My Lukie Games Order Has Arrived! Let's See IF This Xbox Is Refurbished! 

Lukie is defo aware of the entire DKOldies situation being that they’re a direct competitor to them, so you know damn well they’re capitalizing on the situation and doing things right as they should be to begin with. Either way good on Lukie. I always prefer them over DK.

I get the feeling that Lukie is going to be fulfilling a lot more orders.

My experience with LukieGames has honestly been incredible. I'm currently working on building my N64 collection while my brother's building his OG Xbox collection. We both got a lotta games from them and they were all in really good condition, and I'm surely gonna be ordering more from them in the future

Been dealing with Lukie Games for almost 5yrs and only had 2 games returned because they were defected. Their customer service and Stock has always been Top Notch.

I've bought stuff from Lukie Games before and never had an issue with them. I'm an overseas (Australia) customer as well, so I'm pretty picky about prices and I thought they were pretty fair, especially compared to certain other businesses in the same sphere. Got my first Dreamcast from them years ago.

I recently bought an NES from then. New 72 pin connector. Came with OEM PSU and OEM RF adapter. Immaculate shape. It was reasonably priced. I also bought a PS3 Slim from them and the listing mentioned an OEM DS3 controller. I received a third party. They one-day shipped the OEM DS3. Fantastic customer service! I've spent nearly a grand on them over het past six months.

I'm actually happy for you it means there's hope to actually find a refurbished console for people looking for all things retro

Lukie Games has always been great for me. I mostly just buy games from them, but in the span of four years or so I've only received one that was defective (dead save battery, no biggie). If I ever need to do a return, they process it no questions asked. Only "console" I ever bought from them was a Gameboy Advance SP and it was pristine. Never had any complaints.

AYYY YOU DID THE LUKIE GAMES VIDEO!!

Hell yeah, nice video. I’m glad they sent you an actually refurbished unit. If I were them, I’d capitalize on the shit going with DK too, more orders!

One of the major concerns for retro gaming as a whole is once consoles began using these kinds of boards and components, the chance of a CAP blowing/leaking dramatically increased. NO old or old new stock xbox should be operable at this point. ALL of them need to be refurbished to ensure integrity of the capacitors. ALL of them should be checked before being shipped to customers because they can become hazardous if not properly maintained. It is great Lukie took pride in their shipment here and it is a NICE xbox overall.

I've been purchasing from Lukie for over a decade now, they've been great. The only time I ever had an issue was when I ordered the first GI Joe nes game and received the second (which was still a good game and I didn't own it, I contacted them and told them what happened, they sent out the right game and I paid for and kept the other, so it was a win all around lol)

The only nitpicking i would say is that they didn't clean up the leakage of the previous clock capacitor, which could cause corrosion over time, but that is it. LukieGames seem to be very good! I hope they have way more business than an other shop we all love to hate!

Love Lukie Games, actually just picked up a few nes carts from them for less than it would cost me to go to a local pawn shop and pick up the same games there (with the shipping charges even), they're clean and work great.

I've been a big fan of Lukie Games for many years. Glad to see not only that they actually clean and test their hardware before selling it to the consumer, but also still have great customer service.

Wow what a beautiful job , that really looks amazing ...good job to whoever refurbished that Xbox, it deserves it

Before I get into my comments regarding the video itself, I just want to say that I'd love to see you do more of these comparing other competitors. These are very interesting videos, and they provide very valuable information for gamers. Some others you could try are JJGames, playerschoicegames, and estarland just to name a few. Wow, night and day difference compared to DKOldies! The inside of the console looked pretty damn close to brand new. The outside could have maybe been a little bit better, but it's such a tiny nitpick. It still looked pretty dang good overall, and the inside is far more important. I was wondering about the thermal paste the whole video, but I think we can safely assume that they most likely did apply new thermal paste. Suddenly I'm a big fan and supporter of Lukie Games. They may not be perfect, but they're damn close to it, and good luck finding any business that *IS* perfect. The biggest criticism for me is only that they could perhaps be a little cheaper, but at least they do a great job and you get everything they say you do.

Lukie has been my go to for many years now and I have never had a bad thing to say about them. Any issues that have ever come up, they resolve immediately without hesitation. Now I do wish their prices would come down to pre pandemic prices but that's the market right now. It costs them more to acquire inventory so it makes sense. At least they weren't out there lobbying to inflate prices.

I wasn't aware Lukie was a well known seller. I've been buying from them for years, and it has always been top notch

At 17:50 I would say they didn't do a proper job on refurbishing. There is still residue from the original clock capacitor leakage that never got cleaned up. In the case that leakage had spread that bad, I'd have expected them to do preventative maintenance on power traces underneath the board to be jumped with wire, in case they start pitting in the future, otherwise there will be random powering up/down.

It would be interesting to see a bigger sample size from Lukie. This XBox looks good, but they sent Jacob R a PS3 that had clearly never been opened by anyone. It was much cleaner than what DKoldies sent him, but that seems due to the original owner or Lukie doing a decent job of blowing/vacuuming from the outside. The inside still could have used proper dusting, and the thermal paste was in desperate need of replacement.

Great video! Take notice, DK Oldies! I wish you would have checked for new thermal paste on the CPU.

Just bought a Xbox from them thanks to your video, that's how I want a refurbished Xbox to look like.

I got a Wii and a ps2 slim from Lukie both are in amazing condition in fact outta 28 games and 2 consoles only 1 game is known to be faulty (I don’t own a Xbox 360 to test those 15 games)

Thank you for doing this! It is great to see and I’m going to look at Lukie games in the future for any consoles I buy.

Got a genesis with a Sega CD attachment from lukie for like 200 in amazing condition 6 years ago. They always seemed to have good prices and quality.

I've bought 3 consoles from lukiegames total in years. Mainly because I received quality for price point. Only one time I had an issue with a game I purchased and left moderate review and bought the game again because I support what lukie does. Lukie reached out to me and saw I bought the game again and wanted to correct it with either refund or store credit. Unlike dkoldies I believe lukie has that true model of selling you a good working refurbished model with the price marked up so it takes the guess work out of it and worry from buying from the third market.

I've been purchasing from Lukie Games for the past 2 years and I never had any issues from them.

Oh boy let's hope we got ourselves a better retro game website!

"Right off the bat" counter: 4 ;-) Glad to see a console unboxing review that doesn't include desert sand on the inside...

Oh wow. That Xbox is one of the first few models. You can tell because of the fan on the GPU heatsink and more than 3 capacitors under the CPU heatsink.

I've been buying from lukies for about 5-6 years never had an issue with any of my orders, Highly recommended, Decent prices too!

I think Luki deserve a shoutout for how good this console looks on the inside. This is EXACTLY how a refurbished console should look, both in and out. I haven't even heard of them before this video but I bet they are cheaper than DKOldies as well. I just hope once they grow up more they wont end up like DKOldies and be blinded by the money.

I guarantee they didn’t repaste it. You never checked so this is incomplete and honestly felt a bit biased. If this had been from DKoldies I feel like the dust inside would have been scrutinized and the burnt looking spot on the bottom left (maybe the more dusty spot you spoke of) of the board would have been addressed.

DKOldies crawled with 1 leg and arm so Lukie Games could sprint a mile in 5 seconds

I have ordered from Lukie numerous times. I have always been impressed with them.

my mom found lukie games when i started getting into the retro gaming hobby back in the mid 2010s and since then i've been very happy with them have gotten 2 dreamcasts tons of ps1 snes games from mega man x2 to RE3 etc only downside is that its a bit pricey especially since im from canada but the quality your getting speaks for itself and the rewards program is awesome managed to get pokemon sapphire with my points overall lukie games is much better than dkoldies

Hm, I wonder if I should contact Lukie games about my 2 OG xbox consoles and seeing about a possible trade-in I could get for them. My removed the clock capacitor on one and I replaced the disc drive on one of them which I'm still in possession of. Both the disc trays are stuck and have been cleaned up but I'm too paranoid to actually get anymore hands and refurbish them any further.

DKOldies take note!

I've ordered from lukie games for the past 9 years. So far I haven't had anything bad to say other than everything is always on sale.

Lukie has always been legit...been ordering from them for years. Top notch trade ins as well. People expect to get a ton for trade in when it isn't the case, but they are very fair.

OSRS, Lukie been Valid AF. I been going thru them for year's.

I cant speak upon now Lukie Games refurbishes consoles since I've never purchased a console from them but I have orders probably 100+ PS2 games, amazing prices, great rewards program and fast shipping. Only ever had a few hiccups, there customer services is outstanding. Haven't order with them I nearly a year as I've slowed down my game collecting but I bought from them for years so I cant imagine anything has turned for the worst.

Wonder if they reinforced the power plug on this Xbox. This original Xbox is an earlier one as it has the Foxlink power supply which had a bad design. All the force with plugging and unplugging the power plug goes straight to the two solder joints which can crack, leading to arching and possible fires, there's no physical strain relief of any kind. That's why Microsoft had that power cord recall, they put a band-aid on a bad design. Later Xboxes reinforced the plug better. My original Xbox is basically a launch one, and when I plug it in, it makes the buzzing noise, meaning I need to resolder those joints for the power plug as it's now a fire hazard.

I bought the Dreamcast port of SFA3 from Lukie Games shortly after I first watched the ReviewTechUSA review of the DKOldies, and with THIS review, Lukie Games now has my business longterm.

Lukie should send DK Oldies a Christmas card. DK set the bar so low, that just doing the job people paid you to do has become a standout.

While the console looks fine overall, that clock cap doesn't seem to have been touched at all actually. Those just leak at the bottom, so it won't be immediately obvious in a lot of cases. What is obvious is that there is all the yellowed dust in that corner of the board as the cap HAS started to leak like all of them do and the acid with all that dust stuck to it is still there, untouched. Pretty well 80% of OG Xbox units I get look exactly like that and that crap must be cleaned asap no matter what as it can cause further corrosion in that part of the board. As a refurbisher who does a lot of OG Xbox units I give this one a 5/10. While they did an OK cleanup and replaced the DVD belt, they left an obvious cap leak on the board and didn't pluck out the clock cap, so that automatically loses them a lot of points. Still better than the 0/10 I'd give DKO lol.

For Luke games I bought Monster Brain and a Action replay for Gameboy color both worked 😊

Much better condition than the DKOldies consoles we've seen in videos. One of the key things with regards to "refurbishing" a console like this is the thermal paste being reapplied, amongst one or two other things. Being clean on the inside is great but it's a bare minimum.

You know when a company is super flashy and big on social media skits are probably the worst company to get orders from. Not always but there skits never feel genuine. It’s like I’m looking at an AI talking. Lukie seems like a great company.

I buy from Lukie and the prices are ok most of the time and great overall! The games are in great shape and even the disc games are mint from what I received, I highly recommend!

By the way. We love your Batocera videos. They have been a huge help in our build. Please do more of those. Can you show us how to get those lcd games working? Thanks

I’ve used lukie games for years mainly just purchasing games from them and they’ve always come in really good condition and just last Christmas I was gifted a sega Dreamcast from them as well and it came with an OG controller and in great condition again

Plot twist, Lukie Games started cleaning and refurbing their systems after the DK Oldies fiasco lol.....nah but for real, I'm glad this console worked and it was properly cleaned!

I've been ordering from them since 2015 and I've never had a bad experience with them.

I ordered from Lukie Games many years ago. No issues back then. Maybe...8 years ago?

The whole dk oldies situation is pathetic because they are a very big name in the retro gaming community and probably atleast a million dollar company if not more and they can't even do what i consider to be the bare minimum and they have multiple employees. I run a retro game store out of my local Fleamarket and tear down and clean, repaste and replace any needed parts to insure that my customers come back to buy more stuff not get refunds and I'm only a one man show. I understand the time it takes to actually refurbish a console but to me it's worth the time because it has gained me many regular customers who know they are buying dependable consoles, controllers and accessories. Good job to Lukie for a job well done

I bought a few 3ds games and I must say I was impressed with the price, delivery and description. I just bought a few more and I hope they continue to send out great products.

Did they repaste it?

Professional review from this guy LukieGames actually refurbishes the console. See how easy that is DKOldies? I mean they're still over priced on a lot of stuff in my opinion but it's good too know that Lukie takes proper care of the orders they ship out and I bet if they did make a mistake, they wouldn't try to defend the problem they'd actually address it. You know what? The stuff that's overpriced are the stuff that's highly valued in the first place like Nintendo stuff.

Apparently dk oldies' policy is that you CANNOT participate in any class action lawsuit and that the problems will be resolved individually, at least that's how I interpreted it. Also they said that the sticker is a "proof of purchase" but keep in mind the legal stuff or whatever was updated yesterday, im pretty sure they caught wind that those warranty stickers are illegal. They keep doing damage control Looking on the way back machine from February 12 2023 it was last updated on 4/27/21. Regarding the warranty it is said "This site and the materials and products on this site are provided "as is" and without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied" while they have a 1 year warranty banner over the top right of the site. The site still hold the Arbitration and Class Action Waiver.

Have bought a lot of games and stuff from them ,always great service and product. Them have been the best !

16:03 That's a 1.0 with the dangerous fire hazard FoxLink PSU that causes sparks and cause fires. Nearly lost my 1.0 because of it.

I have bought tons of things from them they are 100% worth it

I would definitely seek out an updated power cord...

Seems to me if a company wanted to control the vintage game market, all they'd have to do is actually do what they claim.

but yes make sure they recap stuff and check thermal paste

Lukie games new jingle "We actually refurbish consoles"

Never had an issue in the 10 years I've been ordering from them.

I literally stay 5 min away from lukiegames warehouse

I've been getting games from them a lot. like getting Crash 3 and Spyro 2 both in good complete condition. every game I get from them are in good condition at good prices. so much better then dkoldies

I've always ordered my original xbox games from lukie Games and they never disappoint.

just ordered some games for the og xbox from them earlier today and have in the past. i never have a problem with them.

I’m not surprised. I’ve purchased from both eStarland & Lukie games in the past and the experience was never any less than professional. The games would be vacuumed sealed, dust free & in great working condition. DKOldies should be ashamed of themselves. DKOldies gets 2 thumbs down.👎👎

They been around for more than a decade I didn't think they were still a company

My refribishment process is to sit on a spinning chair spin 3 times with the console on my lap while chanting refurbish refurbish refurbish....and then it's refurbished

I never had a bad order from Lukie's ^-^

I get my parts to refurbish consoles from lukie games usually.

Never had a problem with Lukie

First video I ever saw of yours you made a vital mistake in your review. The second video I have ever seen of yours you learned from tgaf mistake! I clicked the subscribe button!

Forgot one major part. Thermal paste. When you refurbish you replace the thermal paste you could have done that lol if they didn’t replace the paste then it’s not a refurbish

I don't understand what the deal is with not including 1st party controllers. I have about 10 original Xbox controllers...some dukes some the slim model. The thing is they are easier to cleanup/fix than the consoles themselves. Brand new joystick rubbers (you can buy brand new xbox 360 joysitck rubbers/caps that pop right over the metal analog stick after you pull the old ones off) and cleaning the buttons/triggers with alcohol...super easy fixes. Credit to Odd Tinkering here on RU-vid 👍

I’ve been using lukies for 2 years now. There way better Dkoldies IN EVERY WAY. Never once have I got something dirty or messed up from them and there prices are reasonable and actually refurbishes there consoles

Idk that the clock capacitor was replaced, looks to be bleeding out the bottom 🤔

Lukie games (pretty sure it’s pronounced lucky 🍀 not lookie) but maybe I’m wrong. I’ve ordered from the. A number of times zero issues and they offer lukie points which eventually leads To free games I’ve gotten a few from them.

Good for them for being reliable and actually doing what they say lol dko could learn a thing or two

Sure they might do a better job refurbing, but wow, their prices are crazy.

Lukie games must have seen your review because the listing now says compatible controller.

So lukie games prices are high just like DKoldies? Yes high prices are a problem with games and consoles. I buy my games on Mercari which is waaay cheaper 🎮🎮

Any plans on other orders? I'm thinking about investing in a nintendo gamecube from lukie games but want to make sure I don't waste money

I only order from lukie never ordered from dk oldies my experience with lukie games never had any issues with anything

another good way to know that someone was in the console is if the screws are still torqued and if you needed to "crack" the screw loose. console seems in good shape though. do they ship to Canada 🤣

It also must be noted that this is a 1.0 revision xbox with a Samsung dvd drive. This means the garbage Thomson drive was removed and replaced. Go see RTU’s video to see why the Thomson is garbage.

That packaging... is ridiculous. Smh. Hopefully people stop buying from these sites. Way overpriced!

Tears it down to the final point where thermal paste can be checked, didn't check it... fail!

Yes it is a little pricey but it's actually worth paying cause it's actually refurbished.

Electrolyte eating away that motherboard right in this video!

I've actually sold consoles to lukie games on ebay.

Wait they actually clean thier consoles and replace stuff that needs replacing? Once people find out people are gonna switch from dk oldies

Its so absolutely ridiculous that these places charge these ridiculous amounts for this stuff and cant even include an original controller unless you pay a stupid price to "upgrade" to an oem one, WHEN you can go to your local store and get a console with oem cords and controller for WAY cheaper. That just infuriates me. And what i dont see are these RU-vidrs going to local stores and buying the same thing they got from dkscummies or lucrappy games and showing how much better it is from a local store NONE of my local stores will take consoles in without oem cords AND controllers which is the way it should be. 3rd party stuff is absolutely garbage. 99 percent of it