Alexander wrote:
Embarrassingly I cooked my vb ribbon too long in oven.
Alexander wrote:
it’s very crispy now lol
Dude, dont feel bad thats nothing. Check out the horiffic number I did to one of my displays (try not to die laughing). I pulled this stunt several years ago when I first caught wind of the solder fix. I watched a 10 minute tutorial video on youtube for like 3 minutes about soldering displays. Funny thing is, I’ve never soldered a damn thing in my life but somehow still felt very confident I can pull it off. Boy was I wrong…
This has got to be thee most pathetic solder method attempt EVER! I keep it as a constant reminder to leave shit like this to the pros.
Good luck with everything.
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And another VN9 unit…
SN # VN90002143[3]
These been popping up alot lately.
Strange how it took 20 years for the first one to be discovered.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Virtual-Boy-Console-/361641233336?nav=SEARCH
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Spotted another VN9 unit on Ebay…
Serial # VN90010052[7]
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Upon further investigation, I think That I can now confirm that this shirt was indeed intended for a black light with the two following pictures…
Picture-1) shows the first two hexagons that appear on the shirt just below the VB logo. Notice the smoke design that goes right through both hexigons
Picture-2) shows the same spot of the shirt under black light. Notice how the smoke design now has a glowing neon border that is not visible unless a black light is on. There is even random neon smoke designs on this shirt that you just cant see without a black light. One of these random neon smoke patterns can be seen next to the black smoke in the second pic.
If this shirt wasn’t intended for a black light, why does it have all these hidden designs that you can only see through black light?
thunderstruck wrote:
Hah, that does look pretty insane. Not sure if it was intended though. I remember having some Nike shirts that looked absolute crazy in black light.
Yeah Nike is known for using neons on alot of their clothing, especially on their athletic wear. This is to help runners and joggers become more visible to drivers at night preventing accidents. So even though some Nike shirts can react to black light it’s probably not intentional as Nike doesn’t produce ‘club wear’ as far as I know…
This shirt on the other hand as you can see better in the picture below, has four hexagons on the front of it. To me those hexagons are there to give the illusion of depth when a black light is turned on. Because when normal light is hitting this shirt you don’t really notice/pay attention to the hexagons, but under black light you can see that the bigger hexagon on the bottom would be the foreground followed by the two smaller hexagons in the midground and then the last hexagon on the shoulder would be the background…
If this demonstration isn’t convincing enough, then consider the fact that the bright orange/amber neon color is NOT part of the Virtual Boy logo color scheme, but on this shirt it is, as if the designers of this shirt intentionally put that neon streak behind the logo because they knew it would glow…
These are my assumptions and I could be wrong, but to me it seems very likely to be intentional especially with that neon streak being placed in the VB logo.
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Hey check this out. That same episode of Nintendomania that shows those prototype kiosks, also shows the 1995 Nintendo Annual Report on top of a table during the end credits.
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Whoa! Check out this shirt when exposed to a black light, it’s electrifying =)
I knew there was something going on with this shirt other than its faded psychedelic appearance, and I think I figured out what that something is…
I’m now convinced that this shirt was designed to react to the UV lighting of a black light. Wich to me makes sence since this shirt came out in 95′, and being a teenager in the 90’s I know it was cool to have black lights in your room and such, heck I had a whole room filled with Cypress Hill posters that reacted to black lights…
If you own this shirt along with a black light then I highly recommend you give this a try, because the fibers that make this shirt look “faded” react to the light as well, creating quite a stunning effect when you move the shirt around under the light, and this effect is impossible to capture in a photo.
Give it a try and let me know what you think.
