Well, I ordered the Club Nintendo Mario Hat Game-End. It holds and displays either 8 DS/3DS games, or 4 GB/VB/GBC/GBA games. I’m really glad I just ordered, as it is now SOLD OUT. 😀

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On Club Nintendo’s site it says that only people that registered OOC by 12:01am today were guaranteed a copy of the soundtrack. Since I’m 16 hours past that deadline, I decided to register now. Rather have a soundtrack than 50 coins towards gold/platinum status for 2012.

Well, I reached platinum status. I visited my mother’s house and snatched up all of her husband’s Nintendo points (The old guy likes himself some Wii action).

New problem, I picked up Zelda OOC for 3DS today. If you register it you get a free soundtrack for a limited time. I’d hate to register it now instead of waiting until July 1st so I can apply those Coins earned to the 2012 cycle, but I’d also hate to lose out on the soundtrack if they run out of stock in the next 10 days.

ter3 wrote:
My VB used to have the lines problem but than I fixed this by putting it in the oven and applying some tape.

You didn’t bake the ENTIRE Virtual Boy unit, did you?

[VirtualJockey]

John E Bravo wrote:
Good! I’m glad you told him. I was a little pissed when it didn’t work properly. That is everything I would have wanted to say to him! THANKS! I left positive feedback for him before I checked to see if the bit fit. I wish I could take it back! Let us know if you get a refund.

We’ll see what happens now. Sellers can’t leave negative feedback anymore, but that doesn’t affect my getting a refund or not.

Overall, I’m going to buy one of the $30 pre-ground down bits. After buying a bit, driving around and buying a handfile, I still am at the mercy of my grinding skills. Too much work for a $15 bit, and overcharched for a $30 one. Rather get the over charged one off the bat than pay $30 for extra parts to make a bad “VirtualJockey” home-failed bit myself! 😛

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I sent this to the seller, didnt know what else to say with the limited text amount.

I just won this game bit tonight, and people are saying they bought the same game bit from YOU and that it doesn’t fit properly in the deep Virtual Boy screw holes without brute force or grinding out/stretching the console plastic to grip the screws. That’s pretty uncool of you to advertise it as a specific game bit deep enough for the Virtual Boy, when you sell this bit that is too wide and deep for the screw holes. Other people sell filed down bits for VB for double the price, but you didn’t mention the strenuous modifications needed to make yours work for the VB without a hand-file or extra physical labor tp kep my VB undamaged. I feel a little bad about wanting to get my money back from you for a completed auction, but the misrepresentation is absolutely “your bad” and not mine.
It’s not the correct or nearly proper item that I truly need as you already know. Sorry again, and please sell bits in the future that actually WORK with the Virtual Boy if you choose to sell them again.

John E Bravo wrote:
I bought this bit a while ago. It still needs to be filed down on the sides to reach the screws that are really far down. It’s a lot better than the smaller bits. Here is a tip, put the bit in the screwdriver and hand file the sides while the bit is in the screwdriver, it takes a little longer by hand but you will only need to file half the bit. The other half stays fit into the screwdriver and it will fit down there once filed.

That’s really a bummer to hear, since it was sold specifically as a Virtual Boy game bit. Now I need to buy a hand file as well? Totally Uncool.

It’s kinda’ funny that Miyamoto has a VB handy. I don’t honestly expect anyone to have a VB handy! 😛

I just ordered this game bit from ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160598772586

I’ll report back and let you guys know if it fits and has the depth needed for the deep screws.

skleek wrote:
I have a VB that has worked previously. I pulled it out of the closet a few months ago to play a couple rounds of telroboxer. But to my dismay I got nothing.

You ever get your console working, Mike?

Dinner tonight is a secret gourmet recipe only mastered by few.

Cereal and raspberries! 😀

[VirtualJockey]

Benjamin Stevens wrote:
I’m not sure if I can say that it is “worth” that much, but I figured that given its extreme rarity, one would probably have to bid $200 or so to win it in an eBay auction.

I paid $150 for the case only, not bundled with the sellers included console. I’m happy with my purchase, but my bad if that’s something you think is a low-ball. I honestly didn’t think the seller would get $150 for the case and also the additional average going rate for a complete working VB.
The prototype console pictured was roughly $900 USD+ Paypal fees, part of KR155E’s personal collection. A good deal on both acquisitions this month, IMO.

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http://cgi.ebay.com/JP-Nintendo-Virtual-Boy-DEMO-console-Box-and-rare-Flyer-/160604918099?pt=Video_Games&hash=item2564cc9153

JPN Demo box with instructions on ebay. However, judging by the high serials on the included console it appears that the console itself is surely NOT a JPN Demo.

Thanks KR155E! :thumpup:

My TravelMaster case arrived:

Lets take a look inside shall we?

Oh my stars, what plush intererior. The prototype VB console isn’t too shabby either. 😎

Congrats mawa. 🙂

Also just wanted to mention this auction with the blue carrying case. Just so people don’t get fooled and bid it up like crazy, that blue carrying bag is for the NES console and not really that rare. Just a heads up, so nobody accidentally thinks it’s a rare VB bag.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-VIRTUAL-BOY-System-TESTED-w-Case-5-GAMES-/360372619541?pt=Video_Games&hash=item53e7e1c915

KR155E wrote:
It’s not a PVB issue. It’s the 3DS, which sends only the automatically generated preview JPGs, instead of the actual stereoscopic MPO file.

I tried copying both the JPG and MPO to my computer and attaching them from there. Unfortunately, I can’t open the MPO from the 3DS.

Hopefully I can figure it out, because it would be great if we could exchange stereo images on here and especially Planet 3DS. Plus it would be great to be able to show 3D screenshots on Planet 3DS if viewed on a 3DS, via the MPO format.

Darn, you’re absolutely correct that 3DS can only upload the MPO.JPG preview. Bummer. My buddy said he could upload his MPO pictures, and I just assumed he meant in full MPO format.

Hopefully Nintendo will address this in a future update.

Cool, please do let us know if you can get it to work on PVB. I know you can upload MPO files direct from the 3DS. Maybe if KR155E can figure how to implement that feature to Planet3DS (if he already hasn’t?) he can also update this site as well.

Why did your file come up as a Jpeg? Is that what happens when you attach an MPO file here?

This cab further solidifies the coolness of the Stand Up Phase-Design display. I’m excited about this cab project, and hope that Nintendo Power Mag will consider it even though it has (awesome) 3rd party decals adhered.

When I see this cab one thing pops in mind:
“I want it” 🙂

Benjamin Stevens wrote:
Yeah… I figured that one would probably have to pay around $200 to get that case, if not even more.

Do you really think it’s worth that much? I know it’s very rare, but $150 would have most likely been my max bid for the case in a regular timed auction. Anything more than $150 would have been an impulse bid on my part.