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The official Mattel Back to the Future hoverboard is here and it looks exactly like it did in Back to the Future II: happy neon pink retro future glory. All the details are there — the hole where Marty ripped off the pole, the foot strap and the graphics — but it doesn’t actually hover. No matter, this is your childhood dreams in a toy.
Those two pods are only good for gliding but the middle pack is where you put the batteries in to activate the “whooshing” sound effects.
The detail is pretty lovely. Just as I remembered.
It’s about the size of a typical skateboard.
You have 3 more years before I demand a hovering version, Mattel.
In the mean time, I made it look like it hovered. The magic of the pictures!
Velcro footpad. In 2015, velcro is still cool.
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It’s quiz time and your question for today is….
With my remaining wages do I -
A: Buy the hoverboard and cry
B: Buy Christmas presents for friends and family and have inner peace
C: Buy a hoverboard and be awesome!
A: then hack it to turn it into a real hoverboard — you might not actually be able to go anywhere, but with a few strong magnets I reckon you could get this thing to levitate.
I’m sure it’s already been done and I really wish I’d pre-ordered one now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA
We need this now – get your top scientists working on this technology asap
Mattel, look here: http://www.hovertech.com/home/research/hydrostatic.html
Research it, design it, make it, sell it. Not too hard for a 2015 deadline this day and age is it?
how i would love a hoverboard, well about four of them so i can fit one to each wheel of my wheelchair
but this looks so very cheap
Sooooo…a hoverboard that doesn’t hover?
you mean “a board” then, don’t you?
And how much would one expect to pay for his boardness?
Now all we need is Nike to make the self-tying shoelace trainers. These would be far more awesome and possible!