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January 22, 2008 2:46 AM PST

Etch-A-Sketch on the plasma

by Mike Yamamoto
(Credit: Johnson Smith)

It's the perfect gift to address a Boomer's midlife crisis: an excuse to get a big-screen TV and to relive one's childhood.

The "Deluxe TV Etch-A-Sketch" has a handheld controller that plugs into the television so you can put your work on display for all to see--until someone wants to watch something, anyway. The knobs look a little different from those on the original, so purists might not allow it in any sort of competition.

But there is one feature that remains true to the original, according to Book of Joe: If you shake the controller, the image will disappear. That'll come in particularly handy if this guy ever comes over to play.

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by Wes#1 January 22, 2008 5:46 AM PST
SCREEN BURN!! This looks like the perfect way to trash that expensive plasma, and have fun doing it!
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