Throughout the years Nintendo has been there for you if you want to let Mario celebrate your birthday with you. In our personal collection we have centerpieces,
party horns, party hats, a
cake pan and a gaggle of cards.
Recently we added this pin:
Right now it looks like a typical late eighties early nineties Mario item, but if you're sharp eyed you'll notice that Mario isn't just playing his own strange game of backwards foot hockey with that black puck, it is in fact a button. Pressing the button is where the birthday part and some confusion comes in.
Pressing the button causes a a tiny "Happy Birthday" flag to pop up. If this was a stationary item, this would make a little more sense. You give it to your Mario loving friend they push the button and delight in their birthday wishes from everyone's favorite plumber. However this is meant to be worn. So do you buy the pin and wear on your friend's birthdays and invite them to push the button? Do you wear it on your birthday and communicate "happy birthday" to the world at large, because it's your birthday and you're gonna make sure it's happy for everyone you see? Or do you wear and push the button whenever you feel like you could use some upside down birthday greetings (assuming you're wearing it right side up on your torso in some fashion).
Clearly trying to wear this is only going to lead to fashion confusion and heartache. Luckily for us we keep it display in our collection, making it once again a stationary item and removing all those pesky "how the heck am I supposed to wear this questions." Implementation issues aside, it's a pretty fun item and fun way to add even more Mario to your birthdays.
~Stephanie
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