The Pokémon Company Debuts Life-Sized Replica Of Classic ‘Million-Dollar’ Bike
Image via The Pokémon Company
In the first-generation Pokémon games, there existed a bicycle priced at a million Pokémon dollars. This makes it an apt item for The Pokémon Company to celebrate reaching a million Twitter followers with.
In-game, players are never able to buy this bicycle, because its million-dollar price tag means it’s one dollar more than what the game actually allows you to earn. However, get your hands on a Bike Voucher, and it’s yours—except, now, someone is going to get this bicycle in real life.
Given the special occasion and special bicycle, it comes as no surprise that the bicycle is finished with delightful Pokémon details. Its green and yellow theme is enhanced with a PokéBall wheel tread, etchings of iconic companions Pikachu, Snorlax, Charmander, Squirtle, and Eevee between the spokes, and handles branded with PokéBalls. And it even plays the iconic Pokémon Blue/Red bicycle theme jingle.
Image via The Pokémon Company
Image via The Pokémon Company
Unfortunately, the bike isn’t in large-scale production, nor is it going up for sale. Instead, it’ll be given away to a fan in Japan who follows the Poké Times account and uses the “Pokémon’s million-yen bicycle” hashtag.
The catch, if it can be counted as one, is that the bike isn’t actually rideable. The official page states that it’s not meant to be used as an actual transport device, and is instead held in place by a dual kickstand so it can’t fall over or move. There isn’t a bicycle chain, either.
However, it’s a full-scale, official replica of the elusive in-game model. It’s still going to look amazing even if it just sits in your front hallway.
[via Kotaku, images via The Pokémon Company]
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