Curious about the supposed 24-Carat Gold Zelda GBA SP...

[Cosmic_Link]

Hi! ^o^

I was just wondering what you guy's thought of the 24-Carat Gold GBA SP which Nintendo supposedly gave to a few lucky people way back when the Zelda GBA SP came out. I know it's quite a random thing to bring up so long after it came out, but I just happened to remember this "competition" when I spotted my GBA SP whilst cleaning... lol Anyway, I'm having a really hard time finding any info about this particular console... :( I can't even find any actual photos of the console in question or anybody that claims to have one. lol Here was the advertisement for the competition when it was on...

http://i44.tinypic.com/2hnwfae.jpg

So, I wonder if this actually even existed? Could it have just been a big plan to push sales of the console more? (Like they needed to!) Just wondering if anybody here has seen or heard more info about it in the past 7 years. lol

Thanks for looking and I hope I posted this in the right place... :beg:

[sleepwalker]

All the tickets are probably still lying around in the sealed boxes :1:

[Cosmic_Link]

Possibly! lol I can't remember whether the Zelda SP's were sealed from retail. Would be nice to think that these possibly haven't been claimed yet! :D

[Steve50013]

Possibly! lol I can't remember whether the Zelda SP's were sealed from retail. Would be nice to think that these possibly haven't been claimed yet! :D

Someone at Nintendo probably took it home if that was the case :P

[Iwatasan]

I've never heard anybody claim they have one of these but I have seen pictures of gold plated GBAs. The pictures I've seen might have been taken of an unofficial product, considering the rarity of the real thing.

http://www.oobject.com/revolting-gold-gadgets/gold-plated-gba-sp/139/