Just what you always wanted: Young Wozniak and Jobs play set

Some of you may remember that, last summer, we chronicled for you the different levels of Apple zealotry. There is the OS-defending zealot, the Apple hardware collecting zealot (I'm looking at you Erik!), the zealot who shaves or tattoos various incarnations of the Apple logo on his or her body, and then the most severe form of Apple zealot, the one that collects lego-esque action figures of his or her favorite Apple personalities.

It was at that time that we pointed out a set of Lego-themed bricks, based on Apple's award-winning 1984 commercial. It was then when our fears were realized. The set sold out alarmingly fast, like Kansas City out of the pennant race fast. There were many more of these individuals afflicted by this severe form of zealotry then we had ever realized—hordes of you were willing to pay $200 for the limited edition (not) Lego set.

The events of last summer about to happen again. This time, PodBrix is releasing a limited-edition run of 300 "Young Woz and Jobs Playset." The set, which will go for $39.99, depicts Steve Jobs and a frighteningly wookie-like Steve Wozniak with a screwdriver in hand way back in the year 1972. Steve Jobs sports a sort of maniacal smirk while Wozniak a big grin, and beside both of them sits a computer that looks an awful lot like an Apple II. That is, if it wasn't seven years before that machine was produced.

Of course, there are varying degrees of each level of zealotry—a tattoo obviously makes for more of a zealot than a hair cut. Since this is the case, this set will definitely make you less of a zealot at $39.99 than those who paid the $198.99 price tag for the last limited edition. Please do consider that—after buying the add-on Steve, Steve dream house, and Steve dream Corvette—your level will rise significantly.

The set will go on sale August 29 at 9:00 PM Eastern Time. Good luck.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/08/27/
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