Flux Capacitor replicas for sale
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Dec 7th 2007 5:57AM
posted Dec 7th 2007 5:57AM
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Yes, but DOES IT MAKE YOUR CAR GO 88 MILES PER HOUR!?
No, there is a electronic cap at 80
The flux capacitor never made any car go 88 miles per hour.
I don't it, but your accelorator probably can. Wait! Let me use simple words, gas pedal.
That'll be "Gigawatt", Hilarious pronounciations aside.
Zemeckis admits that he had no idea how to pronounce "gigawatt" when they began filming the first movie. By the time the second and third movies were greenlit, he knew the proper pronunciation, but it would have confused continuity elements to correct the actors' pronunciation.
The pronunciation used in the movie is proper. It is somewhat antiquated and rarely used (except for an occasional radio astronomer), but is completely legitimate nonetheless.
Hmmm. One of these just showed up in my mail. I guess that means that sometime in the future I ordered two of them, then used one to send the other one back in time.
Careful there, don't accidentally divide by zero.
Or, your future self bought one, came back himself, sent it to you and is now living comfortably somewhere in Detroit investing in tech stocks.
Wow, a cheap enclosure, a pipe, a label, and 3 strings of LEDs. Do I smell a DIY tutorial popping up in the next few weeks?
I wouldn't be able to justify spending $275 on this. :/
In other news prices for the replica drop drastically after Christmas, as there is a surplus of tiny little lights used to make the product.
They are from the Back to the Future Ride at Universal Studios in Hollywood. they had dozens. I used to work there. The store is in the City walk just out side of the park.
If Mercedes Benz developed a time machine out of my S550, the Flux Capacitor would be surrounded by supple leather and alcantara.
I barely trust an S Class to get me down the block, let alone 2042.
Trash talking the beloved (usually) S-class, for shame!
That car has always about 10 years ahead in terms of features and technology... where else can you get a massaging seat, infra-red headlights, etc? :-)
You mean if the electronics don't fail?
No thanks. I've already bought a time machine modulus + crystal from some guy named Rico.
Really? I got my time machine from some bald headed guy in a Nehru jacket carrying the ugliest baby i've ever seen.
that would make an interesting pc case. Anyone else think so?
I 'spose it works better than the "Napoleon" time-machine...LESS pain!!!
will this work in a 1995 c280 merc?
It should work just fine, because there are only two connections required: +1.21 GW, and ground.
You might want to use something other than 30 AWG stranded, though.
hope it has ipod connection. lol.
Does it come with Mr. Fusion?
Sorry but this models is still nuclear power source anyways, you always can buy plutonium at the nearest terrorist store.
does it run linux?
Is that really just a picture of the insides and not even a window?
The picture all-in-all is probably just a rendered image and they slapped on a texture instead of making the content. They don't want to show a real picture of it, because someone might copy it.
I don't see how a render is any different from a picture. There are already laws against copying things.
Oh why did it have to cost SO MUCH?
I'm waiting for the Mr. Fusion Home Reactor to come out
i just got a sweet idea for a PC case mod. can't believe i didnt think of it before. i bet its already been done though...
Is this Mac compatible?
If it works, it would be worth that much.
If it worked, you wouldn't ever know about it.
Heh, Time Lord technology has all that beat.
Me,...I just travel around in my Police Box,..from the 1950's!
1.21 Gigawatts!!!
this is old news :(