iriver's limited edition Mplayer for Mickey assassins

From iriver and the house The Mouse built comes this limited edition Mplayer. Gold plating and a Philips PNX0103ET audio processor create what iriver calls an "assassin's mace" of a device. Sure, Cute. Simple. Friendly. Now add Opulent to the tagline too -- at ?888 Chinese Yuan (about $123) you'll be looking at a 100% or so markup over their standard 1GB Mplayer.

[ZeroCorpse @ Jan 23rd 2008 3:16PM]

Looks nice'n awkward in your pants pocket, too!

[SteveMB @ Jan 23rd 2008 5:09PM]

Is that a brat in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

[charles @ Jan 23rd 2008 4:46PM]

sorry, i know i'm going to catch a lot of flak for this, but i'm sad to see such tacky crap come out of east asia in general, imitating western trends. i know we make enough tacky crap ourselves stateside, but i wish the chinese would take a little more pride in their rich history. maybe it's just because i know more chinese youths than elderly, but sorta like the american youth, they are completely lost in the sea of material goods that commercial purveyors want them to want.

i know this is a very strong generalization, but i have to say it. i think it's sad to see the effects of western cultural and economic hegemony on other cultures. the one small difference between our crap and theirs is we tend to incorporate small facets of our culture in our products, whereas (as i see it,) the consumer-oriented machine in (specifically east asia) seems to have no grounding in anything but glitz, and trying to one-up the next guy in the aspects we are told are desirable by those who sell their wares.

[paul34 @ Jan 23rd 2008 2:07AM]

Kind of looks like what you pull out, everyone says "aww, how cute!" at which point you click it against your hand, it starts flashing, then you throw it into the crowd and run out of the room as the entire building explodes behind you as you calmly light a cigarette.

[MEAT! @ Jan 23rd 2008 2:36AM]

I think you simultaneously just described what would happen if you threw a free iPhone into the MacWorld convention hall.

[Sam Winter @ Jan 23rd 2008 4:45AM]

Ha! I totally agree. 'Q' (Bond) would be proud....

[Eddie @ Jan 23rd 2008 2:16AM]

> at ¥888 (about $123)...

That price can`t be right. Y888 is something like $7.50US.

[Eddie @ Jan 23rd 2008 2:18AM]

Wait, that`s yuan, not yen. Sorry, that was stupid.

[Reader @ Jan 23rd 2008 3:43AM]

Too bad, I would actually buy it for 8 bucks.

[josh @ Feb 2nd 2008 10:41PM]

hmmmmm I could have sworn ive seen these somewhere for alot cheaper, oh wait! here it is!

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10837

$22.90

Kiss my korn hole disney

[Harry @ Jan 23rd 2008 6:17AM]

This limited edition is released in the greater China area to celebrate the year of the mouse (time to refresh your knowledge on Zodiac by rushing to your local Chinese restaurant)

What's interesting is that all product serial numbers will NOT contain the ominous number 4.

[mattbrown @ Jan 23rd 2008 7:25AM]

why?

[ClieOS @ Jan 23rd 2008 7:44AM]

'4' sounds like 'dead' in Chinese.

[ClieOS @ Jan 23rd 2008 7:44AM]

An "assassin's mace" of a device? Quite funny cause that is not even close to what the original Chinese post means.

Here is what the OP said:
The gold plated Mplayer inherits the killer features of 'Hi-Fi sound quality, decorative function' from the same series.

[Generic @ Jan 23rd 2008 8:59AM]

now if the face had a three-line OLED display that shows brighter text when turned on and nothing when turned off, kinda like some Sony players, that would make even me buy it, shut-up I'm not a baby OK! I said shut-up, ummmm shut-up please...

[dcny @ Jan 23rd 2008 9:53AM]

Why don't disney and apple get together and just make a damn disney branded ipod steve jobs owns a good amount of disney anyway