Elon Musk Has Already Sold Over $5 Million Worth of Flamethrowers With the Help of Fire-Breathing Videos

DO try this at home.

Brandon Friederich

Jan 30, 2018

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeeTFQ7AYhy

Elon Musk wasn’t kidding about selling fully functional flamethrowers.

The tech tycoon began teasing his “little friend” by posting two videos of the ironically named Boring Company’s fiery weapon in action to Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeeUSFwgLrM https://www.instagram.com/p/BeeYW0NA1HU

He hyped it more with with a series of cheeky tweets, one of which included a link to its web page.

The Boring Company flamethrower guaranteed to liven up any party! https://t.co/n2FiZimJia

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 28, 2018

When the zombie apocalypse happens, you’ll be glad you bought a flamethrower. Works against hordes of the undead or your money back!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 28, 2018

Obviously, a flamethrower is a super terrible idea. Definitely don’t buy one.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 28, 2018

Unless you like fun

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 28, 2018

Three hours later, Musk announced that the first 1,000 had been ordered.

His last update indicates that 10,000 of the 20,000 available flamethrowers have already been purchased.

1,000 ordered already, only 19,000 left!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 28, 2018

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/957493534428311552 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/957711396984115201 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/957854470221660160

10k

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2018

The Verge crunched the numbers and determined that at the $500-per-unit price point, total sales have generated over $5 million in revenue for The Boring Company in less than 48 hours.

Additionally, the presale of 3,000 branded—and admittedly overpriced—fire extinguishers for $30 each adds about an extra $100,000 to that figure.