2017, 9:24 pm #7 2017-04-01T21:24

After <s>fifteen minutes of Googling</s> some intense research, I think that the headstock of that guitar looks more like a Gibson Flying V than any of the Fender 'casters.

DeusMachina · April 2nd, 2017, 6:18 am #8 2017-04-02T06:18

And on the same side. Maybe with a little curl.
Assuming it's not a cheap pawn-shop find, possibly a Thunderbird.

Jelsemium · April 3rd, 2017, 5:54 pm #9 2017-04-03T17:54

There doesn't seem to be a curl on that guitar, which is why it looks more like a Gibson Flying V than a Fender.

DeusMachina · April 3rd, 2017, 7:02 pm #10 2017-04-03T19:02

A little curl toward the tuners. Possibly, at least; it's a little tough to see.
But this has four tuners on one side. A Flying V, at least a Gibson one, would have three tuners on each.
So IMO it's possibly a Thunderbird bass, unless it's whatever Swampy ran across at a garage sale.
Or just a simplification for the art's sake.