September 8, 2025 • 1 min
In the #MikeJonesMinuteCon, we're talking about the most expensive lightsaber ever and the fake Nintendo / Pokemon ring that was busted!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The latest with gaming, TV shows, comics. You know they're
really important stuff though Mike Jones minicon on DC one
oh one.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
A massive bus just happened with millions of dollars of
fake Nintendo and Pokemon products. Thirty four year old Isaac
Lapidis was charged with counterfeiting and is facing up to
fifteen years in prison after a raid on his warehouse
in New York City found knockoff Nintendo and Pokemon accessories.
Lapidas had been selling them on Amazon under five different
companies since twenty eighteen, making over two million dollars in sales.
(00:32):
The good news is that Amazon is working to refund
everyone who bought any of the phony items. Not fake,
not phony, definitely the real deal. Darth Vader's lightsaber was
just sold for big money. This was the actual lightsaber
used and Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi
for the duels with Luke Skywalker and other scenes. The
final sale price on the lightsaber was three point sixty
(00:55):
five million dollars, the most ever for any piece from
a Star Wars auction. Get your daily pop culture run
down around four point fifty every weekday with the Mike
Jones minicon in the Afternoon Adventure on DC one oh
one on the air and the iHeartRadio app, And make
sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you
don't miss any episodes.
The latest with gaming, TV shows, comics. You know they're
really important stuff though Mike Jones minicon on DC one
oh one.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
A massive bus just happened with millions of dollars of
fake Nintendo and Pokemon products. Thirty four year old Isaac
Lapidis was charged with counterfeiting and is facing up to
fifteen years in prison after a raid on his warehouse
in New York City found knockoff Nintendo and Pokemon accessories.
Lapidas had been selling them on Amazon under five different
companies since twenty eighteen, making over two million dollars in sales.
(00:32):
The good news is that Amazon is working to refund
everyone who bought any of the phony items. Not fake,
not phony, definitely the real deal. Darth Vader's lightsaber was
just sold for big money. This was the actual lightsaber
used and Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi
for the duels with Luke Skywalker and other scenes. The
final sale price on the lightsaber was three point sixty
(00:55):
five million dollars, the most ever for any piece from
a Star Wars auction. Get your daily pop culture run
down around four point fifty every weekday with the Mike
Jones minicon in the Afternoon Adventure on DC one oh
one on the air and the iHeartRadio app, And make
sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you
don't miss any episodes.
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