Article’s Main Headline:
Get It in Time! A Legendary Gem!
Huge Display Stand for a Storefront!
In Explosion Bubble at Top:
Steel Frame-Made!
Weighs 30 kg!!
Alongside Up and Down Arrow to the Right of the Unit:
Overall Height: 170 cm
1st Bubble with Pointing Arrow:
I don’t know why, but for indirect lighting, it has a stylish illuminated panel with a half mirror, having a logo that appears to pop out – ideal for indoors!
2nd Bubble with Pointing Arrow:
Support stand, which can be smoothly adjusted angularly and up and down. It has an anti-theft lock at the cartridge slot.
3rd Bubble with Pointing Arrow:
Movable, acrylic pane that holds an advertisement flyer within itself. (Although a flyer of 4 initial titles and Wario Land was included, there probably would have been several other kinds as well.)
4th Bubble with Pointing Arrow:
Firmly fixed controller. The AC adapter is used as it is.
5th Bubble with Pointing Arrow:
Part containing a large logo. The Virtual Boy image is based on red and black and actually looks pretty cool.
Main Article at Bottom:
Here, now! Surprise! This author finally got such a thing! Some of you may remember that at the time of release, besides the aforementioned trial-play stand, there were also huge display stands that were set up at large-scale stores, etc. for in-store demonstrations. This thing really has super-luxury specifications, weighing 30 kg and standing 170 cm high! When a local earthquake comes, this is exactly the ultimate item to have, where I will probably be the only one in the world to have one of my rooms personally decorated with such a mass of steel that will surely crush this author to death. (I ask to be contacted if anyone says that they also have one.)
The whole unit is like a futuristic pinball machine or periscope, having a part with a simple red logo included on the main body that is constructed with a matted black steel frame, all combined with cool electric lighting! If they had done a limited production run with these specifications from the very beginning, set at 150,000 yen per unit, they could have done fairly good business with stupid fashionable people. By the way, I bought mine at a bargained price of 30,000 yen for the whole unit and 2 pieces of software, plus 20,000 yen for shipping costs including tax.
逐に入手! 伝説の逸品!
店頭用巨大展示台!
鉄骨製!
重量30kg!!
全高百七十センチ
なぜだか知らないがハーフミラーで
ロゴが飛び出して見える電飾パネル
オシャレな間接照明として、
室内インテリアにも最適!
上下、角度をスムースに調節できる
支持台。カートリッジスロットには
盗難防止のロックが付いている。
宣材チラシを挟むアクリル板、可動式。
(初期の4タイトルとワリオランドの
チラシが入っていたが、おそらく他にも
数種類あったと思われる。)
がっちり固定されたコントローラ。
ACアダプタはそのまま使用している。
大きくロゴの入った本体。バーチャル
ボーイは赤と黒を基調にしたイメージで
実は結構格好よかったのだ
さあどうだ! 驚け! ついにこんなものまで筆者は
入手してしまったのだ! 見覚えのある人も居よう、
前述の「試遊台」以外に発売当時、店頭デモ用として
大型店舗などに設置されていた巨大展示台。高き170cm
重さは実に30kgという超豪華仕様。直下型地震が来たら
まず確実に筆者を圧死させてくれそうな鉄の固まりで
個人でこんなもの部屋に飾っているのは、世界中で
オレ一人だろうてうけけけという、まさに究極のアイテム
である。(オレも持ってるという人が居たら連絡を請う)
艶消し黒の鉄骨で組まれたボディに、シンプルな赤で
ロゴの入ったX体は、クールな電飾と相まって、まるで
未来型ピンボールか潜望鏡。最初からこの仕様で限定生産
一台15万円とかにしておけば、バカなオシャレ系の方々
相手に結構いい商売ができたんじゃあるまいか。ちなみに
3万を本体、ソフト2本、消費税送料込み2万に値切って購入。