When viewing the auction photo, I thought that this was some kind of Capri-Sun sticker decal at first. But upon recieveing this item in my hands, I found that it is a hard plastic printed decal. Just the same as the stock gray-bordered screen cover that is on the original game boy. My guess is that it might have been a customizeable faceplate that you bought, and you peeled off the old one and stuck this one on. But that doesn't really make all that much sense to me, seeing as the adhesive that holds these screens down is pretty strong. So, is this a rare edition or something that came this way from the factory? Any info about it would be appreciated! Thanks!
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Vintage Rare Nintendo Game Boy? - Need Some Info
Started by SeberHusky, Dec 22 2011 1:54 AM
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Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:54 AM
Hello! I just got this old Game Boy on eBay, and it has this 90's styled surf graphic on it, and I can not find any information on it. I just wanted to know if this was a special rare edition, or it was a customizeable faceplate back then?
When viewing the auction photo, I thought that this was some kind of Capri-Sun sticker decal at first. But upon recieveing this item in my hands, I found that it is a hard plastic printed decal. Just the same as the stock gray-bordered screen cover that is on the original game boy. My guess is that it might have been a customizeable faceplate that you bought, and you peeled off the old one and stuck this one on. But that doesn't really make all that much sense to me, seeing as the adhesive that holds these screens down is pretty strong. So, is this a rare edition or something that came this way from the factory? Any info about it would be appreciated! Thanks!
When viewing the auction photo, I thought that this was some kind of Capri-Sun sticker decal at first. But upon recieveing this item in my hands, I found that it is a hard plastic printed decal. Just the same as the stock gray-bordered screen cover that is on the original game boy. My guess is that it might have been a customizeable faceplate that you bought, and you peeled off the old one and stuck this one on. But that doesn't really make all that much sense to me, seeing as the adhesive that holds these screens down is pretty strong. So, is this a rare edition or something that came this way from the factory? Any info about it would be appreciated! Thanks!
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Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:17 AM
Never seen one of these before, are you sure it's not an aftermarket skin thing with the LCD cover?
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Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:24 AM
nathanallan, on Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:17 AM, said:
Never seen one of these before, are you sure it's not an aftermarket skin thing with the LCD cover?
I tried peeling the corners, it's not a sticker. One hard piece of plastic.The outer housing is the exact same as my other Game Boy as well, so that rules out it being a replaced housing. Same model number too. "DMG-01". I Googled in every possible keyword, but came up with nothing. Sorry if my original post is confusing, it's about 3 AM, and I'm pretty bushed. lol My thought is that it's an aftermarket custom "faceplate" that they had for sale back then. But, it's my belief that installing custom faceplates is supposed to be easy, so you can interchange them often....right? But this is securely glued down, so it does not make sense in my mind that you would be expected to break out a toolbox just to change the style whenever you wanted to. lol
Edited by SeberHusky, Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:28 AM.
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Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:40 AM
While I haven't seen this exact one, I have seen similar aftermarket faceplates many years back. Interesting.
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Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:49 AM
No, they're not very easy to change out, you basically destroy the one coming off of it so they get replaced only when they have to. It might be aftermarket after all. Really cool that it's still on it after all these years; most of the aftermarket ones I have known come off in a month or two.
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Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:23 AM
Man that thing just screams early 90s. Throw in a backlight and give it a Hawaiian Punch style paint job and it'll be the most radical and bodacious gameboy ever.
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Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:32 AM
wallydawg, on Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:23 AM, said:
Man that thing just screams early 90s. Throw in a backlight and give it a Hawaiian Punch style paint job and it'll be the most radical and bodacious gameboy ever.
The man has a point.
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Posted Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:16 AM
Just a $5 gameboy..... that is a really cool screen, but it does'nt add much to the value. its definitely not a limited edition OEM from nintendo.
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Posted Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:34 AM
mike99mccarthy, on Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:16 AM, said:
Just a $5 gameboy..... that is a really cool screen, but it does'nt add much to the value. its definitely not a limited edition OEM from nintendo.
This cost me more than $5....more like $15. lol Thanks everyone for the info!
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Posted Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:15 AM
SeberHusky, on Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:34 AM, said:
mike99mccarthy, on Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:16 AM, said:
Just a $5 gameboy..... that is a really cool screen, but it does'nt add much to the value. its definitely not a limited edition OEM from nintendo.
This cost me more than $5....more like $15. lol Thanks everyone for the info!
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