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    • FlyingTomahawkF
      FlyingTomahawk
      last edited by FlyingTomahawk

      Yeah, something like that. :-)

      The list currently looks like this,

      obsidianspider

      Grey Game Boy Pocket (mint condition)
      White Game Boy Advance (currently on hold)
      Famicom max $10-20 (as good as possible condition)
      Famicom undesirable games

      edmaul69

      Famicom (as good as possible condition)
      My Famicom controllers
      Super Game Boy controller

      Did I get it right?

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      • edmaul69E
        edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
        last edited by

        @FlyingTomahawk looks right to me. Thank you. Light scratching is ok on the super gameboy super famicom controller. Not really a super huge deal if you can find one or not. I can buy one off ebay as they are on there all the time.

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        • obsidianspiderO
          obsidianspider
          last edited by

          @FlyingTomahawk Quite the businessman. We'll have to find a way to exchange private contact info. The forum isn't good for stuff like that.

          Regarding the GBA:

          Now that I'm doing more looking on eBay I see that I should have told you to get the white GBA that you saw yesterday. After seeing how much working ones here in good shape are selling for I'm not so sure I'll be able to find one anywhere near what the shops there have them going for.

          If you see another one that works in very good shape for 1700Yen or less, please pick it up for me. (battery cover intact, stickers not all mangled, but screen can have some scratches, they reproduce the screen covers). If you see one that has a really nice shell, but is electronically dead, I'd say use your judgment on price. I could always swap out the guts, but the case is the rarity.

          Regarding the Famicom undesirable games: It can really be any game, I'll be swapping out the front sticker like I did with my Super Famicom build. I'd like two that are yellow plastic like Mario 3, but the front label will be changed out. The back label in good shape would be preferred. I'd like two just in case I mess one of them up ;)

          If you're willing to add to the list:
          What do Mario games usually sell for? I know you said they were collectors items, but I wasn't expecting something for 50Yen either.

          📷 @obsidianspider

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          • obsidianspiderO
            obsidianspider @edmaul69
            last edited by

            @edmaul69 said in Retro game stuff talk:

            I can buy one off ebay as they are on there all the time.

            $60+ for one controller?! Wow!

            📷 @obsidianspider

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            • edmaul69E
              edmaul69 @obsidianspider
              last edited by edmaul69

              @obsidianspider yeah. I have been forced to pay that much for a few of the pc engine controllers i have bought. :(

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              • MadRikXIVM
                MadRikXIV @obsidianspider
                last edited by

                @obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

                @FlyingTomahawk if/when you find a Famicom and/or other stuff to send to me I'd like you to grab a few of those. I really like the screen on my Super Famicom Pi, and I haven't seen anyone else do that yet, so I'd probably replicate it and maybe improve on it for a Famicom build.

                Ugh, I'm so jealous of the abundance of retro game shops near you. By me there's ONE, and their inventory is really small.

                One, that's all I have near me, and as they are asking something like £80 for a Sega MegaDrive, it's not even worth a visit.

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                • FlyingTomahawkF
                  FlyingTomahawk
                  last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                  @edmaul69

                  Is this what you were looking for?

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                  • edmaul69E
                    edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
                    last edited by edmaul69

                    @FlyingTomahawk yes it is. :)

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                    • FlyingTomahawkF
                      FlyingTomahawk @edmaul69
                      last edited by

                      @edmaul69

                      You see the price right? 1980Yen ($17-18)
                      I think that's the price range you can expect for this controller.
                      This one is untested. Meaning they don't know if it works or not. They have a return policy which allows you to return items within 1 week if they are faulty.
                      That would be not possible if I would buy it and send it to you.
                      If you want that one I can go again at a later time and see if they still have it.
                      Also keep in mind that you gonna get a Famicom + additional controller set and adding that Game Boy controller is gonna raise the shipping weight.
                      Just to be cautious I would suggest to add around $30 for shipping in your calculation.

                      Just tell me if you need that or if you skip.

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                      • obsidianspiderO
                        obsidianspider
                        last edited by

                        Based on what I've seen on eBay that seems like a great price. Aside from it being shorted out, what could really be that wrong with it?

                        📷 @obsidianspider

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                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                          FlyingTomahawk
                          last edited by

                          Not sure what could be wrong with it but if edmaul69 says he wants it I would of course ask the staff there to take it out so that I can check the buttons and also if it has scratches or not.

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                          • edmaul69E
                            edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
                            last edited by

                            @FlyingTomahawk yeah that is a good price. Combining with shipping from other items makes it a good deal. Again, i am not in a hurry.

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                            • obsidianspiderO
                              obsidianspider
                              last edited by obsidianspider

                              What was the verdict on the Super Gameboy controller?

                              📷 @obsidianspider

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                              • FlyingTomahawkF
                                FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                                last edited by

                                @obsidianspider

                                Is that question directed to me or edmaul69?

                                Got the Famicoms today. I thought I gonna shift the bleach talk also into this topic to keep the Famicom build thread light(er).
                                Voila here they are.

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                                I'll leave the other in the bleach tub till weekend then swap with the most yellow one of the four.
                                I'll bleach one by one. I would love to keep the current one a bit longer inside there, some guys say that you can get it really white in 20-25 days. Which I have not reached yet. (1 week only)

                                And here something else from my private collection which I hold very dear. My wife started to collect them but stopped half way through and I completed it.
                                The "original" Famicom Mini collection.

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                                • obsidianspiderO
                                  obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
                                  last edited by

                                  @FlyingTomahawk I thought @edmaul69 wanted you to get that controller, so I wondered if you had a look at it to see its condition.

                                  Very nice collectionof those GBA games. I didn't know they had books to keep them in.

                                  The second from the top Famicom looks pretty white already. Maybe it's just the flash?

                                  📷 @obsidianspider

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                                  • FlyingTomahawkF
                                    FlyingTomahawk
                                    last edited by

                                    It's the flash.
                                    It is whiter then the others but still a bit dirty and yellowish.
                                    I didn't get a 100% clear "yes" answer from edmaul69 regarding that controller so I didn't go check yet.
                                    I don't want to force anything or make pressure. I can sure find the controller again sooner or later so if he doesn't need it right now that's OK with me.

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                                    • FlyingTomahawkF
                                      FlyingTomahawk
                                      last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                      Preping the next Famicom for its bleach bath.
                                      This time I want to do it right 100% all the way.
                                      For that I carefully removed the transparent labels, the front label and even the rear label.

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                                      Now I'll go take out the other one out of its bath, wash it and check the condition.
                                      I think there is a slight damage to the red front panel and rear panel from the first bleach bath where I used stronger bleach.
                                      I'll post before after pics asap.

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                                      • edmaul69E
                                        edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
                                        last edited by

                                        @FlyingTomahawk im excited to see how this one goes.

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                                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                                          FlyingTomahawk @edmaul69
                                          last edited by

                                          @edmaul69

                                          Yeah, me too.
                                          This one is quite pub-yellow-ish.

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                                          • FlyingTomahawkF
                                            FlyingTomahawk
                                            last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                            So got finally the pictures.
                                            Here the visible damage.
                                            The red front label lost some of the Gold color and the red started to fade from the outside in.

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                                            And here a before/after picture or in this case a after -> before image. Yes, that is the same Famicom, taken picture in the same conditions.

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                                            And here the just finished, bleached Famicom and the next one to go in.
                                            Let's hope that the right side one is gonna become close if not better than the left side one.

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                                            Tomorrow I'm gonna replace the bleach liquid with new, fresh one just to be sure.
                                            I think in 2 weeks we should see some good results.

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