Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker now available for $30

Brace yourself -- the moment you've been waiting all year for has finally arrived. Yes, rock star wannabes, the Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker is finally in major retailers. The Jada Toys' device, which was showcased at CES, consists of a miniature guitar amplifier, a sensor-laden belt buckle, an assortment of pics and an Air Cartridge, which packs "ten signature guitar riffs" ranging in skill from one to five. Once you rock the wind out of the $29.99 base unit, you can look forward to "encore packs" -- which will include themed belt buckles and new Air Cartridges -- arriving later this summer for $14.99 each. Oddly enough, we think a "gnarly" is order here.

[Aquen @ May 6th 2008 9:40AM]

But does it go to 11?

[Poozle @ May 6th 2008 9:49AM]

No, this one only goes to 5, probably goes to 11 in an encore pack ;)

[Dan Davis @ May 6th 2008 10:46AM]

Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number, and make that a little louder?

[aaserali @ May 7th 2008 8:05PM]

Butttttt this one goes to 11.........................

[~ @ May 6th 2008 4:25PM]

My local Wal-Mart has had this for a few months now...

[The 3rd Hot Dog @ May 6th 2008 10:16AM]

Dear Guitar Hero:

I hate you for diluting your brand past the point of relevance.

Signed,
A Fan

[j_g_puff @ May 6th 2008 12:31PM]

I've got to agree with you on this one. It was a good idea, in the beginning. Then came the silly plastic guitars and the were tolerable, but this? They're milking it harder than any plasticky teat should ever be milked.

The milking must stop.

[Ray @ May 6th 2008 1:16PM]

Thank Activision. They are the new EA.

[Vynn @ May 6th 2008 10:24AM]

Little late, been out for a few weeks now... I picked one up at target for one of the guys at work about 2 or 3 weeks ago.

[Roger @ May 6th 2008 10:50AM]

Longer than that: I work at Target were the thing has been on the shelf for months now. Since March I think.

Also: remember that Guitar Hero carabiner crap? We had it on the shelf the day after it was first featured in Engadget.

You guys need to get out more. Seriously.

Roger

[Mike Weisert @ May 6th 2008 11:28AM]

and by out, they mean go to Target more often.

[J. Evans Turner @ May 6th 2008 2:19PM]

I've seen it out for weeks too...possibly months. I first noticed it at Hastings, which isn't even a major national retailer.

[Karl Hackswell @ May 6th 2008 10:22AM]

Can it play Doom?

[LiqwidZero @ May 6th 2008 10:27AM]

No! It can't! Stop asking that stupid question!

[teej @ May 6th 2008 3:52PM]

boy, it sure can- while blending and hammering the final nail in HD-DVD's coffin!

[El Taco @ May 6th 2008 5:39PM]

well, if they made a cartridge for it, technically it COULD play 'Doom' by Southern Flame, but why would they do that?

[Bob Dole @ May 7th 2008 7:57AM]

If you can use your air imagination, then in your head, yes, it can play doom. But why not just play with yourself instead?

[Derek @ May 6th 2008 7:31PM]

"Will it blend?"

Douche.

[Dan Davis @ May 6th 2008 10:48AM]

In case you forgot what rock REALLY looks like, here ya go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VkmqM3vOgk

You think it's going to broadcast in Doubly?

[ScooterDe @ May 6th 2008 5:08PM]

go veronica belmont

[Lars @ May 6th 2008 1:47PM]

I remember when I was a kid, a friend of mine had a plastic guitar that you could put cartridges in to play songs. You'd press a fret-button and part of the song would play, press another and the next part would play. It was kind of like the precursor to Guitar Hero.

[ScooterDe @ May 6th 2008 5:09PM]

sounds like more fun

[Mike @ May 6th 2008 1:57PM]

Can anyone say, "Too much Guitar Hero?".

[ugg.tryptophan @ May 6th 2008 11:33PM]

Too much Guitar Hero!

[teej @ May 6th 2008 2:01PM]

oh god, why would someone invent this... this would work perfect for the Bluetooth headset folks that always seem to be talking to themselves; they can now look twice as fuckign crazy.