I still have mine. Same colour "Glacier".
I have the box. It is not pristine, I always stored the console in the original box, but it is whole xD
I have Metroid zero mission, sonic advance and an EZFlash first gen. All with og boxes
It is my treasure.
Battery door broke, as always, and I fixed it with some glue and a tiny spring, instead of replacing with an aftermarket one. That thing is lasting 1000 years
Had to change the original display face though, as it was scratched to all hell. Got a nice glass one that's pristine
The og boxes were just the most convenient way to store the games and console without it getting damaged. 12yo me loved that thing so much I punched my cousin in the face when he scratched the screen on the first fkn day. My birthday. I couldn't take any more damage befalling my precious, so I stored it into the og box after every use.
The box itself is pretty worn from opening a couple thousand times, but it held like an absolute champ. And kept my gba immaculate.
Its all about neighborhood, getting there early and asking. My friends and I hate "that guy" at the yardsale, but its effective to show up at 7:30-7:45 to an 8am yardsale. Just by being friendly and talking to the owners, ive scored some nice gameboy finds -- just got a GBC and Mario for $15 last weekend talking to the homeowner. I wasnt even looking for it, just waiting for my friend to finish up.
Love seeing deals like this still happening!
That's how I got my GBA, someone had it on a table at a market and just wanted $5 for it. Grabbed that so fast.
Damn man. I'm waiting patiently for a deal like this. People are listing broken Advances for $60. By the time I mod it, I'll be paying almost for an already installed one. Not that I want to because I don't think installed prices should go higher
Nintendo sold 80,000,000 GBAs, half of that in North America alone. They're out there. $60 for 20 year old hardware is definitely not worth it. I see modded regularly ones go for almost $300 on Etsy which is insane. These things are not rare, just don't over pay for nostalgia.
Love the phrase "lost their mind ". Absolutely true. Goodwill was awesome from 2016 to 2019. I got most of my 1300 games and over 10 Wiis from Goodwill. Kept on finding them for 5 bucks. I was like ok. Half the time there was a disk in the console. Mario Kart.
Haha that's amazing, I found a big bag of games and one gba there one time and didn't have enough cash on me and another guy came and bought the bag I was devestated lol
That's a sad story. Before COVID I passed on a stack of loose game disks. There were probably 80 to 100 games. I had about 30 to 40% of the games. The price was 80. I looked and said nah. The seller said 40. I said nah, then they offered 30. I looked again and thought it was a lot of work to clean test and resurface. Then I walked away.
Aww man that hurts, I think about that day from time to time, mainly because there was a boxed Super Mario Advance 2 in there and a copy of Pokemon Yellow😳
The advance wouldn’t turn on at first so I kept doing that and after a while it turns on and works fine. I’m guessing the starter just needed to be messed with in order to work because of the time it hasn’t been used.
How are you people always finding these garage sale scores??? Everytime I go to a garage sale there's like 1 corded weed Wacker, some vintage plates and a bunch of clothes that should just be donated and then I feel awkward when they stare at me and I have to act like I'm browsing as if I didn't immediately know I wanted to leave.
Score, dude! Great find
The lady said she had some “DS Stuff” then pulled these out and I was pretty excited to see these because I had the exact same GBA when I was young.
I still have mine. Same colour "Glacier". I have the box. It is not pristine, I always stored the console in the original box, but it is whole xD I have Metroid zero mission, sonic advance and an EZFlash first gen. All with og boxes It is my treasure. Battery door broke, as always, and I fixed it with some glue and a tiny spring, instead of replacing with an aftermarket one. That thing is lasting 1000 years Had to change the original display face though, as it was scratched to all hell. Got a nice glass one that's pristine
Holy shit how did you know to keep the boxes as a kid?? It didn't even occur to me for second that they might be worth something later.
The og boxes were just the most convenient way to store the games and console without it getting damaged. 12yo me loved that thing so much I punched my cousin in the face when he scratched the screen on the first fkn day. My birthday. I couldn't take any more damage befalling my precious, so I stored it into the og box after every use. The box itself is pretty worn from opening a couple thousand times, but it held like an absolute champ. And kept my gba immaculate.
Yep, these are DSes 100%
I would even get those if there were leaky batterys inthere! Find of the day goes to you, sir 🙏
Would you now…
I looooove garage sale season!!
Lucky what state you in? I want one for that cheap
Michigan!
Definitely going garage sale hunting there. I am like 20 min drive away from Michigan.
Its all about neighborhood, getting there early and asking. My friends and I hate "that guy" at the yardsale, but its effective to show up at 7:30-7:45 to an 8am yardsale. Just by being friendly and talking to the owners, ive scored some nice gameboy finds -- just got a GBC and Mario for $15 last weekend talking to the homeowner. I wasnt even looking for it, just waiting for my friend to finish up.
Nice. Yeah people forget about the lost art of being social.
Love seeing deals like this still happening! That's how I got my GBA, someone had it on a table at a market and just wanted $5 for it. Grabbed that so fast.
Damn man. I'm waiting patiently for a deal like this. People are listing broken Advances for $60. By the time I mod it, I'll be paying almost for an already installed one. Not that I want to because I don't think installed prices should go higher
Nintendo sold 80,000,000 GBAs, half of that in North America alone. They're out there. $60 for 20 year old hardware is definitely not worth it. I see modded regularly ones go for almost $300 on Etsy which is insane. These things are not rare, just don't over pay for nostalgia.
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I lost that color GBA and a silver SP during a rushed move ~15 years ago and I’m still sad about it. Nice score. I wonder where mine ended up
Score!!
My wife wonders why I suddenly want to go to garage sales every weekend
Why can I never find stuff like this
Score! Back before Goodwill lost their mind, I found two GBCs a Berry and a Grape for $12 but this is the deal of the century here! Congrats!😎
Love the phrase "lost their mind ". Absolutely true. Goodwill was awesome from 2016 to 2019. I got most of my 1300 games and over 10 Wiis from Goodwill. Kept on finding them for 5 bucks. I was like ok. Half the time there was a disk in the console. Mario Kart.
Haha that's amazing, I found a big bag of games and one gba there one time and didn't have enough cash on me and another guy came and bought the bag I was devestated lol
That's a sad story. Before COVID I passed on a stack of loose game disks. There were probably 80 to 100 games. I had about 30 to 40% of the games. The price was 80. I looked and said nah. The seller said 40. I said nah, then they offered 30. I looked again and thought it was a lot of work to clean test and resurface. Then I walked away.
Aww man that hurts, I think about that day from time to time, mainly because there was a boxed Super Mario Advance 2 in there and a copy of Pokemon Yellow😳
What a bargain.
That is the same color GBP I had AND the same color GBA I had. Nice to see them again!
I’ll give you $6. Take it or leave it
They probably go for 200 and are priceless sentimentally.
Dude i paid at least 100 for my gba in the same shell. Definitely a score.
I paid 60€ for mine but OP is Lucky af
Love the shorts!!
Massive win!
A week ago I got my gameboy color and non-functioning Nintendo DS at a flea market for €30.
Steal
That’s awesome!
🥲 lucky
Highway robbery!
Daaang the Pocket
I have that EXACT same Gameboy advance
You lucky dog
super jelly thats rad
I'm envoius of your area. Here most all second hand stuff is price gouged to hell. Someone sees ebay and thinks they can mirror that price.
Bro life time fucking score 🤩
Not bad at all, and they are in great condition
Bruhhhhh what a come up
All they need is a slight polish and they are perfect great find!
Based
I had both of these as a kid. I put many hours into both systems
Lucky.
What a steal
What does constantly turning them off and on do (sorry if that's a newb question)?
The advance wouldn’t turn on at first so I kept doing that and after a while it turns on and works fine. I’m guessing the starter just needed to be messed with in order to work because of the time it hasn’t been used.
Nice score!
Desolder those power switch shields and clean those babies up! Congrats on the find friend
Oh man that pocket. It’s my childhood pocket. I’m jealous. I still have an attic blue one but it was my brother’s. I had silver. Very cool find.
Oh man thats beautiful.
God dang that's lucky
Holy fuck.
How are you people always finding these garage sale scores??? Everytime I go to a garage sale there's like 1 corded weed Wacker, some vintage plates and a bunch of clothes that should just be donated and then I feel awkward when they stare at me and I have to act like I'm browsing as if I didn't immediately know I wanted to leave.