While rumours have been a-brewin' about an Xbox 360 Slim coming next year, some gamers may be interested in the meantime in this nugget of homegrown mod goodness: "coca627" has turned his original Xbox into an Xbox Slim, and it sure is purdy.

First, some photos:

Kinda seems like it has Wii-envy, no?

Now, the original console measured 12.5″(w) x 4″(h) x 10.5″(d), while this delicious mod measures in at just 10.2″(w) x 2.3″(h) x 9″(d), less than 60% as much! As well, it weighs less than half its former self, clocking in at 4 pounds, whilst before it was a chunky 8.5 in comparison.

More than just a size reduction though, this baby comes with quite a few goodies:

• new DVD/CD-R slim combo drive
• 2.5'' 60GB hard drive
• built in Wi-Fi
• hidden receiver for a Logitech wireless controller
• Iceberg4 Pro Chip Cooling fans

As well, it can run a bunch of applications, including the XBMC media center dashboard and (cough) some other things. Here's a video of the system in action:

Who wants to place bets he'll slim down the 360 before Microsoft does?