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July 31st, 2011 | Audio Stuff, Merchandise, MOTHER 1
Onion recently spotted a music box on Yahoo Auctions Japan that plays a bit of the Eight Melodies theme from MOTHER 1:
And here’s what it sounds like:
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It’s clearly unofficial, but it isn’t surprising, since music boxes are pretty popular in Japan. I kind of wish it played the entire thing too, but oh well. It’s still pretty neat!
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26 Comments to Eight Melodies Music Box
 | Derp said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
It’s very pretty.
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| Anonymous said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
I’d sell my vital organs for one that played the full tune.
 | Onion said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
Man. I can’t even imagine living in a place where stuff like this is so commonplace you don’t even bat an eyelash at it.
Just too cool.
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| 50m3GuyWh0H4t35M0th3r3 said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
It might be a reference to the music box in Mother that gives the 1st melody
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| asdfjal said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
here take my arms
the second one pays for shipping
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| Dosei-san said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
Where can I find a link?
Whoa! a pollyanna music box I wish there was one for sale.
Also what is the one completely in japanese?
 | Mato said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
It’s “Because I Love You”.
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| Nini-ni said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
Aww, so cute! :33
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| Uscdrew said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
@Mato
That’s kinda funny. My family on my mom’s side came from Poland, so they had a Polka band a long time ago. One of their songs was “Because I Love You”.
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| ? said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
That looks sweet, i’d love to buy one. I hope whoever buys it doesn’t piss away too much money.
 | Someone Else said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
This isn’t really Eight Melodies.
More like four melodies. Oh well.
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| Miche said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
Man, now I want one of these, as well as the MOTHER 3 Love Theme and Because I Love You music boxes so badly. No, wait, how about all of them? :3
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| Dosei-san said on Jul. 31, 2011 |
Grrrr! Hey does anyone know what to search on YJA to find this?
also someone is selling a mr saturn keychain on YJA also 
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| Anonymous said on Aug. 1, 2011 |
That actually…sounds so beautiful I want one…
 | Carl said on Aug. 1, 2011 |
What the heck is an Orgel?
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| Mato said on Aug. 1, 2011 |
Comes from some European language originally, it means “music box” in Japanese now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_box#Musical_boxes_in_popular_culture
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| Dosei-san said on Aug. 1, 2011 |
please can you post a link
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| Dosei-san said on Aug. 1, 2011 |
So this one was bought already?
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| Mato said on Aug. 1, 2011 |
It was auctioned but no one bought it.
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| starwars890 said on Aug. 1, 2011 |
It’s like a comforting lullaby…
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| DJMankiewicz said on Aug. 1, 2011 |
Which is exactly what 8 melodies is intended to be .
The reason it’s so short is because it’s so small. That limits the length of the song. If it was larger, with a bigger cylinder and a stronger spring to power that cylinder, it could be a lot longer. That gets expensive though.
Still, the latter half could be a second small music box played in tandem for an interesting effect.
 | SoreThumb said on Aug. 2, 2011 |
Wow.. I wish I could own all of them. 
Even better if it was the full one..
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| What'sHerFace said on Aug. 2, 2011 |
All of my want.
 | BigDream said on Feb. 1, 2012 |
I WOULD BUY IT!!!!
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