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Plastic Lancer shakes and roars.

Epic Games has confirmed that the replica Lancer gun from Gears of War, which was prematurely revealed at the end of last week, is official and has been selling like "hot cakes".

The 36-inch plastic weapon shakes and growls when you slot three C batteries (the chunky cylindrical ones) in its chamber. Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski poses with the replica on Amazon, maybe in an attempt to distract from the USD 139.99 (GBP 70) asking price.

Still, fork that out on a pre-order and a copy of Gears of War 2 is chucked in for free - plus the option to upgrade the game to a Limited Edition for USD 10 (GBP 5).

NECA, the company behind the plastic Lancer, has also made a "Headshot" Locust Drone action figure, which depicts an unfortunate insect-person-baddie taking a sniper bullet to the face. This comes complete with replica metal COG tags and costs USD 19.99 (GBP 10).

Both Lancer and "Headshot" Locust Drone go on sale alongside the Gears of War 2 game on 7th November.

We're waiting to hear back from NECA about European plans for the toys.

'Gears gun replica selling "like hot cakes"' Screenshot cliff

The Cliff and The Gun.

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stevencole7 #1 4 years ago

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Sad!
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asphaltcowboy #2 4 years ago

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Strangely it doesn't look quite as good as the one he had at GDC
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Dizzy #3 4 years ago

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Oh dear... expect a lot of GoW cosplayers now.
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DutchDemons #4 4 years ago

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The sadness
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rudedudejude #5 4 years ago

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oh my god youre gay.
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dr_shambles #6 4 years ago

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�70?????

WTF! Some people really need to get laid once in a while.
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Apologie #7 4 years ago

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stupidest thing ive seen... GOW nerds.
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Turambar #8 4 years ago

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"�70?????

WTF! Some people really need to get laid once in a while. "

Assuming they aren't paying to get laid surely they could get laid and buy the gun?
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dr_shambles #9 4 years ago

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@Turambar

I take your point. I was meaning if people perhaps got laid they wouldn't feel the need to part with �70 for a toy gun.

If they owned the gun they probably wouldn't get laid anyway so it's a vicious circle.
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penhalion #10 4 years ago

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Now all we need is for a dedicated fan to pimp one of them out with a real chainsaw and the innards from an ak 47.
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bongoinferno #11 4 years ago

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Imagine how much fun you could have down the kebab shop with this!

One large doner please, and I'll carve the meat!
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penhalion #12 4 years ago

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@bongoinferno

Would that be before or after the police shot you?
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Waldo #13 4 years ago

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Clifford should stop posing for pictures and get back to designing the entire game himself.
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General_Zod #14 4 years ago

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Hmmmm pathetic man-children buy plastic toy from homoerotic computer game, what a surprise!

Edited by 1 at 11/08/08 @ 15:47
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YourMessageHere #15 4 years ago

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Hypocrites abound. Nothing wrong with toy guns - better than real ones, no? Aren't all guns included in games toys, simply made of logic rather than plastic? Bet some people here have spent many times more than �70 on shooty games. Toys are fun.

Also, I own numerous toy guns and get laid frequently. I can exclusively confirm that the two facts share no correlations whatsoever.
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QPRHOOPS81 #16 4 years ago

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not that im condoning it or would want one but if you get a free copy of the game its really only 30 quid. Or did i mis-read the getting the game free, i cant be arsed to check.
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JediMasterMalik #17 4 years ago

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Something tells me someone's overcompensating...
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Rirekon #18 4 years ago

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So �70 for the gun + game, that makes the gun itself only �30... not bad
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Gearskin #19 4 years ago

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I want one! Although I could never justify it. Was hard enough justifying the FX lightsaber... and that's a God Damn LIGHTSABER!!!
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Vin #20 4 years ago

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Still, more fun than a Wii at any rate.
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Xerx3s #21 4 years ago

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"Oh dear... expect a lot of GoW cosplayers now."

Surely that's a good thing! With the amount of time a cosplayer would have to spend in the gym it would immediately make it the healthiest group on the planet. Unless they are tour the france or olympic athletes.
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belziah #22 4 years ago

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@vYourMessageHere

Bragging about holding ladies at gunpoint for sex is not the way forward......................
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zisssou #23 4 years ago

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how long before a child gets hold of this and the daily mail write

GEARS OF WAR MUST BE BANNED BECAUSE A CHILD HAD A TOY GUN
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KreyAtiv #24 4 years ago

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It'd want to do more than shake and growl for that price.
I'm sure some "ladies of the night" offer a service like that which would be a lot cheaper and you don't need 3 C batteries.
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Dusk777 #25 4 years ago

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My fucking god!!! When did this site become the home of "super cool mother fuckers"???? I thought this was a place to enjoy gaming in all its forms and spin offs. Comments like:

dr_shambles
11-Aug-08 15:27:18

�70?????

WTF! Some people really need to get laid once in a while.

General_Zod
11-Aug-08 15:47:08

Hmmmm pathetic man-children buy plastic toy from homoerotic computer game, what a surprise!

There is nothing Homoerotic about gears its a fucking game!!! and a bloody good one at that!! If you're seein something Homo in it then you're probably just looking in the mirror!! Shit grow the fuck up people!!! Buying the Lancer is no different from buying a force fx lightsabre or replica of any other film/comic/game item!! The fact that you're posting here means yo were obviously interested in it enough to read the article!!! This industry needs to be purged of idiots like you!!!
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Kalu #26 4 years ago

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over priced but i actually dig it !~
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