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    obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
    last edited by 27 Apr 2017, 11:24

    @FlyingTomahawk Just curious more than anything. I don't need a pub yellow Famicom, but I also don't want you to soak one and then reconstruct the decals. I saw some that were whiter from your previous Hard Off trips, but that was right around the time when life got busy for you and you'd also been to pretty much every one in the area. I totally get both of those things.

    I keep looking at eBay for those "gray" (DMG-colored) pockets. I wish I'd known they made reproduction screens back when you saw the one with the small scratch on it. I would have told you to snap it up. Even the broken ones are pricey.

    📷 @obsidianspider

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      FlyingTomahawk @edmaul69
      last edited by 27 Apr 2017, 12:34

      @edmaul69

      Roger that.
      I just assembled your Famicom and took the most good looking front label that I had. (The red, long Famicom emblem) See images below.
      Please send me your address via e-mail so that I can get you an exact shipping quote.
      (find my e-mail address in my profile)

      Be aware that I am not able to ship the Famicom the whole next week. Here in Japan we gonna have the so called Golden Week National holidays and nothing moves during that time. The earliest shipping date will be after May 8.

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      @obsidianspider

      Yeah, I have been a bit busy with a lot of things lately so I didn't visit those stores recently. Look at edmaul69s Famicom pics above, that is how it looks after a 3 week bleach bath and brand new label stickers.
      Those white Famicoms that you mean were around 3300 Yen (around $30)
      I still have some yellowish ones if you like but they are not in good condition at all.
      Even the red long label at the front is a bit beat. The last good one I had I put on edmaul69s Famicom. His one looks even better than mine.
      I will keep my eyes open regarding that grey GB Pocket. I haven't forgotten your guys wishlist. ;)

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        obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
        last edited by 27 Apr 2017, 12:52

        @FlyingTomahawk No worries. It's more of a "if you see one while you're out" kind of thing. I never intended for you to be actively seeking stuff for me. I'd say $30 is the high end of what I'd want to pay for a Famicom. I don't need it to work, so if that affects pricing, even better.

        If you end up seeing one when you're out, great. If you never see one, that's also totally fine.

        I wish I could read Japanese as there is a ton of cool stuff on Yahoo Auctions, but that's not in English, and my ability to use that site is very limited.

        📷 @obsidianspider

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          FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
          last edited by 27 Apr 2017, 13:00

          @obsidianspider

          Be aware that additional to those $30 comes shipping. Probably around $20, so total $50! :/

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            obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
            last edited by obsidianspider 27 Apr 2017, 13:17

            @FlyingTomahawk "pub yellow" ones sell for $70+ all day long on eBay. Like I said, that's $30 is the high end. I'd obviously rather spend as little as possible.

            What I'm really actively seeking is a super clean, functioning, DMG-colored Pocket that isn't $60, or $260 (CIB ones are crazy expensive). I check eBay daily for those. I also recently noticed that some have a power LED and some do not. I'm guessing the power LED came later. The ones without a power LED have an orange part on the power slider to let you know that it's turned on. The ones with a power LED have a power slider that's all one color. Now that I know I can get a repro screen from Mortoff Games, that makes the search easier. The intent is to keep it totally stock, if modded at all I would add a backlight, but I won't be cutting up a clean, working, rare Pocket for a Raspberry Pi.

            I'm considering making a Pocket Pi, with SFC colored action buttons, but for something like that I'm looking at getting a broken one of any color and painting it, since even totally gnarly DMG-colored Pockets are quite expensive. Of course, right now I have 3 handheld projects started and two more I'm thinking of (Altoids and DMG), so I have plenty to do. :)

            📷 @obsidianspider

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              FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
              last edited by 27 Apr 2017, 14:03

              @obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

              @FlyingTomahawk "pub yellow" ones sell for $70+ all day long on eBay.

              So I should charge more to edmaul69? (evil)
              Just kidding....
              $70+ for yellowish is a bit much but if they still run then I guess that's how much it is.
              My Famicoms don't run or are untested. They are only good for RPi projects.

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                obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
                last edited by 27 Apr 2017, 17:11

                @FlyingTomahawk I knew you were going to get back into the video game selling business. :) After @edmaul69's comment about the micro I've been looking into those more, but wow, they must be extremely rare, or they break a lot, or something. They're all VERY expensive.

                📷 @obsidianspider

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                  obsidianspider
                  last edited by 27 Apr 2017, 20:58

                  Apparently it's Kirby's birthday.

                  Also, WTAF?

                  📷 @obsidianspider

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                    lilbud @obsidianspider
                    last edited by 27 Apr 2017, 21:01

                    @obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

                    Also, WTAF?

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                    Carry on

                    Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                    Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                      A Former User @lilbud
                      last edited by 27 Apr 2017, 22:48

                      @lilbud
                      i have been scarred for life

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                        lilbud @A Former User
                        last edited by 27 Apr 2017, 23:31

                        @itsnitro You're welcome

                        Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                          A Former User
                          last edited by 27 Apr 2017, 23:32

                          CURSE YOU LILBUD!!!!!

                          (jk)

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                            lilbud @A Former User
                            last edited by 28 Apr 2017, 00:03

                            @itsnitro

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                            Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                            Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                              obsidianspider
                              last edited by obsidianspider 28 Apr 2017, 11:34

                              I was looking around at modded Pockets thinking that it would be cool to make a SFC-themed one similar to how I'm building my GBA. then I saw this. It's from the first known guy to put a Pi3 in a pocket. Oh yes. I think I need to do this*

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                              *once I finish at least one of the half-started builds I'm currently working on. Who am I kidding, I'm looking at parts right now

                              📷 @obsidianspider

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                                edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
                                last edited by 29 Apr 2017, 22:13

                                @FlyingTomahawk i am completely ok with you shipping the items when you can, but i would really like to pay you at least $60 now so i have the money out of my hands. Im not sure how we are going to do that, but i do use paypal.

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                                  FlyingTomahawk @edmaul69
                                  last edited by 29 Apr 2017, 23:18

                                  @edmaul69

                                  Find my e-mail address in my profile.
                                  Send me an e-mail with your address so that i can get you an exact quote.
                                  I have a paypal account, I'll just send you my paypal address via e-mail.
                                  We can talk about the price also via e-mail.

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                                    edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
                                    last edited by 29 Apr 2017, 23:23

                                    @FlyingTomahawk i sent an email. Thank you my friend.

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                                      FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                                      last edited by 6 May 2017, 07:37

                                      @obsidianspider

                                      Guess what showed up today.
                                      Yes, the Mausberry. After exactly 2 months I received it. I almost forgot what I wanted to do with it.

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                                        obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
                                        last edited by 6 May 2017, 17:37

                                        @FlyingTomahawk Oh wow. I still think that they forgot about your order until you filed a complaint with PayPal. It's a shame, but as someone said, there's not a lot of competition for those devices, so they can get away with it. :-/

                                        📷 @obsidianspider

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                                          A Former User
                                          last edited by 6 May 2017, 20:48

                                          @FlyingTomahawk I'll take it.

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