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Dead PS2s find a new home in your hand

Posted on September 11th, 2007 at 13:25 EDT

Many of you may not be ready to recycle your "working" PlayStation 2, but for those of you that have an old, broken, disc read error PS2, this might be your solution. Pictures have surfaced around the internet of a company in China that makes pens (yes, pens) out of old PS2s.

It is quite interesting that there is such an ample supply of dead or old PS2s that a company can make a legitimate business venture from them.

GamesRadar didn't reveal anymore about the company, but keep an eye on PSU for more information on this PS2 'peripheral' and where you can get them. Heck, we may even get some for the office.

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posted 1:32pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
1

Genius...I want one!

posted 1:35pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
2

nice...i would buy one

posted 1:45pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
3

this just goes to show how innovative and environmentally friendly sony can be lol :)

posted 1:55pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
4

so... a highly succesfull last generation consol becomes a pen?

who comes up with those ideas? :S

I will get one just to remind me of good old times... (snifff) poor PS2...

posted 2:05pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
5

ts from China? Watch out for the lead content

posted 3:02pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
6

If the price is not too high, I would probably get one... nice "franchise"!

posted 3:26pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
7

I can beat that, I use mine as a paperweight. If there's enough of a demand I'll start marketing my idea.

posted 3:32pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
8

Or mabey they should use broken 360's,....

Sorry to say it.

Someone had to.

posted 3:59pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
9

Use it to make new PS3's!!

posted 4:03pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
10

That is sweet. My PS2 isn't dead yet but when it does I want it to be turned into pens.

posted 4:31pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
11

I think i just threw my ps2 away like 2 months ago. Damn this news for not coming sooner

posted 4:40pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
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Now see, stuff like that I'd pay for.
posted 6:03pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
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psn id: gingo... lol no i wont be turning my ps2 into a pen thank you very much

posted 6:36pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
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This Chinese company would make more pens if they used broken Xbox 360s instead.

posted 6:57pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
15

Ard Master!

Perfect!

posted 7:00pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
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Just dont put it in youe mouth, Seems to me the stuff coming from China is pretty bad these days.

posted 7:12pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
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lol....Does anyone here really think they are making pens from recycled ps2s!? they are scrapping the internal parts for use and then just giving you pens. pens by the way that cost pennies and you are giving up perhaps close to 50-100 dollars in reusable computer hardware.

posted 7:48pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
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They could build HOMES with all the dead 36*s in the last year.

posted 8:12pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
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nice ps2 tribute i want one

posted 10:52pm EDT - September 11th, 2007
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Wow what a collecter's item. I def want one of those

posted 12:30am EDT - September 12th, 2007
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@ ard master, Jared, and Alpha2: Yes, they could makes pens out of 360s, but who would want them?  They'd probably just break in a few weeks anyway.  And you have to keep sending in for replacements because your writing is pushing the pen to its limits. Ahahaha. And who wants just one? I'd buy a box of 1000, wait for a year, and sell them on eBay.

posted 1:30am EDT - September 12th, 2007
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you guys dont have an office lol.

 

posted 11:42am EDT - September 12th, 2007
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They can't be trusted that those pen are really from recycled PS2's. All those PS2's that they receive they probably fix many of them with just the 'disc read error' and re-sell them in 3rd world countries. The same happens with recycled mobile phones. When they say 'recycled' they mean they repair 2/3 of them and sell them on in Africa and that is coming from the horses mouth as they clearly said what they do on a TV report. The remaining mobiles gets crushed and recycled into plastics. Its a $100 million plus business for them.

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