Remember those real-life Mario Karts created by West Coast Customs? Nate Stehley of Clarksville, Tennessee just won one.
Stehley will get the keys to his fully functional electric-powered kart on Tuesday, so if you step out next week and see a grown man driving a Mario kart with a glider attached, you're not going completely mental.
Nintendo Delivers Real-Life Mario Kart to GameStop Epic Reward Giveaway Winner in Tennessee
Nintendo Will Present Kart Keys to Lucky Winner in Clarksville, Tenn.
Nintendo will deliver a life-size Mario Kart™ vehicle to a Clarksville, Tenn., resident as the lucky winner of the GameStop® Epic Reward Giveaway™. Nintendo will present him with the keys to the fully functioning kart.
To celebrate the recent launch of the Mario Kart™ 7 game for the portable Nintendo 3DS™ system, Nintendo teamed up with West Coast Customs to create life-size models of two karts from the game – one for Mario™ and one for Luigi™ – and unveiled them at the 2011 LA Auto Show. A recent episode of Inside West Coast Customs on the Velocity Network showed how West Coast Customs and Nintendo worked together to make these video game vehicles a reality. Members of the GameStop PowerUp Rewards™ program had the opportunity to claim Mario’s kart as part of the monthly Epic Reward Giveaway. The kart comes complete with a decorative glider wing, as represented in the game. The Luigi Bumble V Kart resides at Nintendo of America’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash.
Comments 19
I hope it has a license plate so he can freak people out on the roads!
lol I want one of those!
I race r/c cars and painted a couple bodies up that resembled my favorite Excite Truck paint scheme. My new body painted yesterday is based from Jeff Burton's car, but maybe my next one I'll have to paint up like one of Yoshi's rides... Like Egg1 from the DS. It's funny, I never really thought of that, as into Mario Kart as I am.
I want. I think I would trade my car in for that without any second thoughts.
Am I the only one who thought that read "Real Mario Kart Tournament?"
@D33G Sure wish it was true though!
Awesome! The winner is from my state of Tennessee, Hell yeah!
@ClaytonLuigi: Not sure about Tennessee but I know here in Cali even with a license plate that Kart wont be street legal so unless he want to get it impounded he should stay off the streets with that thing.
@NintyFan What Zelda gamestop?
I want it!!!!!!!!!!
Nooooo. Nate Stehley is my enemy! That kart was to be mine!
I was under the impression GameStop was giving away both carts. I think they were and Ninty said, "No way, we're keeping one of those!"
And it's eco friendly. Greenpeace should give Nintendo some points over that.
I would wait a couple of years , then sale it to some rich snob for $10,000,000+ then my life would be complete
I wanted that! D:
Lucky guy
I'd prefer one of the original Mario Karts, the ones with the bar chasis, remember them?
And I'd rather it be petrol powered.
...basically I'd rather have an actual go-kart.
Wow, I wouldn't mind getting pulled over while driving that. Impounded is another story though >.<
Lucky guy. Now let's watch him hock it on ebay for tens of thousands of dollars...
Hey, what's the top speed on these monsters? I saw an assembly photo of the inside with a bunch of sealed Lead-Acid batteries. If it was mine, I'd make a trip over to the battery store to add some extra batteries and over-volt it just a little to increase the acceleration, torque, and max speed.
Typical for Tennessee. people living in the southern part of the U.S. have a better chance of winning things like this.
i wouldn't expect some one in New York, Manhattan driving this thru the city.
Tap here to load 19 comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...