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Game Boy Advance Prestige Shell | IPS Modified

  • $11.99 USD
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Game Boy Advance Prestige Shell | IPS Modified

  • $11.99 USD

Description

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 

This shell is produced via casting and using ABS (from Japan), as opposed to all other shells on the market being made of injection molded cheap and inaccurate soft plastics.

NOTE: Shell can still be used for regular GBAs without IPS screens. Just purchase regular sized screen and be aware of having to position/secure the original screen down centered in view due to the opening being larger than normal.
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About
The fit, feel and tolerance on the RetroSix ABS shell is better than the original. The buttons are stronger with newer ABS and more accurate molds than the original, the buttons and triggers are ultra-responsive, the plastic is much stronger and free of any detects like those you get on injection-molded shells.
Simply place your IPS screen in and push it to the top right (when looking down inside the shell installing the screen) to perfectly center it. For a professional fitting we sell a 3D bracket to hold the LCD in position.

The Pearl series have a pearl finish that reflects light differently at different angles, making the shell have an amazing glow when moving it around. The finish is matt, and treated with our own special anti-slip rubber. This gives your console an ultra-premium feel and luxury finish.

The front shell has an extra wide window opening, and inside has the wall reduced by the A/B/Start/Select buttons reduced, along with all other requirements to allow the IPS screen kits to simply drop into place.

Once you compare our shell with all the others on the market you will never look back!

History

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!

Cleaning

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.

Customer Reviews

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Game Boy Advance Prestige Shell | IPS Modified

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M.B.
Pretty Good

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.

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R.M.
Installation Was a Snap

Got the shell, IPS kit, new screen and new buttons - install was simple and the GBA looks great.

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S.M.
I can't put my GBA down

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!

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Anonymous
Well Made Shell

Bright white & excellent quality.

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A.S.
Amazing feel, poor durability.

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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