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    • obsidianspiderO
      obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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      @FlyingTomahawk so you bought it to cut up a controller and put a ZeroW inside? ;) (Please don't.)

      📷 @obsidianspider

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      • obsidianspiderO
        obsidianspider
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        @FlyingTomahawk how are the Famicom shells doing in their bleach baths? Any noticeable changes? I was always curious how effective that could be. I don't think of plastic as being that absorptive.

        📷 @obsidianspider

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        • FlyingTomahawkF
          FlyingTomahawk
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          Its been 2.5 days since I put them in there.
          My one looks better then before but then again it could be the water that makes it look better.
          The first day it was nice and sunny and yesterday it was raining and cloudy so I kept the buckets under the roof. Today before I went to work I put them out again and weather looks great, sunny again.
          According to the www. some guys start to see first changes after 5-6 days. Others have used UV lights aka. Black light to speed up the process. They say that UV rays are needed for the bleach to do its magic.
          I intend to keep them in there for at least 1 week if not longer if necessary. I hope edmaul69 is patient.
          I really hope to see some good results. It would be too bad if it was for nothing.

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          • FlyingTomahawkF
            FlyingTomahawk
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            Btw. It's lunch time again!
            Guess were I'm heading,...hehehe....

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            • obsidianspiderO
              obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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              @FlyingTomahawk I live vicariously through you sir. Please post photos.

              📷 @obsidianspider

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              • edmaul69E
                edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
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                @FlyingTomahawk that square button famicom is awesome. I am however, glad both sega and nintendo switched to plastic buttons.

                Ido have a passport. Now i need to sell my life belongings to move. ;) japan is the only country that is on my bucket list. I hope to get there one day. And seeing all this beautiful game stuff i really want to go now.

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                • FlyingTomahawkF
                  FlyingTomahawk @edmaul69
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                  @edmaul69

                  lol
                  Well, if you do come one day let me know.
                  It will be super fun to go around stores looking for retro stuff.

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                  • edmaul69E
                    edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
                    last edited by

                    @FlyingTomahawk will do. :)

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                    • edmaul69E
                      edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
                      last edited by

                      @FlyingTomahawk so where are you in japan?

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                      • FlyingTomahawkF
                        FlyingTomahawk @edmaul69
                        last edited by

                        @edmaul69

                        Osaka

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                        • obsidianspiderO
                          obsidianspider @edmaul69
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                          @edmaul69 said in Retro game stuff talk:

                          @FlyingTomahawk so where are you in japan?

                          After the photos we've been seeing, I wouldn't be surprised if he bumped into Shigeru Miyamoto during today's outing.

                          📷 @obsidianspider

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                          • FlyingTomahawkF
                            FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
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                            @obsidianspider

                            lol
                            He is in Kyoto. Not far...
                            I have passed by the Nintendo buildings a couple of times but never met any staff.
                            I just took pictures of something hilarious.
                            Something you don't see everyday, even here in Japan.

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                            • edmaul69E
                              edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
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                              @FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

                              Something you don't see everyday, even here in Japan.

                              Is that even possible? I thought japenese people have seen everything. :D

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                              • obsidianspiderO
                                obsidianspider @edmaul69
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                                @edmaul69 said in Retro game stuff talk:

                                @FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

                                Something you don't see everyday, even here in Japan.

                                Is that even possible? I thought japenese people have seen everything. :D

                                Everything

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                                📷 @obsidianspider

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                                • edmaul69E
                                  edmaul69 @obsidianspider
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                                  @obsidianspider ok, now i have seen everything. :)

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                                  • FlyingTomahawkF
                                    FlyingTomahawk
                                    last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                    Just finished my run for today. Not so many good stuff this time.

                                    @obsidianspider
                                    Sorry, no Famicom today. There were 3 but way overpriced. Not tested 1790, 1980 and 2190Yen.
                                    2 of them were actually very white-ish and one pub-yellow.

                                    Maybe next time I get lucky.

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                                    • obsidianspiderO
                                      obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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                                      @FlyingTomahawk I love that "pub yellow" is the new name for those old discolored Famicoms.

                                      Not that I'm in any kind of hurry, but did you end up going back to Hard Off to see if that Gameboy Pocket was still there?

                                      📷 @obsidianspider

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                                      • obsidianspiderO
                                        obsidianspider
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                                        While not totally "pub yellow" I just dug out my old SNES that I got in the spring of 1992 and it's definitely not aged as well as one of the controllers it came with.

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                                        • edmaul69E
                                          edmaul69 @obsidianspider
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                                          @obsidianspider its funny how many old computers and video game consoles turned yellow due to the flame retardent used in those plastic parts. An apple 2's monitors plastic is the most toxic plastic i have ever dremeled through.

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                                          • obsidianspiderO
                                            obsidianspider @edmaul69
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                                            @edmaul69 and here I thought the most dangerous thing about an Apple II was Oregon Trail.

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