Exposing FAKE Restoration Videos!

Something isn't right about these....

I don't mean to hate, just thought it would be interesting to look at!

Let me know your thoughts!

#TheRetroFuture #GameBoy #Restoration

[cobracultist]

Imagine living in a country that is SO economically prosperous that the citizens throw perfectly good gameboys in the trash. These guys must be living the good life

[CNSninja]

The "I stumbled upon this thing completely randomly!" theme they do strongly reminds me of the setup for those horrible, fake, "animal rescue" videos that plague YouTube, where people will shove a puppy's head through some bike spokes and then "just stumble upon it" and "rescue" it. Then the next week the same two people are "rescuing" the exact same dog from a hole in the ground three feet away from where the bike was.
The way they attempt faking a genuine find just isn't natural at all. I can't quite put my finger on what, but something about it is just so unnatural.

[Spaghetter]

I don't know chief. After I cleaned my laptop in the sink, it actually unlocked additional RAM. These guys seem legit to me.

[teacheme]

When I pointed out my skepticism of this guys site involving suspect rust (mud/sand mixture) and a magic brush he used to eliminate the rust the response from other "viewers" was shocking. One idiot even called me a troll, while another said I should not say such things but praise the so called restorer for the time and effort he put into the video. I totally agree with your comments and those of others here. Why not create a new channel devoted to exposing these fake restorers, even name and shame them. Sign me up as your first subscriber.

[Cyranek]

dang that's my gba that I lost during my asia vacation last year. glad they found it.

[vwestlife]

The objects that these channels "stumble across" are obviously planted. And the rust they show is fake as well. It's always bright orange and evenly covering all sides of the object, like it was painted on -- probably made with a solution of salt water and iron filings, which quickly rusts when exposed to air. And they always completely reassemble the item before showing it working, to hide how they've swapped the internal components from a working unit.

The lazy ones just switch to a completely different unit to show the finished "restoration", and have been caught showing different serial numbers on the item they "found" versus the one they "restored". Or they film it in reverse order -- demonstrate the working unit first, then trash it with dirt and rust and plant it on the side of the road.

[YourAppleSalesman]

I like how he throws away the screen lens and buys a new one yet awfully cleans up the screen and puts the degraded foam back on instead of buying a new (backlight) one

[coleeckerman]

With iron powder and a simple mixture, you can create rust on anything, so the rust may be real, just not naturally occurring because plastic obviously doesn’t rust.

[alexander_markovski]

I’ve been watching Odd Tinkering for my restoration fix, and he usually states where he got the thing (junk/garage sale, fan sent it in, etc) what the problem seems to be (laser not reading, burnt screen, what have you) and goes step by step in how he fixes it—correct tools, isopropyl alcohol for the motherboards, soap and water for the cases, what parts had to be replaced. Even explained how he removes yellowing, which I had never even heard of before.

It inspired me to fix my ps4 controller that was having stick drift. There’s something so inspiring and fulfilling about watching someone who knows what they’re doing take something broken and making it work again. “Found in the wild” videos are just weird. Unless you’re a vlogger wearing a GoPro 24/7, there’s no reason to film the marshes unless it’s a fake setup for a fake fix

[herrfuchsig]

Incredible how some spray paint on the „rusty“ plastic not only makes it translucent but also magically makes a battery cover appear out of nowhere. This surely is alchemy!

[ShamankingZuty]

I saw a video on one of those channels and fixing a computer. It looked like they opened the tower, took out the motherboard, and then dumped mud on it. To add to that, when he lifts up the board and shows the underside it was PRISTINE. Looked brand new. So I point that out in the comments. The video was removed and re-uploaded an hour later with the only change being that they removed the part where they showed the underside of the muddy board. Unbelievable.

[utes]

9:50 crazy how a bit of oil and fire completely changed the thread and length of those screws!

[Vood]

It's a lot more sinister and tragic when these same criminal organizations stage animal 'rescues'.

[BinCaAlors]

If you pause at 6:45 you can see the sun go through the plastic shells and CLEARLY these are fully red plastic ones as the sun light wouldn't shine through the red-painted-purple shell like it does on that frame.

[TrueGamingVault]

Your commentary is actually really funny, the way you point out all theobvious mistakes they make, makes watching these hella fun. Also, thank you for explaining all the little things.

[rickmartin]

THANK YOU for exposing these liars. I HATE people who try to deceive others, especially for profit.

[zachsnow]

Thank you for making this! I've had these videos plague my home page for years, and it always drives me crazy. I've needed someone to share in my frustration with them. 😂

[MasterFallenHero]

I frequently order broken systems and repair/mod them and flip them. I've actually snagged a few from sendico since you turned me onto it. But I never thought to go directly wading into the rice paddy itself to find a Gameboy. Brilliant.

[AsuraOmni]

"You'll HAVE to take my word for it."
Me, having found your channel completely randomly and having no idea what the difference is but is completely sucked into this video: "I would trust you with my life."

[SpectralSuperSonic]

I'm sorry I had to pause and take a break because your delivery on the "rusty plastic GameBoy" bit killed me