Ceramic original Game Boy bricks

A Dutch ceramicist gamer is selling a line of clay bricks cast in a mold taken from an original Nintendo Game Boy. At 20€ each, they're a little too pricey for a whole garden wall, but the idea is damned intriguing. Link (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

[#1 posted by Takuan , January 9, 2008 12:50 AM]

for posterity,a la;

http://www.amazon.com/Motel-Mysteries-David-Macaulay/dp/0395284252

[#2 posted by pt , January 9, 2008 3:27 AM]

we interviewed this maker this week:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/01/make_interview_modding_co.html

[#3 posted by Radio Tirana , January 9, 2008 3:32 AM]

Not with my money

[#4 posted by krosebud84 , January 9, 2008 6:20 AM]

@ TAKUAN: Thanks so much for reminding me about that awesome book. I used to read it all the time.

[#5 posted by isao , January 9, 2008 7:22 AM]

Cannot wait to see a real house decorated with this brick - complete with Mario statue (in 8-bit style) and Mushroom huts. Door bell in the original Super Mario theme should be optional.

[#6 posted by License Farm , January 9, 2008 8:17 AM]

@ KRosebud84: If you love Motel of the Mysteries, you should also check out Macaulay's Great Moments in Architecture, which includes, among other things, classically-adorned outhouses, an escalator to nowhere, and tourists visiting the vanishing point. There's not the same sort of narrative, but each picture tells its own story.

I wonder whether it mightn't be cheaper just to build with actual Gameboys. They could be rigged to chime the hour in unison, or maybe have a cascade effect from one corner of the house to another.

[#7 posted by pediddle , January 9, 2008 9:59 AM]

$30 for that?! I'm sorry, but from that picture, the quality looks shoddy. Not even suitable as a novelty item.

[#8 posted by haineux , January 9, 2008 10:38 AM]

These people are making something rather like Tibetan Buddhist tsa-tsas.

http://www.tsatsastudio.org/