Now you can get a yellow charging brick for $5 to match your Playdate’s cable

As noticed by a Reddit person this weekend, Panic is now promoting a macaroni yellow charging brick to go together with the yellow cable that comes with the distinctively yellow Playdate. Say yellow once more. The excellent news for anybody who desires an entire set of matching equipment is that it’s solely $5 — the unhealthy information is that delivery prices nearly double that at its most cost-effective, so it’s sort of laborious to justify shopping for by itself.

Additionally observe that the 10W energy adapter has a USB-A connection so it’ll work together with your current Playdate charging cable, nevertheless it’s in any other case sort of behind the occasions contemplating the overall shift towards the USB-C connection. In the mean time, Panic is simply promoting a model that’s suitable with the 2-prong plug sort that’s commonplace in North America and Japan. It goes with out saying that completely nobody wants this — our Playdates have been charging simply superb with out it up to now — however in case you’re already on the location getting a pizza case now that they’re again in inventory, then positive, go wild.