Diamond Member Steam 0 Posted June 7 Diamond Member Share Posted June 7 A limited edition original Xbox themed after Marvel's 2003 Hulk film has been donated to a *** charity shop despite being worth thousands. The This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up is selling the console on This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , where bids have so far risen to more than $2,300 despite the auction not ending until June 15, 2024. The BHF estimated it could bring upwards of $11,000 for the charity, which funds medical research of heart and circulatory ********* and aims to raise public awareness of these issues. A collaboration between Xbox, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , and Pepsi saw 50 of the consoles made to give away to winners of a competition. *** residents tasked with watching Hulk at the cinema, who purchased a Pepsi and popcorn meal deal, received a scratchcard which offered a chance of winning the bright green hardware. Only 36 people actually won a console, and only around 20 of them are known to exist today, more than two decades later, according to the BHF. The Xbox bears resemblance to a limited edition Mountain Dew console released in the U.S., but as 5,000 of those were made, the Hulk version is much more rare. The console was confirmed to be fully working by the BHF's Paul Smith, who is thankfully an avid gamer and noticed the console was particularly unusual. "We test all the electrical donations we receive, and this one really caught my eye," he said. "I’m a games enthusiast myself but the rare green ****** combined with the Hulk and Pepsi logo really stood out. Whoever is lucky enough to snap this up will make their friends green with envy.” "Whoever is lucky enough to snap this up will make their friends green with envy. If this incredibly rare piece of bizarre Xbox history isn't enough to entice a bid out of fans, it even comes with five games: Tony Hawk's Underground, Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie, and a French version of Bilbo the Hobbit. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up is still a fan of releasing ridiculous limited edition consoles via competitions 21 years later, as its current Xbox Series X and S consoles have received myriad wild and wacky colorways. These include designs based on This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , and sticking to the Marvel theme, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . On the weirder side comes a This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up and This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Other Xbox Series X and S generation highlights include This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , and even This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/43782-steam-limited-edition-hulk-xbox-worth-thousands-donated-to-uk-charity-shop/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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