When I was just a boy, my father dutifully collected a set of Natwest pigs, hopeful that one day they may be worth enough for my first rent payment. Spoiler: They were not. Anyway, according to reports (via HKEPC), MSI has launched a promotion whereby Taiwanese residents who collect nine Lucky Dragon figurines can exchange them for an RTX 5080 at retailer Taiwan Original Price House, which is much better than the first month's payment on a soggy British flat.
The catch? The primary way of obtaining them is by, err, buying a particular launch edition of MSI's RTX 50-series GPU range, which is no easy feat at this point given the MSRP markups and shortage of stock faced by would-be RTX 50-series buyers. The figures are included with MSI's Vanguard range of RTX 50-series GPUs, one per unit, and amount to ten in total—nine cute dragons and one slightly ominous Moai-statue-headed special edition model.
