Retsy Series 1 · Card 0824 · 00-MEM

Five-Button Rock Star

Real rockers press the orange button.

Basement parties of kids strumming plastic guitar controllers to rhythm games, chasing perfect scores on expert mode.

Card no.: 0824 of 1,280
Set: 00s Memes & Fads · 00-MEM
Year: 2007
Type: Plastic guitar rhythm game craze
Found at: Every basement on the block
Cost back then: One plastic guitar each

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Nostalgia9/10

Hype9/10

Weirdness5/10

Trade value6/10

The story · 2007

The story of Five-Button Rock Star

The Five-Button Rock Star craze took over every basement. Kids strapped on plastic guitars with five colored buttons and battled through notes raining down the screen. Sleepovers became all-night tournaments. Somebody always claimed they could play expert, and somebody always got booed off the virtual stage on medium. Little brothers played drums and loudly ignored the rhythm.

Fun fact

Parents who could play real guitar were shocked to discover they were terrible at the plastic one.

Six finishes

187 copies of Five-Button Rock Star exist

Five-Button Rock Star comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Five-Button Rock Star, Retsy card 0824 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Five-Button Rock Star, Retsy card 0824 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Five-Button Rock Star, Retsy card 0824 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Five-Button Rock Star, Retsy card 0824 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Five-Button Rock Star, Retsy card 0824 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Five-Button Rock Star, Retsy card 0824 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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