Thanks for posting those. Just to be clear – those are for the small platform display, NOT the countertop or floor-standing display. Tho the graphics are similar, the dimensions are different.

Thanks for the offer, Blue, but I’m not looking for anything else right now. Other than VB, I’m kind of out of gaming (other than the Pinball Arcade app on my iPad – awesome!). But I’ll see what I can do about getting high-res scans made, so people can print their own.

Benjamin: the one that has Wario on it is on the flip side of the one that’s all about Wario (not the one listing different games).

Ooops! I realized there was something on the back of the Japanese ads, so I pulled them out again – here’s a pic of the backs of all 3. Apologies for the glare.

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Here are pics of the ads I have for the floor-standing display. Some are (obviously) Japanese.

I believe the Japanese ones are blank on the back, but I forgot to double-check when I had them out. As for the US ones – the backs of all of those are the Virtual Boy on black background that you see in the pic by itself. Interestingly, on some of those, the paper is printed on both sides (ad on one side, VB on black on the other). On others, it’s all printed on one side of one double-wide sheet, then folded in half. (The back is blank.)

The US ones are printed on thick paper (card stock?). The JP ones are on thin, cheapo paper.

I do have a duplicate of one of the US ads, but it’s NFS. I would be willing to trade it for one I don’t have.

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Brittany wrote:
You have a BUNCH of them? Would you ever consider selling some US ads? It would be awesome to make it all original.

Sorry – NFS. But I’ll try to put up some photos this weekend. Maybe we can actually get a complete inventory going of all the variations.

As for Canada – I don’t recall the VB being sold there, but maybe my memory is going.

I have a bunch of the US and Japanese ads that go in these displays. Been meaning to try to get them scanned, so I can share them with the group, but I don’t have a clue how to get something this large scanned, and it really needs to be a flatbed – don’t want to risk having them damaged by a scanner feeder. Anyone in the DC area have a clue where to get them scanned?

That seems like a great site for buying incredibly outdated technology.

I see they also have 10 “open box” FaxViews for $41.99 each:
https://www.buymebuyme.com/buy/FaxView-Personal-Fax-Reader-Receives-Stores-Sends-Documents-Anywhere-47410.html

The description says it “connects to cellular and landline phones.” Just how does it connect to a cellular phone?

Interesting device.

Did the Entex Adventure Vision use the RTI display, or was it made by someone else?

I love that they show the battery box with what appears to be a mix of rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries. Ooops!

The reason it’s so difficult to find a loose copy is that Japanese gamers are notorious for taking care of their games. Unlike their US counterparts, they’ll rarely toss the box and manual, and even well-used games will look like new. So you’re much more likely to find a complete set, rather than a loose cart.

Nice work!

Those scans are from the floor model, and the countertop display. The “platform model” used ads of a different dimension. But as you note, they can probably be altered (digitally?) to fit.

bigmak wrote:
http://www.planetvb.com/modules/hardware/?type=displays&model=dphase

That is some scans of the counter top display..might not QUITE fit, but you can print them so they can come close.

-Eric

Nice item. Nice GF!

The retail VB units have a sticker (front, bottom right) with the 1-800 service center number, while the display units (most? all?) don’t have it. Also, most (all?) of the display units have small screws holding the visor faceplate to the unit. Other than that, I’m not aware of any differences.

BTW: you may already know, but your unit is missing the promotional signs (printed on paper) that sat on each side – where the flat black pieces are. Those were covered by clear plastic sheets that snapped into place. (Can’t tell if you have those or not.) If you can find someone with the same display, they may be willing to scan the signs, so you can print out your own copies.

If anyone here ordered a Gundam, head over to Nintendoage.com now to make payment. While he sold the original run of 50, he’s toying with making more, so if you missed out, you may want to post your interest there.

I’ve been following on Nintendoage.com. End product definitely looks worth the wait – very professional!

Alexander wrote:
Most my stuff for vb is Japanese ! Cheaper I guess and all play in English!

Not all of them do.

TheretroGameboy wrote:
hello I was wondering if you are still making flash boys and if you are do you need a downer cart.

A “downer cart”? Would that be Virtual Lab? It’s a bit of a downer.

Just a little VB humor. 😉

The Dreamcast may be my all time fave console, after the VB, of course! 😉 And Rez was one of the best DC games. So damn cool.

In Japan, they released all kinds of peripherals we never saw in the US, but I had a friend in JP who sent me a ton of them. One was for Rez. It a small box – maybe half the size of a cigarette pack – that you plugged into the DC, and placed in your pocket. All it did was vibrate when there was an impact in the game. Totally pointless, but so cool. I may still have that somewhere – not sure.

He’s still making them. I just got mine a couple of weeks ago.

Ummm…why should they do that? The people on this board are the people most likely to BUY them. And it’s not like we’ll take them, and promote them to our friends, none of whom own VBs.

I would rather that the people here who need them actually buy them, so there’s a market. Then, maybe Hyperkin will continue to produce them, or produce other interesting niche items.

Lester Knight wrote:
Is anyone on here a Hyperkin retailer? It would be nice if say 50 of these sets were made available to this forum.