Konami's push-up counter keeps you motivated
By Darren Murph 
posted October 13th 2007 7:32AM
posted October 13th 2007 7:32AM
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posted October 13th 2007 7:32AM
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I thought it was a new Hot Wheels until I saw the diagram.
Just plain stupid.
Wow, I need one of th......, oh wait it's not that hard to count to 10. *Puts money back in pocket and walks away*
Maybe we'll have it at the Army! :-)
It's better than my slap-dash version.
"That was easy"
"That was easy"
"That was easy"
"That was easy"
The only problem is gurlie Japanese men never make it past 50.
Thats why the world record for pushups is held by Minoru Yoshida of Japan who did 10,507.
I believe that retort earns X3Bulls a night in the bed of babyface's mother.
I like the sticker in the corner of the box, maybe that's what we're missing - a crocodile sitting there watching you, ready to bite off your arm if you don't get to 999 pushups.
I think the Croc is laughing at the idiot who would actually buy the product.
Japanese Crocodile
What about those of us who can do over 999?
We buy two
You need the counter more than anyone.
now when i get eyes on my chest i can read it while i'm doing the push ups
Call me a sucker but I'd buy one with Solid Snake on the cover and use it like 3 times.
I should work in marketing this product.
when i first saw this post I thought this some yu gi oh resurrecting product...
Wouldn't you get a blister on your chin if you push that thing 999 times?
That's when you start tapping it with your forehead.
so, slow day isn't it?
so would tapping on it 990 times be considered cheating ,and whats the grand prize if I make 1000, another 1000 pushups
OK, so I get how the Up, Up, Down, Down part works...
but how am I supposed to do the Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A part of the code??
I can't break 1,000 push-ups without some help!
Push Push Revolution!
This thing stops you from being able to do a full, true push-up, which anyone that is dedicated enough to pushups to actually consider buying one of these is going to realize and not buy one.
anyone who would tap that 990 times should be detained
990 is the "Chris Benoit" Level, and it should automatically phone Social Services.
I think it's supposed to be a tie-in for a Japanese game show. I remember watching a program where they put two kids in front of similar (bigger bugeted) buttons and saw who could do the most in 5 minutes. It came out to be like 600+ against 350-something, and we can see it's designed to handle triple digit inputs, so...
Steve jobs can keep track of your bows to him - keep you fanboys honest.
It is unbelievable how such a stupid product could make it into the market. If you do push up, the only thing you need is to know how to do it properly WITHOUT cheating.
This device is for people who need to learn counting. Because they probably have low IQ, so in order to go slowly, they have to do some push up to operate the device.
The manufacturer should mention that this is limited only to the national market.