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Fallout – with its infinite deserts, homicidal bandits, and irradiated drinking water – is pretty low on the list of video game worlds I fantasize about living in. But its retro-chic technology does have a magnetic appeal, and Bethesda has spent years trying to offer the magic of a fully functional Pip-Boy to collectors. Now it seems the thing you'd actually want is here, albeit with a very steep price tag.
"The first ever fully functional, supremely accurate, wearable 1:1 replica of the Pip-Boy 3000 as used in Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas" is now available for pre-order from the Bethesda Gear store for the not so low price of $299.99. It does, admittedly, look just about cool enough to match the superlatives on the store page, which describe it as "not only fully functional, but wearable, and exhibition-grade displayable."
The market for Fallout collectables might've hit a low point with that "f***ing insulting" Fallout 76 collector's edition, but the Pip-Boy dream lived – first with a modular construction kit from The Wand Company letting you build your own Fallout 76 Pip-Boy, then with a similar $200 replica based on the Pip-Boy from the TV show.
