{"id":44328,"date":"2018-08-31T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/random_have_usd22000_then_why_not_treat_yourself_to_this_solid_gold_mega_man_statue"},"modified":"2018-08-31T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T13:30:00","slug":"random-have-22000-then-why-not-treat-yourself-to-this-solid-gold-mega-man-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/31\/random-have-22000-then-why-not-treat-yourself-to-this-solid-gold-mega-man-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Have $22,000? Then Why Not Treat Yourself To This Solid Gold Mega Man Statue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/32530d36e974f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/32530d36e974f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Mega Man\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/32530d36e974f\/mega-man.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/32530d36e974f\/mega-man.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mega Man\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Capcom is releasing a solid gold <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/mega_man_x_legacy_collection\"><strong>Mega Man<\/strong><\/a> statue\u00a0that would look great on any collector&#8217;s shelf. The catch? It costs nearly $22,000.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the character&#8217;s 30th anniversary &#8211; which actually took place in December last year &#8211; this statue has now been put up online for pre-order. It measures in at approximately 100mm (which is just under 4 inches), is made up of 99.99% pure gold, and weighs 90g. As mentioned above, as lovely as it is, the thing isn&#8217;t cheap, costing a whopping 2.4 million yen (approx. $21,673 \/ \u00a316,711). If you&#8217;re planning to go through life without a family, mortgage, vehicle, or food, this one might be for you.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Megaman2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a1cbebc9ae1b8\/megaman2.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a1cbebc9ae1b8\/megaman2.450x495.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Megaman2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Megaman3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0b79dfb0dc590\/megaman3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0b79dfb0dc590\/megaman3.450x495.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Megaman3\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Megaman4\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a233b1130b60a\/megaman4.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a233b1130b60a\/megaman4.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Megaman4\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If that model is slightly too expensive, a smaller model is also on offer. At 60mm tall, weighing just a third of the original model at 30g, this smaller variant will cost you 690,000 yen (approx. $6,227 \/ \u00a34,800).<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re sitting on an actual goldmine, or if you&#8217;d like to check out the product listings for yourself, pre-orders are being taken <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chugai-contents.jp\/p\/rockman_figure.html\">right here<\/a>. They come with their display cases as standard, which you&#8217;d certainly be hoping for considering the price.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you a Mega Man fan? Would you like to have one of these on your shelf at home? Feel free to share your thoughts with us in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capcom is releasing a solid gold Mega Man statue\u00a0that would look great on any collector&#8217;s shelf. The catch? It costs nearly $22,000. To celebrate the character&#8217;s 30th anniversary &#8211; which actually took place in December last year &#8211; this statue has now been put up online for pre-order. It measures in at approximately 100mm (which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}