Last weekend, the Boring Companyoffered 20,000 novelty flamethrowers for sale. By Thursday, all 20,000 hadsold out. But now Elon Musk says the company has hit an obstacle. "Some customs agencies are saying they won't allow shipment of anything called a 'Flamethrower,'"Musk tweet...
with17,500 of the devices already being sold. It did not take long before the last 2,500 were purchased as well. Musk ultimately announced the sale of the last flamethrower on Wednesday, officially ending the limited run of The Boring Company’s most unique ...
Elon Musk's Boring Company has already sold 7,000 flamethrowers, less than a day after they've been put up for sale.
Isobel Asher Hamilton
Flamethrower was launched by Elon Musk earlier this year. The devices, which Musk dubbed as a “super terrible idea,” were sold for $500 each during a limited run of 20,000 units. All 20,000 Not-a-Flamethrowers were sold out within four days, raising $10 million for the tunneling ...
Musk tweeted early Thursday that the company had sold its last remaining flamethrowers, just five days after they went on sale.
The Maryland state fire marshal is warning residents about the dangers and penalties of using flamethrowers in the state after Elon Musk's Boring Company recently released the item for sale.
So yes: Selling $500 flamethrowers is fun and shrewd, and it shows us all why Elon Musk is one of the most unique entrepreneurs and creative thinkers of his generation. But don't let it distract you from the reality of his current position. He has some huge plans, but there's still...
While the caps look to have been an easy sell for The Boring Company, it’s not so clear if there’s a market for its flamethrowers. We can only think of busy chefs who might want to toast a very large tray of brûléed Key lime tarts in a single flash, or die-hard Musk fans...
It’s not clear what effect Musk’s lightheartedness will have on Tesla’s troubles, but Musk’s tweetstream seems to resolve a different question. Today provided the perfect opportunity to confess that his campaigns to sellLego-like bricksandflamethrowersthrough the Boring Company were merely ext...