Good plan. Yeh there's either a huge glut of old GBA stock in China or they're clones. They even come boxed and everything.
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GB/GBC/GBA Collecting Thread
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Good plan. Yeh there's either a huge glut of old GBA stock in China or they're clones. They even come boxed and everything.
I ordered one earlier today. I agree, I fully expect it to be a clone, in which case I get my money back. No big deal.
If it's a clone can't you just swap out the motherboard with a legit one? Or is that going to involve soldering/more serious modifications? It seems like this is cheaper than the screen kits lee chan had, right?
BomberMouse
Member
Uh, ordering one now. It says original on the title. How can you detect a clone?
baphomet
Member
Take it apart and take a look.
BomberMouse
Member
Too much work, I guess I'll just wait for one of you guys to do it. Assuming it's the same seller from ebay.
That was me until I decided they would most likely suck ass and decided to cancel it and spend another £30 to get the real deal before it was too late.
theSlacker
Member
I feel as if I'm missing out on something that I didn't feel like buying just yet. Don't know enough about it to just search and buy one either.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I will wait on you guys to receive before I go and purchase one.
Only problem is they might be gone by then
Yep. Wait and you'll be at the very least paying triple the current price. And at that point, it's your own fault.
Edit: I'm talking about the real deal modded consoles, not the clones.
sixteen-bit
Member
Is there a patch to remove those awful voice clips?
theSlacker
Member
Didn't they do that same shit in the Link to the Past remake on GBA as well?
Yeah. And there was at least a partial patch to remove most of the sounds on LttP. I think there were some issues, but overall a lot better.
Yeah. Looks like the guy put up a diff auction since the one from yesterday looks done as far as I can tell.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=271570976898
I made a patch that removed all of it, but alas I lost it. Will try again in the future.
Here's another pic of my GBA:
I'm in hospital right now and it's a lifesaver lol
BomberMouse
Member
I think I will bite the bullet.
Is this any good (http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/20112596188...oy Advance Console:Black&varId=500293448210)?
I was thinking the same thing. Has anyone bought one from him?
BomberMouse
Member
ebay will return your money but by that point real ones will be crazy expensive.
It he was a UK seller it would be ok as you would know if it was genuine or not quickly, but the seller is located in China.
Edit: Looks like the going price for one in the UK is, £75.
sixteen-bit
Member
^Power Quest is interesting. IIRC it was a regular monochrome game in Japan but for the western release, Sunsoft fully colorized it to take advantage of Game Boy Color.
hairypeckpeck
Member
I know I'm super LTTP but I'm having a lot of fun with yugioh 2006.
Got a CIB (minus the cards) in great condition a few weeks back.
Got a CIB (minus the cards) in great condition a few weeks back.
It's eBay. The money back guarantee is actually quite good and heavily skewed towards customers. I'm gonna bite on one while making way to obtain one by more traditional (but expensive) means.
For me, I hope it is real because it is more comfortable, but otherwise I have 3 micros sitting around and a frontlit SP, so if it ends up being a bootleg at least I personally have other options.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I think I'll bite at that price.
fantastico
Member
I got this one last Friday from seller called damwest on ebay for £50. Japanese model boxed, pretty much as new, very happy with it. I'd missed one a few days earlier but then he added some more, keep an eye on him as he may put some more on (none at the minute though)
I got this one last Friday from seller called damwest on ebay for £50. Japanese model boxed, pretty much as new, very happy with it. I'd missed one a few days earlier but then he added some more, keep an eye on him as he may put some more on (none at the minute though)
Thanks. I will keep an eye out for him.
I guess you will be buying one then?
baphomet
Member
You realize its basically impossible to be scammed on eBay right?
Unless someone with an Indian name buys your digital code. Then you should redeem it as quick as possible after they pay for it, so they can't scam you.
I got this one last Friday from seller called damwest on ebay for £50. Japanese model boxed, pretty much as new, very happy with it. I'd missed one a few days earlier but then he added some more, keep an eye on him as he may put some more on (none at the minute though)
Is it a legit box with the paperwork and everything? If so that's pretty cool.
Edit: Hmm actually it's a box for a purple GBA?
Has anyone here bought one from him?
I don't think so. I believe people are all taking a chance knowing full well it could end up poorly but eBay has good buyer protection and the price is low enough to have funds tied up for a couple months if it comes to it...
Ok. It seems too good to be true, but we will never know until we purchase one.
I got this one last Friday from seller called damwest on ebay for £50. Japanese model boxed, pretty much as new, very happy with it. I'd missed one a few days earlier but then he added some more, keep an eye on him as he may put some more on (none at the minute though)
I bought from the same seller. Happy with my GBA.
The box was legit for me but didn't come with the paperwork. Only the cardboard used to hold the gba and it was wrapped.
The box I got was for the black gba edition as well.
I posted a picture of my gba here.
Not as bright in person but it's clearer than my front-lit gba. It was soldered as well. Took that pic with my Samsung galaxy s2.
Pretty much my thoughts. I bought one but I don't expect it to end well so I'm working on alternate contingencies. I have a spare AGS-101 ("broken" which came part of a sweet auction set for ~$35 with a homebrew'd Wii which someone locked into the wrong region, a nice black Hori GCN pad, and a purple GCN controller port 1 broken) which I ended up transferring into an aftermarket Gold shell and use now, but from what I understand not all original AGS-101 screens can be used in AGB-001 (even with the appropriate cable).
The second one I'll swap into a near-mint NES SP I got for $25 (sold as broken on eBay but the battery was broken and once I placed a fresh one in the charger and the GBA worked like a charm - the giveaway there was it was swelling a little at the battery cover!).
Also, the supply clearly is drying up and the eBay sellers are getting greedy:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181490425084
That's good that it matches. I just wonder if the box is a good copy or the real thing.
The system looks nice. Does it have tri-wing screws or Philips screws?
Looked real enough to me. It was a tad beat up but felt authentic.
Here are some pics of the box:
And more of the gba:
The screws it came with were mostly tri-wings but I saw it had two which looked to be Philips screwdrivers (one was under a warranty sticker he must have added). I compared it to a GBA I received for Christmas when I was a kid and that had one similar Philips screwdriver. Lens are a bit scratched so I might change it someday.
Aside from it not being as bright as expected (was expecting micro/dsi levels at high) its the best retro purchase I made so far. Sure beats what I had to put up with to play these games.
sixteen-bit
Member
Game Boy Advance should have trademark (™
symbolYeah, I thought it was weird that it didn't so I searched on youtube and found this guy had the same box as me (which has the R symbol instead of TM).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrizorDDq_k
Black edition. So I don't know whats up. Need to do more research.
Edit - GBA boxes on a japanese auction site also lack the trademark symbol and have an R in it's place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrizorDDq_k
Black edition. So I don't know whats up. Need to do more research.
Edit - GBA boxes on a japanese auction site also lack the trademark symbol and have an R in it's place.
theSlacker
Member
Yeah, the ones going for $60 that was posted yesterday and are all sold out have the R on the box in the picture instead of the TM as well.
Edit: Don't think the one in that video is a brand new one being unboxed either. Looks like the system was just stuffed in the box and the system itself doesn't have the sticker on the back.