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Continue ShoppingGame Boy Advance Prestige Shell | IPS Modified
The holy grail of Game Boy Advanced Shells from our partner RetroSix.
This listing is for a shell and battery cover. Custom casted Game Boy Advance Prestige Buttons Set and GBA IPS Screen Lens are also available separately
In 2001, Nintendo delivered the next generation of portable entertainment into the hands of eager gamers. The Game Boy Advance gives you console-quality gaming in your pocket - and its bright, colorful and finger-intuitive design is still a classic. We spent over a year developing the perfect GBA shell. Spending over $20,000 that we will never get back, in the name of perfection.
After great success of our first mold, we spent a further $8,000 and made a new mold, perfecting the start/select buttons, opening out the window and altering the inside structure so that IPS screens can simply drop in with no modification whatsoever!
Pearl-series shells: We have tested multiple cleaning agents on the shells with success, and have heard that some individuals cleaning using a microfiber cloth along with a solvent may have the dye in the microfiber cloth come off on the shell. This has been observed only with solvents used with colored microfiber cloths.
The screws that came with the shell seemed to barely fit, like I was drilling in to the plastic. I don't know if the plastic had good threads or not. I also realized the button membranes didn't work either and this was after I assembled the whole thing. I used a spare set of membranes and they work just fine.
But after I got it together it works fine now and looks good. If I ever mod a gba again I'd probably use an original shell, screws, and membranes.
Got the shell, IPS kit, new screen and new buttons - install was simple and the GBA looks great.
I performed the IPS LCD mod for the AGB-001 and used this shell for it. It was a bit hard for me to put the shell back together, but it could be totally my own fault. I didn't buy new buttons; so I used the old crusty ones from my childhood GBA. I also didn't set the screen right the first time. Eventually, I learned how to put it back together, and I now have the GBA of my dreams. Best of all, I learned a lot, and I want to mod my other handhelds!
I love feeling of this shell. The soft touch is amazing and I love the color. The downside is that the paint comes off easily. Ever since I owned it I've had it in my pockets with nothing else in them other than a GB cart. I've been treating my GBA like a baby and randomly I have been accumulating marks.
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