I bought a Refurbished GameBoy Advance from Aliexpress for $50

I bought a refurbished GameBoy from Aliexpress for £38/$50... Let's open it up and see what inside! Is it worth it?

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[hideakikarate]

"That's disgusting" *puts the membrane back*

[jackadams]

My guess - they scratched the contacts with wire wool. That'd explain the metal fragments....

[AmartharDrakestone]

From what I've seen around the internet, usually the replacement cases from China don't come with rubbers. So using the original rubbers in this is probably a way to maximize profit.

[CompuKonstantin]

You missed the chance to call it the AliBoy lol

[breakingaustin]

"10 yawn"

Oh yes, that famous Chinese currency 😂😂

[Pehobbes]

Was always curious about these. Yes, definitely try getting a refurbished gbc/gbp/dmg to see if you have the same luck!

[hovanthecool]

Next video: Refurbishing a "Refurbished" Game Boy from Aliexpress.

[magmacookie]

Clearly this is a sign that I'm staying up too late since I'm watching this 8 minutes after is was released and I'm in australia, oof

[kaifurukawa]

Chinese factory worker: the pads aren't working.
Manager that doesn't know anything about electronics:
ScrATcH THeM

[daone]

$50!?! I should totally check aliexpress sometime. I was actually watching an Elliot coll video when this came out

[raffaeleguido]

I always wonder how people could play without backlight back then

[superwindoge]

I would love to see you check a “refurbished” Gameboy SP, and see how Aliexpress butchers it!

[LoudMouth]

I’m so exited to see what happens next!

[TheSowingSpace]

Don’t mind me, just doing my part by helping Retro with the algorithm...

[pierdeer]

I was actually quite intrigued about this, because around here getting a used GBA will go for more than the listed Aliexpress one, but after seeing those scratched up contacts.. yeah probably better to save up a bit and invest more in individual replacement parts.

[Jhud]

I have a GBA SP with backlit screen and a fake Pikachu shell from Aliexpress. The shell is a bit low quality but looks good enough and sometimes the speaker doesn't work unless I LIGHTLY bang the console against something soft, which is amusing. 50$ is 50$, I'm pleased enough with the purchase. Funnily enough I bought it because for the life of me I cannot find my original GBA SP...
Also depending on the seller, the customer service can be pretty good. I contacted mine because of the sound issue and he gave me an option to give me back 20$ so I can repair it myself if I want to or send the unit back for him to fix. I chose the former.

[LoneDeathWolf]

3:37 those are called ''flashing/flashings''

[orikitty]

Sad to see that happen to a perfectly good GBA board

[notaname]

3:37 I'm not sure if it's universal, but in the scale modelling world those parts are called flash, where plastic has spilled over the edge of the mould, and also seam/split lines which are basically the same thing but smaller and along the entire/most of the length rather than being little isolated parts. Extreme flash can sometimes leave you with little thin sheets of plastic sticking off the edges

[dannydanny]

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