Back to the Future hoverboard up for auction: $30k to play

Tired of waiting for scientists to crack the secrets of levitation in order to purchase a bona fide hoverboard? Look, life's short -- why not take matters into your own hands? A genuine wooden Mattel hoverboard used by Michael J. Fox (or Marty McFly, as we prefer to call him) in Back to the Future II and III is up for auction, though the barrier to entry is rather substantial. Of course, this is considered the "best example of all wood hoverboards to have survived the rigors of filming," but whether or not it's worth the $30,000+ asking price is entirely up to you.

[Via CrunchGear]

[Azayzel Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:18AM]

Now, if only it really worked! Then I'd pay the entry fee... or maybe less!

[Boh Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:32AM]

You can keep it. I got a Pitbull now.

[bigal Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:19AM]

For 30k that sucker better really hover and show an in-flight movie.

[Funke Tobias Dr Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:52AM]

Look, for less than $10,000 more, Goldie Wilson III will hover convert your old road car into into a skyway flyer! For only $39999.95!

[Quo Posted Jul 25th 2008 11:41AM]

And you better believe him! He's an analrapist.

[yode Posted Jul 25th 2008 12:50PM]

Pronounced 'anahl ruhpist'

[samrum Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:23AM]

This is heavy.

[Boh Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:30AM]

you win the internet

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:08AM]

Great Scott!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:28AM]

Don't use up all the internets... please save some for me!

[tiuk Posted Jul 25th 2008 4:16PM]

Is there something wrong with the Earth's gravitational pull in the future?

[Grey Acumen Posted Jul 26th 2008 12:43AM]

Great Scott!

[Grey Acumen Posted Jul 26th 2008 12:46AM]

crap, someone already said it, how did I miss that...

Oh well, um.. here, these links will make up for my above failure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwY5o2fsG7Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zcbQNuQN0A

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:26AM]

Crap! I remember this movie like it was yesterday... now I really feel old...

[HumongousBlunt Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:56AM]

Maybe for you it really was yesterday, since you want to believe in that "moving backwards and forwards through time" thing which would undoubtedly create havoc in the space-time continuum.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:27AM]

It is 2008 and we still don't have hoverboards. Sigh...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:31AM]

2015 is right around the corner though. I'm ready to preorder mine.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:39AM]

And don't forget to bet on the Cups in 2015!

[Boh Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:55AM]

You don't win the spelling bees, do ya

[Blackflag486 Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:57AM]

You mean bet on the "Cubbies".

[Funke Tobias Dr Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:58AM]

I say stock up on Dustbusters while you still can!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 2:51PM]

Don't mock me!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:29AM]

I barely think the DeLorean's worth that much.

[NHAnimator Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:48AM]

It is once you get it up to 88mph.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:30AM]

It flies, just depends where you use it... :)

[CRA1G Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:54AM]

Or what you're taking when you do.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:37AM]

This would go perfectly with my Journey DAP.

80's Here I come!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:40AM]

It does fly. Depending on what you smoke.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:45AM]

Unless you go skydiving with it, but i guess that is kinda just "falling with style."

[Viper966 Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:44AM]

its actually 36k because of a 20% buyers premium

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:54AM]

I hate MANURE!

[HumongousBlunt Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:50AM]

I can just see some of you rich nerds standing on it playing make-believe that you're hovering around trying to escape Biff before he beats you into a bloody pulp.

I could understand that maybe the board could hover in the movie, but I never could figure out the steering and braking. I'd say the whole hoverboard concept was flawed as much as the going back into time concept. I suppose "Back to the Present" wouldn't have done well at the box office.

Let me know when the Caped Crusader outfit is for sale. Leaping off rooftops wearing a black cape and matching leotards seems much more manly than using some nerdy hoverboard.

[Jared Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:57AM]

You are no fun ... :(

[Funke Tobias Dr Posted Jul 25th 2008 10:00AM]

Um, those nerds would probably pretend it was Griff, and not Biff, since he actually was doing the chasing in that scene.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 10:33AM]

Assuming the disks on the bottom create some sort of force field, one would go forward by leaning forward, brake by leaning back and steer by carving left right. I'm thinking much like riding a snowboard?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 11:00AM]

@Sly - So basically it's a $30K Segway that's pink and doesn't work? That's pretty awesome.

[Lowest Ranked Posted Jul 25th 2008 12:17PM]

When you lean forward on a snowboard, you get a mouth packed full of snow and possibly a fractured wrist.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 3:15PM]

haha force field? it would suck if you could only ride this on magnetic fields at the amusement park. i would want to go around town kicking peoples asses with this thing. the only way for this thing to go forward when you "lean forward" is for the "disks" to be fans made by aliens so they can spin @ 999999999999999999rpm and create enough normal force to lift a 150+lb body off the ground.

[Funke Tobias Dr Posted Jul 25th 2008 4:19PM]

Haha... TJ, are you a Muntz?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 4:57PM]

For some reason I've always thought that Lowest Ranked was a fellow snowboarder...I guess not.

Leaning forward would be a nosepress, back would be a tailpress, and yeah I've always imagined a hoverboard riding a lot like a snowboard, like Sly said.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 11:12PM]

Biff beating you to a pulp? Nah, Biff is a guitar-playing comedian...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwY5o2fsG7Y&feature=related

[Blackflag486 Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:54AM]

You Idiot! Hoverboards don't ride on water! You need POWA!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:41AM]

i believe its:
"mcfly you bozo! hoverboards dont work on water! unless you got powa! hahahahahahaha"

[Blackflag486 Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:51AM]

True and Trueness. I have been owned...

[Funke Tobias Dr Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:56AM]

I hate to split hairs, but I believe he actually says "bojo."
(I guess that's just what toughs say in the future.)

[Jorvay Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:57AM]

Damn! If only I hadn't spent $20k on that Bentley Laptop.

[KAL326 Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:12AM]

Hoverboard $30,000, special effects crew not included.

[Dan S Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:27AM]

Forget the hoverboard... they have the holy grail of movie props: C-3PO's feet:
http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/902-C-3PO-feet-from-Star-Wars-A-New-Hope_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em14Q2el1318QQhashZitem230267025413QQitemZ230267025413

Oh, and the Holy Grail:
http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/916-Holy-Grail-Indiana-Jones-and-the-Last-Crusade_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em14Q2el1318QQhashZitem260257433416QQitemZ260257433416

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 2:12PM]

This prop would be even more coveted if it were real:

http://www.sixtiescity.com/SciFilm/Images/SF083.jpg

[Hydra Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:47AM]

DO WANT!