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9)Wooden NES

Is this what the rumoured new DS is going to look like? We like the retro curves of this modded NES, although we must admit we’re not so keen on the prospect of getting splinters from the D-pad.

10)Mario bottle theme



This is great - the world famous Mario theme played on a long line of wine bottles, which produce the correct notes when tapped by a twanger attached to a remote-control car. Hope they recycled that lot afterwards.

11) Andy’s mom’s hat



Art editor Andy McGregor receives regular parcels of supplies from his native Newcastle, generally filled with home-made knitted Nintendo goodies. This month he got a Goomba beanie. Just the thing for a night oot on the toon. Erm… way-aye, man!

12)Galaxy Wii



From Ramon Stokes, who’s built quite a reputation for his extraordinarily elaborate console mods, this Mario Galaxy creation is a colourful sculpture that also happens to play Wii games. Not that you’d want to risk using it, since it fetched $2,250 at auction.

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Martin Kitts is a veteran of the video game journalism field, having worked his way up through the ranks at N64 magazine and into its iterations as NGC and NGamer. Martin has contributed to countless other publications over the years, including GamesRadar+, GamesMaster, and Official Xbox Magazine.