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 needs a whole 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 type of onerous to justify shopping for by itself.

Additionally notice that the 10W energy adapter has a USB-A connection so it’ll work along with your current Playdate charging cable, but it surely’s in any other case type of behind the occasions contemplating the overall shift towards the USB-C connection. In the intervening time, Panic is barely promoting a model that’s suitable with the 2-prong plug kind that’s normal in North America and Japan. It goes with out saying that completely nobody wants this — our Playdates have been charging simply effective with out it thus far — however when you’re already on the positioning getting a pizza case now that they’re again in inventory, then certain, go wild.