After weeks of hand-wringing, we've finally settled on a winner of our contest for LG's uber-limited $1,500 Iron Man edition Shine! We asked you to send in pictures of the busted-up pieces of garbage you call "phones," and holy cow, did we get some doozies.

Without further adieu, our winner, Mark H., comes to us from Novato, California. Here's his story:

"I need a new phone as you can see. I have had this Nokia phone since 2001. I'm in the military service and my friends make fun of my old phone and now they're really on me since my phone was run over by a car and I use electrical tape to keep the faceplate together. I don't get paid enough by the service to buy a nice new phone."

Congratulations, Mark! Even if this relic were in perfect condition, it'd still be time for an upgrade. Let's try to keep this one a little less scuffed, because that solid gold battery cover definitely does not live up to the "Iron Man" name. Follow the break for some honorable mentions -- you guys made it really hard to choose!

If ever there were an LG Shine to live up to its lofty name, this would definitely be it. We'd like to introduce you to the Iron Man phone -- presented here by our boy Robert Downey, Jr. -- based on the Shine slider as sold by AT&T. Unlike the garden-variety Shine, the Iron Man edition trades up to a deep red case with gold plated highlights and a solid 18K gold battery cover to commemorate the launch of the film in style. That's plenty enough element 79 to give this thing some serious heft. We're not bragging, though -- we want you to have it.

The phone is valued at a princely $1,500; twenty are being given away by LG directly -- we've got the twenty first. How do you pry it out of our hands? Easy: we want to see just how nasty, disgusting, and close to complete breakdown your current face candy is. Send us a pic and tell us a little bit about your poor, dilapidated phone and the long journey it's taken to its current state of disrepair. We'll pick the saddest entry and let you retire that terrible thing for something just a little flashier.

One word of advice though: don't bother breaking your phone or taking a photo of your dad's Dynatac or something, that's not what we're looking for.

Check out the gallery to see shots of the very Iron Man phone that could be yours, and don't forget to enter. Good luck!

The rules (yeah, there are always rules)

• Send us your original photo. If we find your picture elsewhere on the internet, you will so be disqualified. Don't test us here, we've seen every picture of every phone. Ever.
• Email submissions to contests [at] engadget [dawt] com with the subject "I am Iron Man!" And for the love of our inbox, please keep your images 1MB or under, ok?
  
• You may only enter this contest once. If you enter this contest more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc.
• Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don't make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
  
• Entries must be in by 11:59PM EDT, Sunday, May 18th. After that, give us some time to sort through the entries and pick out the best (or worst, depending on how you look at it).

We're not sure how LG managed to hold a touchscreen UI design contest with a $14K prize without telling anyone, but it certainly did -- and keeping things on the DL probably explains why "Driving," pictured above, was the winning entry. The "Art in Mobile" contest started last December in Korea, and the 10 winning entries will see their creations actually turned into functional phone interfaces. There's not much info on the other nine winners, but apparently one is called "Sixty Seconds" and is designed to stall for a minute before connecting a call so you can browse photos and check messages. Uh, yeah -- if our phones were taking a minute to connect calls, we'd have a bigger problem than the UI. Seriously, LG, next time you want some consumer input on phone interfaces, we think we might know some people with ideas.

[Via Unwired View]

Read - Telecoms Korea story on the contest
Read - Translated LG press release

Ok everybody, here goes round fifteen. This time we've got a T-Mobile Shadow. Ready? Here's the deal.

Some big ticket gadgets we'll leave open through the weekend, but the rest we'll put and you can only enter it until the next gadget lands (usually within a couple of hours). If you miss your shot, sorry, we're moving on to the next gadget. Good luck!

Oh, and don't forget the rules. (Yeah, there are always rules.)

• Leave a comment below. That's it! Who loves you, baby.
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) You can enter different giveaways in today's Black Friday giveaways, but you can only enter this one once.
  
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you'll be fine.
  
• Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don't make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers or US contest laws if you have to be mad.
  
• Winners will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted until Sunday, November 25th, 11:59PM EDT. Good luck!
• Full rules can be found here.

Last round's winner: Warus! (Remember, winners are selected at random.)

Ok everybody, here goes round nine. This time we've got an AT&T Tilt. Ready? Here's the deal.

We'll put up a gadget on the site, and you can only enter it until the next gadget lands (usually within a couple of hours). Some big ticket items we'll leave open through the weekend. If you miss your shot, sorry, we're moving on to the next gadget. Good luck!

Oh, and don't forget the rules. (Yeah, there are always rules.)

• Leave a comment below. That's it! Who loves you, baby.
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) You can enter different giveaways in today's Black Friday giveaways, but you can only enter this one once.
  
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you'll be fine.
  
• Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don't make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers or US contest laws if you have to be mad.
  
• Winners will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted until Sunday, November 25th, 11:59PM EDT. Good luck!
• Full rules can be found here.

Last round's winner: Morgan Cabral! (Remember, winners are selected at random.)

Here we go -- you ready to take home an unlocked (using the iUnlock method) 4GB iPhone as a grand prize in our hundred gadget giveaway? Follow the rules below, and hope for the best.

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You know the drill.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted until Sunday, September 16th, 11:59PM EDT. After that we're all done. Good luck!

Alright everybody, round thirty-five of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Samsung m510 (Sprint)
Bronze - Samsung m510 (Sprint)

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

Alright everybody, round thirty-four of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Impatica ShowMate Bluetooth Powerpoint presenter
Bronze - Samsung m510 (Sprint)

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

Alright everybody, round twenty-nine of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Samsung Upstage (Sprint)
Bronze - Samsung m500 (Sprint)

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

Alright everybody, round twenty-seven of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Cingular 3125
Bronze - Sprint 595U EV-DO card

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

Alright everybody, round twenty-six of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Nokia 5300 (T-Mobile)
Bronze - Swag bag #5

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

Alright everybody, round twenty-three of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Sprint 595U EV-DO card
Bronze - Samsung WEP200 Bluetooth headset

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

Alright everybody, round eighteen of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Samsung M610 (Sprint)
Bronze - Plantronics Discovery 655

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

Alright everybody, round fifteen of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Sprint 595U EV-DO card
Bronze - Nokia BH-800 Bluetooth headset

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

Alright everybody, round eleven of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - LG fusic (Sprint)
Bronze - Samsung WEP200 Bluetooth headset

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!