Rock Band Drums: now with portability!

by Richard Mitchell { Sep 24th 2008 at 4:45PM }

As much as we love our Rock Band drums, there is one quirk that is undeniable: they are far from portable. Nope, with multiple space hogging pieces, the Rock Band drums aren't travel friendly at all. Enter the official Rock Band Portable Drum Kit from Mad Catz. Equipped with four soft pads, a bass pedal and soft-tipped (i.e. quiet) drumsticks, the drum kit should stop gripes from cranky drummers everywhere. The pads are apparently designed to withstand one million strikes. We suggest you keep track of your strikes so you'll know when to order another set. Just be sure you set the pads on a flat surface and not, say, your cat.

The Portable Drum Kit is now available for pre-order from the usual suspects, with an expected October release.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: mad-catz, portable-drum-kit, rock-band, rock-band-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

joeybeast @ Sep 24th 2008 4:56PM

I may finally pickup a piece of fake musical instrument.

Jonman @ Sep 24th 2008 5:41PM

I want to see a hardware mash-up. Attach each pad to a Halo 3 cat-helmet to make a Master-Chief-themed set of drums.

If anyone wants me, I'll be in my idea-shed, coming up with more world-shattering ideas of this awesome calibre.

Neuromancer @ Sep 24th 2008 6:55PM

And coming from Mad Catz, Inc., (motto: Play harder, play together... PLAY BETTER!) you know these babies are going to be pure AAA quality.

monkeymonkeymonkey @ Sep 24th 2008 9:43PM

Is MadCatz any good? I remember buying some 3rd party controllers back in the day for my Gamecube, N64, and Nintendo, and they were pure sh!t quality.

Alex @ Sep 25th 2008 1:16PM

Everything that i have had that's made by Mad Catz has been good quality.
I remember my Xbox Wireless Controller was good, and then I got some 2.1 speakers, which sounded MUCH better than they looked, and I now have lots of DS and 360 stuff that is always good.
Wouldn't recommend getting the 360 controller/LIVE Headset, because they don't sound great when talking. Just pay the little bit extra for the official thing.