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    • FlyingTomahawkF
      FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
      last edited by FlyingTomahawk

      @obsidianspider

      lol
      The one that is currently in there is doing just fine.
      I haven't seen any difference since the 5th day but I am patient and will wait another two weeks.
      I wanna see the result after 1 month.

      Weather sucks over here weather forecast says rain for the next 4 days. So another 4 to the past 2 days. Great. :( No bike riding then. Instead I'll work on my theme to get the video stuff done.

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      • FlyingTomahawkF
        FlyingTomahawk @MadRikXIV
        last edited by

        @MadRikXIV

        How did the labels turn out?

        I took out the Famicom from its bath yesterday.
        The bleach started to become kinda milky and thick. And besides I could not see any further improvement.
        Now it is drying and then I'll assemble it back together.

        @edmaul69

        So what's up ed? Are you still up for it? You still want one Famicom and extra pair of controllers?

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        • edmaul69E
          edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
          last edited by

          @FlyingTomahawk yes i do still want it. I only get paid on the first of every month. Can i pay for it then? Feel free to sell that one and i will get one of the next ones since i cant pay for it until then.

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          • FlyingTomahawkF
            FlyingTomahawk @edmaul69
            last edited by

            @edmaul69

            No hurry here.
            I will assemble it and take some pics and prep the package to get the total weight for shipping calculation.
            Do you want the Famicom internals? Or just the outer case?

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            • edmaul69E
              edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
              last edited by

              @FlyingTomahawk i want the internals. I reuse parts of the board and connectors. Thank you.

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              • FlyingTomahawkF
                FlyingTomahawk
                last edited by

                So here the before/after pic.

                alt text

                It is not perfectly white, still a tiny bit cream white, but man it looks great if you see how it looked before.
                I will let it dry off for another 1-2 days and then assemble it and put back the labels.

                @edmaul69

                Is that Famicom white enough for you?

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                • edmaul69E
                  edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
                  last edited by

                  @FlyingTomahawk that famicom looks perfect to me. No complaints here.

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                  • MadRikXIVM
                    MadRikXIV @FlyingTomahawk
                    last edited by

                    @FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

                    @MadRikXIV

                    How did the labels turn out?

                    0_1492333614058_20170406_193746-1024x768.jpg 0_1492333618107_20170406_193806-1024x768.jpg

                    Sorry for the delay, been bit busy with gigs and investigating a 1950s record player uprgrade project...

                    Stickers look amazing Flying, I will get round to finishing this project at some point, just not had the time to sort the switch out.

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                    • FlyingTomahawkF
                      FlyingTomahawk @MadRikXIV
                      last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                      @MadRikXIV

                      Hey! Looking great!
                      Glad they arrived in good condition.
                      Anything else is, let me know.

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                      • obsidianspiderO
                        obsidianspider
                        last edited by

                        @FlyingTomahawk any excursions to Hard Off recently? With the warm weather I'm starting to see more yard sales popping up, but sadly, no retro game finds just yet.

                        📷 @obsidianspider

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                        • ?
                          A Former User
                          last edited by

                          HOLY MAJIKARP.
                          You won't believe what came in the mail today.
                          I recently purchased an SNES that was broken so that I could put my Pi in it. But now I really want to play on it.
                          http://imgur.com/gp1NHuB.jpg

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                          • obsidianspiderO
                            obsidianspider @A Former User
                            last edited by

                            @itsnitro What's on the sticker? My SNES is "pub yellow" but didn't have a sticker by the power switch.

                            📷 @obsidianspider

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                            • ?
                              A Former User
                              last edited by

                              The sticker was just telling to turn off the SNES before removing or putting in a cartridge.

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                              • FlyingTomahawkF
                                FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                                last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                @obsidianspider

                                Nah, unfortunately no new hard-off visits recently.
                                I was too busy by being sick and with my other hobby. But I should go out there again and see what's around.

                                Oh and btw. still no Mausberry here. In one week its gonna be 2 months. lol
                                First they forget to ship it out for a month and then they ship it out with the slowest shipping method?
                                At least they could send it via Airmail and not super slow banana boat shipping.

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                                • obsidianspiderO
                                  obsidianspider
                                  last edited by

                                  That really sucks about the Mausberry. Hopefully it shows up soon.

                                  📷 @obsidianspider

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                                  • obsidianspiderO
                                    obsidianspider
                                    last edited by obsidianspider

                                    While poking around eBay tonight I found that someone is reproducing the light gray MGB screen protectors. Still no sign of repro cases though.

                                    I have a bid on a non-functioning gray MGB for dirt cheap. It's fairly beat up, but for $5 and having some scratches, I'd be ok with potentially modding it. I'm still on the lookout for one that's mint, but I have a feeling I won't find one for any reasonable amount on eBay. Even colors that aren't Japan-specific are going for quite a bit.

                                    Now that I know I can get a repro white AGB case I've been on the lookout for a super cheap functioning AGB to to an AGB-101 mod. I don't know if it's me, but prices seem to be increasing lately, though I did find one going for cheap right now.

                                    📷 @obsidianspider

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                                    • obsidianspiderO
                                      obsidianspider
                                      last edited by

                                      Branching out to try to find more cool retro game stuff online, I checked out Facebook, and there's a local guy selling a NES Classic if anyone is interested.

                                      0_1493135976837_nes-classic-fb.jpg

                                      📷 @obsidianspider

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                                      • lilbudL
                                        lilbud @obsidianspider
                                        last edited by

                                        @obsidianspider

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

                                        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                        • lilbudL
                                          lilbud @obsidianspider
                                          last edited by

                                          @obsidianspider Did you ever think of doing a GBA SP instead of a GBA?

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

                                          Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                          • obsidianspiderO
                                            obsidianspider @lilbud
                                            last edited by

                                            @lilbud Not really. I own a AGS-001 from when they were new and I was never a huge fan of the form factor. (Yes, I realize I'm looking at making something from an Altoids tin, which is essentially the same kind of thing). My hands would tend to cramp up after a while when playing. I dunno, it's just not my favorite.

                                            In setting a Zero on my SP it looks like it might fit, but from what I've seen done in the past by people attempting a Pi in a SP, the screen is the big challenge, along with the ribbon cable.

                                            0_1493139354953_zero-sp.jpg

                                            📷 @obsidianspider

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