eBay ALERT: 04-12-2012 Launch Team Edition!!

As of 2:56 a.m. EST there is a Launch Team Edition on eBay. $255.00 with 7 bids. The seller is "SeattleGoodWill". SEE HERE! The Seller, "SeattleGoodWill" is the online version of the actual Good Will thrift store. That tells me that someone actually donated this Launch Team Edition to them. WOW! One of the rarest xbox consoles ever made and it shows up on the doorstep of a thrift store. I use to live in Seattle in '00 - '01 and visited that...

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MY first mountain dew special edition!

On my way home with my very first Mountain Dew Special Edition Xbox...

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Xbox Armour Prototype!

Developed in CAD & prototyped XBOX "Game Armour". Designed to protect XBOX gaming console in an extremely portable package. Please refer to THIS SITE for more informati...

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Composition and Inverses of Functions

I really don't know what all of this hoo-ha means, but a student at The University Of Georgia asks: What is Function Composition? How can you prove a function is an inverse? In his essay he writes: Think of an assembly line. You are being brought a new Xbox. Your job is to place the Xbox jewel on the front of the machine. Then, you send to the next person to place the back on the machine. And then, on down the line until it is ready for purchasing...

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Inside An Xbox Factory: Flextronics, Hungary

Obviously the original xbox is not being manufactured anymore, but for anyone who's interested here is a glimpse inside the Hungary Flextronics factory during the original Xbox's heyday. Heres a quick historic overview of the original Xbox for anyone who has been living under a rock for the past 10 years…. Xbox was the first console to incorporate a hard disk drive, used primarily for storing game saves compressed in ZIP archives and content downloaded...

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Xbox Hello Kitty Mission Rescue Edition

Units Available: 550 Retail Price: S$99 SGD with select Samsung TV purchase The Hello Kitty Crystal Xbox was released with Sanrio in Singapore, to commemorate the release of Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue on the Xbox. The special edition console was translucent with a pink and orange Hello Kitty picture covering the X on top of the case. Included with the Hello Kitty Crystal console was a matching Crystal Controller S and a copy of Hello Kitty Mission...

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Xbox Tony Hawk Underground 2 Edition

Units Available: 10 Retail Price: Not For Sale The Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Special Edition Xbox was issued in October 2010 in conjunction with Activision and online skater magazine caughtinthecrossfire in the United Kingdom. This special edition console was only available as a winner's prize at skateboarding and gameplay competitions to commemorate and promote the release of Tony Hawk's Underground 2 on the Xbox. The artwork was airbrush painted...

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Xbox Moutain Dew Edition

Units Available: 5000 Retail Price: $99.99 (in 2004) eBay (loose) $120.00 - $150.00 (2012) eBay (sealed In Original Box) $700.00 + (2012) The Mountain Dew Limited Edition Xbox was only available through a Mountain Dew sweepstakes requiring loyal Dew-drinking Xbox fans to amass 550 points in order to "buy" the Limited Edition Xbox. The sweepstakes spanned 5 months – from April to August – in 2004. Production was limited to 5000 units. The price of...

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Xbox Dead Or Alive Ultimate Edition

Units Available: unknown Retail Price: unknown Similar to the Kasumi-Chan Edition with the exception of the words in the lower left corner on the top of the case, the color of the jewel and the "pillow". Some say "Dead Or Alive Online" and some say "Dead Or Alive Ultimate". Units available and Retail price are unknown due to the fact that it is undetermined how many of which console were made. However it does appear that the "Online" consoles have...

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Xbox Kasumi Chan Edition

Units Available: 5000 Retail Price: ¥22'800 On March 25, 2004, a Kasumi-chan Blue Xbox console was released in Japan. The system was released simultaneously with Tecmo's fighting game, Dead or Alive Ultimate. The translucent blue case was based on the costume of Dead or Alives main character, Kasumi, and had "Dead or Alive Ultimate" written in white lettering in the lower left corner of the top of the case. Included with the translucent blue console...

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Xbox Halo 2 Edition (Canada)

Units Available: 5,000 Retail Price: $249 The Halo 2 blue console was released on the 18th of March 2005 to Canada and Asia only for approximately $249. the production is said to be limited to 5,000 however I do not know if this is 5,000 in total or 5,000 to Canada and 5,000 to Asia. The console is translucent blue in color similar to the Kasumi Xbox however the jewel badge differences for each continent. the Asian version has a black jewel with...

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Xbox Halo 2 Edition (Asia)

Units Available: Unknown Retail Price: $249 On March 18, 2005, an Ice Blue Halo 2 Limited Edition Xbox was released in Canada and Asia. The console was translucent blue and retailed for approximately $249. Included with the Ice Blue console was a matching Controller S, a special Halo green headset and a copy of Halo 2. The difference between the Asian and Canadian Halo 2 versions can be seen in the Xbox's jewel. The Asian version has a black jewel,...

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Xbox Halo Combat Evolved Edition

Units Available: 200,000 Retail Price: $169 USD On March 14, 2004, Microsoft released a special version of the Xbox in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. This version was translucent green and came with a copy of Halo: Combat Evolved and a matching translucent green Controller S. The console case featured the Halo logo and the words "Special Edition"; the controller had a jewel that had the Halo logo in place of the normal Xbox logo....

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Xbox Crystal Edition

Units Available: 500-1200 Retail Price: €199/£139 (Mar 2004), €149/£99 (Oct 2004) On March 14, 2004, the Crystal Limited Edition Xbox was released in Europe to celebrate the Xbox's European birthday. With a price tag of €199/£139, the Crystal Limited Edition came with a transparent console and two matching Crystal Controller S. It is unknown how many Crystal Limited Editions were produced, however; later bundles were released pairing a re-released...

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Xbox 50 Cent Pure White Edition

Units Available: 1 Retail Price: Not For Sale Very sketchy details on this one. It was given away in a promotion in australis on "Channel V" (australian MTV type channel). It was signed by 50 Cent and given away with a copy of 50 Cent: Bullteproof, 50 Cent CDs and a 50 Cent poster. It is opaque white with a special white jewl badge that says XBOX as usual then just underneath and right hand aligned it says "Limited Edition" in a handwritten type...

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Xbox Pure White Edition

Units Available: 1000 Retail Price: ¥19,800 yen On February 22, 2004, a Pure White Limited Xbox Console was released in Japan, to commemorate the console's two-year anniversary in that country. The system allowed purchasers to personalize their console with up to twenty letters (Japanese characters not allowed) engraved on the case. The words "Limited Edition 2004" were also carved into the jewel of the console, and into the exclusive Controller...

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Xbox Pepsi Hulk Edition

Units Available: 200 Retail Price: Not For Sale Identical in color to the Mountain Dew Edition, the Hulk Xbox was a special promotional Xbox made to commemorate the release of the Universal Pictures movie "Hulk" in 2003 for the UK release. The console Featured a jewel on top with the promotional image of the Incredible Hulk's Eye and the Pepsi Logo. These Special editions were only available by having a winning Scratchcard when you Purchased a Popcorn...

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Xbox EA Xbox Live Thanks Edition

Units Available: 500 (not confirmed) Retail Price: Not For Sale The information on the Electronic Arts Xbox is hard to come by. I believe the console was given to members of the EA team as a present from Microsoft for their work on Xbox Live. It is a white console with EA branding in blue on the top right corner of the front of the console, the jewel badge is black with the normal xbox text in white but it also has the text "Xbox Live" below it...

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Xbox European 1 Year Edition

Units Available: 20,000 Manufactured - 5,000 sold (Europe) Retail Price: €229/£149 On May 2, 2003 a Translucent Green Limited Edition Xbox(rare) was released in Europe to celebrate Xbox's one-year European birthday. The console came with two matching Controller S and retailed for €229/£149. It had a limited munufacture of 20,000 units but only sold 5,000 units(in Europe). The styling of the Translucent Green Xbox is identical to Debug Units used...

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Xbox Panzer Dragoon Orta Edition

Units Available: 999 Retail Price: ¥35,800 JPY On December 19, 2002, a Panzer Dragoon Orta Special Edition Xbox was released in Japan to commemorate the release of Panzer Dragoon Orta on the Xbox. The console's special features included a white case with the Panzer Dragoon Orta logo on the top in the lower left hand corner, as well as some artwork from Orta surrounding the Xbox jewel. Unit was only available to those who preordered on Nov 1, 2002,...

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Xbox Skeleton Black Edition

Units Available: 50,000 planned - 10,000 sold Retail Price: ¥35,800 JPY In 2001, a Clear Black Limited Edition Xbox was released in Japan to commemorate the Xbox's Japanese release. Included with the Clear Black console was a matching Clear Black Controller S, an Xbox Component AV pack, and a key chain that had Bill Gates' signature and the console's serial number engraved in it. ...

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Xbox Debug Kit

Units Available: Unknown Retail Price: Not For Sale The debug and retail BIOSes do not differ much, and as a result hackers have been able to create hacked debug BIOSes which can be run on any retail Xbox. Thus, any Xbox can be converted into a Development Xbox. By further studying the debug BIOS, hackers have gained the ability to modify any Xbox BIOS in a way which allows them to load it from the internal hard disk, and then boot it 'on the fly'....

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Xbox Developement Kit (Final)

Units Available: Unknown Retail Price: Not For Sale The Xbox Development Kit (XDK) is a software development kit created by Microsoft used to write software for the Xbox gaming system. The XDK includes libraries, a compiler, and various tools used to create software for the Xbox. The XDK also includes a tool to record in-game footage, which has been widely used to create high-quality screenshots and trailer...

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Xbox Developement Kit Prototype (Black)

Units Available: unknown Retail Price: Not for Sale I do not know if this is just a color swatch mock up made by Microsoft, or if it was actually made and released to developers. This is the ONLY photo I could find for the black development kit. It has, until now, only been speculated to exi...

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Xbox Development Kit Prototype (Crystal)

Units Available: unknown Retail Price: Not for Sale I came across these just tonight. This appears to be extremely similar to the Dev Kits that we know and love. The first difference I saw was the jewel. It looks to be metalic green with an "X" logo as well as text that reads "Xbox". In some of the images it looks as if it has a wider than normal base attached to the bottom of the console. Also, it doesn't appear to be complete. It is unknown how...

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Xbox Alpha I & Xbox Alpha II

Quoted from: Hexigon Next we have an Alpha Tower XBOX development system, which is basic looks like an ordinary PC. It's not at all and everything is highly custom. People in the past have tried to create one from scratch from "off-the-shelf" parts, of course without the custom BIOS and CPU it just wouldn't work. Yes, this one is also a beast!...

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Xbox Partners Special Edition

Units Available: 14 (As Of 3/4/2012) Retail Price: Not For Sale The Xbox partners edition is a translucent green Xbox with a jewel that is silk screened with the message "Thanks for Partnering with Xbox" and signature from Bill Gates. This Xbox was given to hardware companies that produced components for the Xbox. This is the rarest Xbox and only 60 were ever made and only 14 remain today. There is only 4 known people who have this console on the...

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