N'SYNC's Joey Fatone is making a huge mistake -- he's unloading the most coveted item in the UNIVERSE ... a legendary sword so powerful ... we at TMZ are ready to join the bidding war!



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Joey Fatone is saying bye, bye, bye to the contents of his Orlando home -- in the form of a MASSIVE estate sale this weekend -- featuring all sorts of awesome crap ... like the SWORD OF OMENS!


TMZ has learned the Fatone family is moving and EVERYTHING must go -- including Joey's Death Star replica, his personal Sword of Omens from Thundercats, arcade games, furniture, art, dishes, grill utensils ... all the way down to his clothes and shoes.

In fact ... since everything in the house is marked with price tags -- it looks like the only thing not included in the sale is the kitchen sink.

... unless the price is right.

*NSYNC star Joey Fatone is good at getting rid of excess baggage -- he's dropped a ton of lbs over the years -- and now he's getting rid of some other unwanted stuff ... in the form of a yard sale.


Fatone put a bunch of old stuff up for sale outside his home in Windermere, FL. There wasn't a lot of *NSYNC memorabilia up for sale, except for a few generic items. Our guy on the scene bought a puzzle (above bottom) for $5.00 and had Joey sign it for another $10.

Money well spent.

It could have been a recipe for disaster ... but when former boy-bander Joey Fatone grabbed the mic at a bar this weekend and busted out some Guns N' Roses -- dude blew everyone away.


It all went down at the Dubliner Irish Pub at Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut this past weekend -- when Fatone went on stage with local band "Red Light" and channeled his inner Axl for "Sweet Child O' Mine."

Not too shabby.

Joey Fatone's life-size replica of R2D2 isn't just an expensive toy -- the robot hero played a key role in a multi-million dollar real estate deal ... gone bad.



The R2D2 happened to catch the eye of a person interested in buying Joey's 12,370 sq. ft., $5.5 million Orlando mansion.

But the potential buyer didn't just want the house, he also wanted the "Star Wars" figure ... and a bunch of other cool stuff in the home.

According to Joey's rep, Fatone drafted a list of all the awesome items in the home that he was willing to part with -- along with the amount of money he planned to charge for each one. Some of the highlights include:

-- The R2D2 ... $40,000
-- Two Peter Pan Paintings: "We Can Fly" and "1st Look at Neverland" ... $2,700 for the pair
-- Video Games: Ms Pac-Man, Galaga, Centipede, and Multi Video Game Unit ... $4,500
-- Old Fashion Coke Machine ... $200

In the end the deal went belly up ... and it's unclear why the potential buyer decided to pass. Maybe The Force just wasn't strong with him.

Former *NSYNC bandmates Lance Bass, 30, and Joey Fatone, 33, frolicked on the beach in St. Maarten this weekend.



Question is ...

Pap: How drunk was Lisa Rinna at the Academy Awards?
Joey Fatone: You know what ... a lot!


Joey confirmed what we already knew when we ran into the guy at LAX yesterday -- that before Lisa and Joey hit the red carpet for the TV Guide Oscar Pre-show, they both hit the bottle!

The first limo hasn't even arrived yet and Joey Fatone is already accusing his TV Guide co-host Lisa Rinna of pounding down a few too many champagne cocktails. This is gonna be fun.

Former "DWTS" runner-up and 'NSyncer Joey Fatone posed for pics with a few "actresses" at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas yesterday.


One of these people is good friend's with Lance Bass.

Joey Fatone's got a last name that opens him up to ridicule ... but we didn't think anyone had the stones to actually say his unfortunate nickname to his face!

How slow are Monday nights in Hollywood? Slow enough to make Joey Fatone the biggest celeb at Villa.

As the family man loaded into his trusty Volvo, he told us no *NSYNC reunion planned.

Damn. Ruined our night.