Forget about “Back to the Future.” Universal Studios Japan wants to get back to reality after a bidding war saw the price of a life-size replica of the time-traveling DeLorean from the popular movie hit ¥9,999,999,999 (about $91.5 million) on the Yahoo Auctions website on Monday.
With the Back to the Future: The Ride simulator scheduled to close at the end of the month, the park decided to auction off the nonfunctioning replica that was displayed in front of the attraction.
The size of the bid, a cost that might be expected for an actual time-traveling machine, has left park officials scratching their heads.