Rock Band Stage Kit smoke machine and strobe light in pictures
GameStop leaked the existence of the $100 Rock Band Stage Kit back in January, and it's updated the listing with the first pictures we've seen of the included smoke machine and strobe light. The smoke machine looks fairly ordinary, but the light features controls so Rock Band vocalists can apparently blind themselves while making selections. The kit's listed with a ship date of August 15, but who knows if that's accurate -- and considering you can pick up a real fogger and strobe light sufficient to glam out your living room for all of $50, we're not exactly waiting on pins and needles.[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
imacmatt09 @ May 26th 2008 8:05PM
All I can ask is why?
Josh @ May 26th 2008 8:08PM
they can just place the label "Rock Band" and double the price.
ironic you should say that though, giving your name...
bondsbw @ May 26th 2008 8:20PM
At least expensive Apple products bring value to the consumer.
I just don't really get this... maybe for some big parties, but 9 out of 10 of these won't be used more than once.
imacmatt09 @ May 26th 2008 8:29PM
@ josh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
Pochi @ May 26th 2008 8:58PM
Because this is obviously the key element in getting laid - constantly - by beautiful women.
MrGam3r @ May 26th 2008 8:10PM
seriously if fake instruments wasn't enough, why fake special effects? Are you really going to go play on stage and be like "Oh look at me and my skills and plastic fog machine!". haha
Ian @ May 26th 2008 9:22PM
well i agree with you a bit but i still think they are real effects. not fake.
Rocko @ May 26th 2008 9:28PM
uhh, real concerts do use fog machines and strobe lights. Not this small, per se, but functional nonetheless.
Kip HT @ May 26th 2008 8:17PM
Oh lord.
Don't you think this is getting out of hand now?
Aguiluz @ May 26th 2008 8:40PM
What's getting out of hand is that XB360 controller with a strobe light on it. How can you play games when blind?
Kawaiipikachu @ May 26th 2008 8:19PM
How would i see the screen if the fogs clouding my vision .
I would just get the whole Guitar Hero: On Tour package even if i get an extra guitar .
At least i get higher qulity [b]fake[/b] instruments . :)
YourTechSupport @ May 26th 2008 8:25PM
Now all we need is Rock Band Hookers & Blow for that authentic experience!
Reader @ May 26th 2008 8:28PM
Heroine Hero forever
Dolemite @ May 26th 2008 8:47PM
Don't forget the vomit. Need lots and lots of vomit too. Or at least the smell.
jordan @ May 26th 2008 8:49PM
^^^^^ ahahahahah
Ray @ May 27th 2008 12:13AM
Heroin Hero: Nikki Sixx
andres @ May 27th 2008 12:40AM
rockband, now with herpes
Rocketboy @ May 27th 2008 9:05AM
Reader: You watch TV too?!?!?!?!
Andrew Pollack @ May 26th 2008 8:30PM
As a firefighter, I'm so looking forward to the increased alarm calls resulting from 14 year old Betty Bonehad and her cheezy smoke machine you have no idea.
suntiger @ May 26th 2008 9:20PM
What's the associated fire risk with smoke machines?
Jenny @ May 26th 2008 9:33PM
Not exactly a fire risk, but if used in vast quantities, the smoke can set off a smoke detector.
It takes a lot though, this low quality machine might not do it. Naughty HS kids in a theatre class snuck the fog machine into the catwalk, taped the button down, and ran. During final exams.
Andrew Pollack @ May 26th 2008 9:35PM
There's not much fire risk with these - the solution gets heated in the unit and the fog is produced. It can be fairly copious too. We use them for training and can fill a house pretty effectively. It can reduce visibility well but it doesn't really act much like the kind of smoke you get in a fire.
What they can do is set off smoke detectors pretty effectively. Also, I've seen many cases where kids (15-18 year olds in the Explorer Scouts program) have had asthma problems with them. The fog and solution don't actually seem to cause a problem medically, but its easy to get caught up in the expectation of the smoke causing a problem -- and for many asthmatics that's enough to set them off.
Jake @ May 27th 2008 10:57AM
Leave Betty Bonehead alone! She's a human!
-jp
Jeremy @ Jun 16th 2008 11:21PM
retard... fog machines wont set off smoke detectors... its not real smoke!
i have a real fog machine and a real smoke detecter and it never goes off. infact every house i have taken the game and fog to have smoke detectors and none of them are set off either.
are you a firefighter in the land of butterflies and rainbows and firetrucks where everyone smiles and there is no violence... lol come on dude.
highdspeedhamish @ May 26th 2008 8:33PM
Ok, now its over the top... whats next? Rock Band inflatable crowd? Rock Band Stage Barricades ?
Honestly I like the game (I suck at it) but leave it at that.. a game..
Im sure its coming, Rock Band Tours (as in people playing at clubs).. you wait...
Glen @ May 26th 2008 8:35PM
will this auctaly make fog in the living room, or just on the tv?
Aguiluz @ May 26th 2008 8:40PM
(facepalm)
Mindfield @ May 26th 2008 10:59PM
I think that's the only response adequate enough to convey the dept of WTF that this question plumbs.
Phoenix @ May 27th 2008 7:52AM
yeah... People need to learn to read, or at least look at the picture
Alex Poterek @ May 26th 2008 8:39PM
i'm waiting for rockband groupie kit.
Andrew Pollack @ May 26th 2008 8:41PM
@Glen - it looks like a fairly standard smoke machine to me, these smaller units are rentable at party stores. They make a pretty good thick haze - not so much smoke as fog. There is no layering because the fluid used and the out put of the machine are essentially room temperature.
vooodude @ May 26th 2008 8:48PM
They've had pictures of this already at my local gamestop for over a month.
I think it'll be pretty cool, add to the ambience of my surround sound and 61" HDTV. Price is a bit much though.
greatslack @ May 26th 2008 8:48PM
I guess it's worth $50 extra for the auto-synchronization with the music. I can see bars buying these up, even if they just use them for "Karaoke with effects". I'm sure there's a market for these, but I dunno how big it is at that price point. For $30, I'd be game.
Garst @ May 26th 2008 8:53PM
Is the guy playing the strobe light have the goal of giving himself a seizure? Obviously, he will have the light directed directly at his eyes.
theo @ May 26th 2008 8:56PM
what about a ps3 version? is this kit 360 exclusive?
tiuk @ May 26th 2008 9:15PM
When I first heard this announced I thought it was a joke, can't believe it's real.
LiqwidZero @ May 26th 2008 9:17PM
We've had these at our local Gamestop for some time now... how this is new, I have no idea.
And this is really damn ridiculous. Only an idiot would buy this for $100... but I suppose there is a market for idiots.
jP @ May 26th 2008 9:33PM
You suppose there is a market for idiots?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette
suntiger @ May 26th 2008 9:22PM
Oh. Wait. Right.
That stuff sets off smoke alarms?
Andrew Pollack @ May 26th 2008 9:41PM
Yes., it does -- depending on the kind of smoke detector. I've been to several calls, some in fairly big venues like the local Middle school gym during a dance, where the smokes were set up by these kinds of smoke machines.
Paul @ May 26th 2008 9:25PM
What's worse than this product is the thought that someone will actually buy it.
shmengie @ May 26th 2008 9:29PM
i work at the company that conceived of, designed and are manufacturing this kit. it's mildly amusing.
Tom @ May 26th 2008 9:52PM
I need an address, business hours, and a building layout - preferably the original blueprints.
shmengie @ May 26th 2008 10:58PM
why do you need those things, tom? do you want to come down and give me a big hug?
prosumethis @ May 27th 2008 2:16AM
Shilo will kick ur ass!
Aaron @ May 26th 2008 10:03PM
This has gone way to far...
Giroro @ May 26th 2008 10:06PM
Yeah ...
I saw these for sale at the Gamestop closest to me (Ogden, UT) about 2 weeks ago.
So I Don't think the August 15th ship date is accurate
ill trooper @ May 27th 2008 12:56AM
No, all you dudes claiming it's in your stores have likely been seeing the mock-up boxes, which we've had in NYC for months as well. The product isn't out yet. You didn't even bother wondering why the box you saw was so small?
I could be wrong, so feel free to come humiliate me in this thread if you can post a picture of the device for sale (not simply the mock-up box), but I ain't seein' it for sale anywhere on the internet.
Ken @ May 26th 2008 10:27PM
These have been around here for a while...
Kspraydad @ May 26th 2008 10:39PM
http://i29.tinypic.com/2hzikqg.jpg