Apr 7 2008Cheap: Beadsprite Magnets For Sale on Etsy
These are video game sprites made out of those little beads that you iron and melt together. I posted the Mario ones, but the seller has others, including some Earthbound and Final Fantasy. They all run between $4 - $5.50, so they're affordable. Of course, you can make your own if you're crafty and your mommy lets you use the iron. Mine doesn't (read: I scorched my genitals thrice), so I'd have to buy them. I am allowed to play with the beads though. Delicious.
Thanks to Jen, whose husband is clearly a very lucky man, for the tip
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Reader Comments
1. Poindexter - April 7, 2008 1:30 PM
They don't bake in the oven, you nerd.
You forge them together with an iron.
Omgosh.
2. Chris - April 7, 2008 1:34 PM
You iron them together...no oven involved.
3. Anas Purpurea - April 7, 2008 1:46 PM
ETSY IS MY GOD.
And melting plastic is fun.
4. blp - April 7, 2008 2:36 PM
@1, only the nerdiest of male nerds or girls would know anything about these silly beads.
5. Sage - April 7, 2008 6:37 PM
So, as the webmaster of the site that's producing these, I'm amazed (in a good way) that we're all over the interblags this quickly. We hardly have any stock yet!
If you're interested in these kinds of things, check back in the store every week or two. The online inventory won't really start to grow until after the big anime con we're going to in May, though.
Big thanks to the mysterious Jen!
6. Manny - April 9, 2008 12:01 AM
I just wonder how many times someone can make these things and actually think they have a new or novel idea going on. It's been years upon years since I first saw the first person try to make a buck off of this concept.
7. Sentral - April 9, 2008 5:14 AM
The Yoshi is pretty damn special.
8. Jen's Husband - April 10, 2008 9:22 AM
I am indeed a very lucky man. With a wife that spends her free time perusing geekology and fragging people in Call of Duty 4, I believe I am win by proxy.