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[$h@d0w]

That was the prototype that had the power brick inside.

I give this post 1080points

 

[stolin]

..and tomorrow morning it will look like this...

 

[Reg]

 

[Azure Dream]

It's almost like they didn't get permission, you just go to park your car for work, "Fuck, they built another one of those giant Xboxes on my space!"

 

[CadetMahoney]

thread needs more negative 'shops and snarky, snarkiness, I am not close to being entertained yet.

 

[weemadarthur]

Hey, they needed to make sure they couldn't lock it in the demo truck.

 

[Freshmaker]

http://m.theglobeandmail.com/techno...-in-vancouver/article15155800/?service=mobile

At noon ET, Microsoft will reveal a gigantic 40-foot-long replica of the new console it has dropped down in Vancouver in a parking lot at 1001 Seymour Street (at the corner of Nelson and Seymour near Yaletown) and gamers will be invited to help open its doors. There are a variety of ways to do that, but they all involve a sort of crowdsourcing where players input their Xbox Gamertag online as a way of “voting” for the big box to open.

What if they don't vote it open?

 

[Tuck]

That was the prototype that had the power brick inside.

Should have been the first post - fantastic.

 

[GodParticle]

Looks like a giant dumpster in the first pic haha

 

[LycanXIII]

I bet it's a Trojan Horse full of PS4s.

 

[Pristine_Condition]

Looks like a giant dumpster in the first pic haha

Nah. That's the power brick.

 

[NolbertoS]

I live in Vancouver. Where the heck is it?? I might drive around downtown to try to find it

Edit: saw the address above. Might check it out after work and take pics. Hopefully they'll give out free XBL passes like MS did 6 years ago at a local University

 

[Mr. X]

This needs amusing captions.

It's big, black and attracts white women. No caption needed.

 

[Shpeshal_Ed]

"Actual size."

Guy in the red car is going to be pissed... I'd be mad if they constructed some behemoth right next to my car, that's for sure. I'd be checking for scratches allllll over.

Fairly confident the red car would belong to one of the people involved.

 

[stolin]

thread needs more negative 'shops and snarky, snarkiness, I am not close to being entertained yet.

Am I doing it right ?

 

[Naminator]

So many jokes, and are all falling flat.

 

[Teletraan1]

How many transistors?

 

[Beerman462]

Return of the Duke?

This was the best FPS/Racing controller ever

 

[CrisKre]

Well, they have a sense of humor at least.

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

What the hell is Albert doing other there at MS????

Shouldn't he be telling his co workers that such a stunt would only lead to GAF jokes.

When your console is already a monster, don't go and create an even bigger one for the world to mock. I just pity the brains in MS at the moment.

 

[stonesak]

World's largest water cooler.

 

[plasmawave]

 

[weevles]

Still plays games at 720p.

 

[OnPoint]

"Actual size."

Guy in the red car is going to be pissed... I'd be mad if they constructed some behemoth right next to my car, that's for sure. I'd be checking for scratches allllll over.

To be fair he's parked like an asshole.

 

[Timedog]

1:1 ratio. Impressive!

 

[Oshimai]

That's the biggest DVD rewinder I've ever seen.

 

[MogCakes]

You'd think they'd find a more open and pedestrian space to build it so they'd get more exposure.

 

[Dazzler]

You'd think they'd find a more open and pedestrian space to build it so they'd get more exposure.

it's just off probably the busiest street in the city

I do agree on it being an odd choice, though. They should have put it on a barge in Coal Harbour

 

[Version 3.0]

Man, that photoshop brings back memories.

It does for me, too. Heck, I even made one of my own back then:

 

[$h@d0w]

someone is going to vandalize this with a big red ring

 

[Dazzler]

someone is going to vandalize this with a big red ring

The car park it sits in is between an Irish bar and a strip club, I'd be surprised if it lasts the night

 

[plasmawave]

I thought they were going to transport it else where eventually.

 

[DXLelouch153]

The car park it sits in is between an Irish bar and a strip club, I'd be surprised if it lasts the night

someones gonna have an orgy inside that thing i just know it

 

[UNCMark]

Is it fitting that it kinda resembles a dumpster?

 

[Backfoggen]

ESRAM expansion pak inside.

 

[Damian.]

Still stuck at 720p

 

[derFeef]

Is it fitting that it kinda resembles a dumpster?

Why, you wan to.. jump in?

Still stuck at 720p

That one is not even funny. Not sure what the joke even supposed to be.

 

[Eclectic Jabber Monkey]

Kind of strange they don't have it setup in a more public place, looks like its in some random alley where the city OK'd them to set it up.

Fellow Canadians I just entered and got this message about the prizes:

"Thanks for Entering
Because you pledged before Nov. 10th,
you’ve been entered to WIN:

One of three trips to Toronto for the Xbox One
launch party on Nov 21st !
All expenses paid for you and a friend!
One Xbox One Console with Dead Rising 3, Forza Motorsport 5 and Ryse: Son of Rome.
The winners will be selected on Nov 12th"

 

[eso76]

"Guys, it's not as big in person as it looks in pics"

Imagine the matching kinect.
"please stand farther away for kinect to correctly detect you. Farther. Farther. Farther. Farther..."

Or
"And you ain't seen the power brick"



Man, Microsoft has got a sense of humour alright..

The potential for jokes and shops is limitless.

 

[DJIzana]

I'm going to head there with a few of friends. Will post pics as they'll likely line up early. I'm no Xbro but I'll go at the chance of getting free swag.

 

[TemplaerDude]

Well I'm not doing anything, I'll go check this out.

 

[TemplaerDude]

Well it is definitely a big fucking Xbox.

 

[PAULINK]

I pledged my gamertag to unlock it, only 5% more to go. I hope I win a trip, would be sick.

 

[TemplaerDude]

3% guys, sign up so I can get in this thing.

 

[Cutebrute]

Just imagine the transistors in that things.

 

[AusRoachman]

Slim version announced already ?

 

[Pumpkincutter]

It does for me, too. Heck, I even made one of my own back then:

Good old vwvortex.. Those were the days.

 

[Jotamide]

The xbone was opened today. There's a small tent where you can get zombie makeup for free! No impressions about the Dead Rising 3 demo, I'm waiting to get makeup first lol.

 

[Version 3.0]

Good old vwvortex.. Those were the days.

Source of the pic is below, says it was a Jetta. I wouldn't know...

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Overload.htm

 

[Warm Machine]

Heading over to check it out right away.