Rare Astro Boy GameBoy Light FULL Restoration

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This is a limited edition GameBoy Light which was sold in the Tezuka Osamu World Shop. According to Console Variations, between 1000 and 5000 of these were made. I bought this for an absolute steal, its in very bad condition, lets refurb it!
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@timcleymans5726 4 года назад

Whenever I clean my Gameboy shells using a toothbrush, I think to myself: "If I would clean my teeth as thoroughly as my Gameboys, I wouldn't have to see the dentist this often...."

@w.d.gaster692 4 года назад

JJ's home of memes and cute comment! Just go with it, lol

@JacksterDraws 4 года назад

or at all

@caseyatkins9988 4 года назад

Yeah

@Anonymous_cat1 4 года назад

@Conner Burlingame *CHAAACKGLOOOCHHHKHAAACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK COLLOPGOCOHHHHHHHHHHH!!!* *Teeth fainted!*

@GookGear 4 года назад

Hopefully your girlfriend isnt bothered by your breath

@WheezingBobcat 3 года назад

I love this Game Boy. It showed all of the signs of being an important part of some kids childhood and only showed reasonable signs of age, not abuse. Love seeing these artifacts.

@dogg-paws 2 года назад

I can't see how there was no abuse done to the Game Boy. Let's face it, plenty of us have put our Game Boys in a pretty bad state as kids =/

@mystics1ay3r17 7 месяцев назад

@@dogg-pawstoo many kids. I was 5 years old when my parent’s entrusted me with the Game Boy color. I had the atomic purple one with the rechargeable battery pack from I believe it was Pelican that made it. I would play Pokémon Crystal all the time on it and I’d be riding in the back of my parent’s car at night when we’d go out places and I’d hold the game boy up to the window to be able to see the screen. Hoping to catch a glimpse of street light. I took care of that thing better than any toys I owned back then. I knew that if I didn’t, my mom would take it away because she wouldn’t trust me to not break it. I don’t understand how some people can be so careless with their stuff even as little kids.

@RoshGMZ 4 года назад

R.I.P Those Doraemon Stickers (1980-2020) 😭😂

@TheOldScoola 4 года назад

I’m kind of glad they’re gone lol it just shows the awesomeness of a gameboy

@kdst4701 4 года назад

@@TheOldScoola 0-0

@anorocamilac 3 года назад

@@TheOldScoola that's so sad

@icebearcriminal1265 3 года назад

So much for those whimsical memories just so some collectortard can put it on a shelf to acquire dust for decades

@thatoneasiankid8734 3 года назад

@@icebearcriminal1265 if you insult them why are you on a channel watching it?

@speedwaynutt 4 года назад

This gameboy must have one heck of a story.

@akumatsutranslations 4 года назад

Whoever had this must love retro manga

@rovidelarosa 4 года назад

@@akumatsutranslations Whoever had this was a kid who loves manga. And it ain't retro back then.

@akumatsutranslations 4 года назад

@@rovidelarosa Tensai Bakabon is a series from the 60s, as are Doraemon and Astro Boy, even if they had current itterations running around that time, I'd still argue even then it was retro.

@rovidelarosa 4 года назад

@@akumatsutranslations I wouldn't call it retro if it's still ongoing at the time. Do you call new episodes of the Simpsons that airs today retro?

@TheRealNeoFrancois 3 года назад

@@rovidelarosa actually yeah just because how old the show it

@Omega_2 4 года назад

Channel owners: "If this video gets-" Everyone: Done.

@aucrossover 4 года назад

theres an extra 4,000 likes on this video

@Midnights06 4 года назад

Yea that usually happens

@leap123_ 4 года назад

He is Elliot, idiot

@zenithaltitan 4 года назад

@@leap123_ Dude they could be someone random who found them on their recommendation page, don't call them idiots you fucking moron.

@tausiftaha12 3 года назад

@@zenithaltitan you are the idiot here I found this in my recommendations, other did too, so how are we supposed to know?

@Siphonay 4 года назад

I actually love that this game boy visibly looks like it's been restored and repaired, with the mismatched, homemade battery cover and the different polarizing filter. I love restored consoles, to me it looks like it's been loved, loved enough to the point that it's been used so much that it's been damaged, and then valued enough that it's been restored to a usable and pleasant state. In my eyes, it adds way more value than scarcity ever could. Keep up the good work, Elliot!

@BloominFleury29 2 года назад

I prefer it too it looks more retro

@LordYamcha 4 года назад

The owner truly loved his only Game Boy Light- Like he said, *"Let there be light"*

@minecraftroblox4441 4 года назад

Now that's just heartwarming.

@LimsTheMan 3 года назад

Yamcha tastes horrible

@joshvardy5487 3 года назад

lol

@Acerock7 4 года назад

Removing the stickers was like the scene in Toy Story 2 where the guy paints over "Andy". It had such character before!

@porygon-z4503 4 года назад

Surprised I had to scroll so far down to find this sentiment!

@homebodyhero4602 4 года назад

Even though the original sentiment was lost woody probably got a new mark from bonnie. This gameboy now has a new lease on life with a new battery back which it probably missed.

@Timbofett28 4 года назад

Guys, im gonna cry. You gotta stop

@BodywiseMustard 4 года назад

Andy was handwritten. These stickers are ugly and unoriginal

@lalalalala2958 3 года назад

Disagree. Stickers are cheap and all the same. Now if the previous owner had drawn their own art or put their name on it in pen then I would agree. As a fellow restorer though this gameboy needed love.

@Centaursixtysix 4 года назад

As a kid I never would’ve put stickers on my gameboy, I was afraid I would change my mind so I would never stick them anywhere

@DieAlteistwiederda 4 года назад

Damn that weird sticker anxiety is too real. Was never able to put them anywhere. What if I found a better place to put them or I would change my mind and hated how it looked and then had to get the sticker off again?

@officialroxxmusic 4 года назад

So I take it you don’t have any tattoos?

@Centaursixtysix 4 года назад

Roxx The '96er yup and I don’t plan on getting any

@Cheeseyu3000 4 года назад

Same

@mynameisntimportant9341 4 года назад

I was the same way, I have a clear gameboy advance sp that I've had since childhood, thing still looks brand new accept for a few scratches and some discoloration on the buttons

@zewasplays 4 года назад

I wish the stickers could've been recovered, they give it character.

@itslilac5806 4 года назад

I was just thinking the same thing. It really gives a personal feel to it - like you are prolonging the life of the previous owner’s childhood

@airplane6417 4 года назад

Meh, I have never like stickers or marker on my electronics, they bother me like, THANKS KADEN!

@minovskyparticles1834 4 года назад

Yup it just became another game boy light

@nobyra 3 года назад

The stickers told a story, sadly that piece of history went away. Still a great restore

@randybutternubs4647 3 года назад

Reminds me of the part in Toy Story 2 where that guy was restoring Woody and repainted over the name "Andy" on his boot.

@forestw785 4 года назад

Man, it's insane how much you've grown this past year. It's really wild watching someone become way more comfortable on camera and develop their personality. You and DankPods really inspired me to start my own retro tech collection.

@duffman18 4 года назад

Same. I bought a GameBoy Pocket recently because of this channel. I have emulator devices to play gameboy games already but it's a whole different thing playing them on an actual GameBoy, so I got an Everdrive too, the expensive one, because it has save states and stuff on it. Gonna get a DMG GameBoy with a bivert backlight soon too, because that's cheaper than buying a Japanese GameBoy Light and does the same thing, it keeps the original screen but just adds a light, it's not a modern lcd screen

@Mymatevince 4 года назад

Good refurb Elliot, nicely edited video :-)

@MrJ0mmy 4 года назад

@aheleebreeen 4 года назад

i love your channel no homo

@TheRetroFuture 4 года назад

Thanks Vince!

@BeatSaberLoser 4 года назад

Couldn’t agree more my friend

@for_kestrel6490 4 года назад

My two favorite RU-vidrs!

@Jack11_ 4 года назад

“Hey it’s Mario’s 10th anniversary.. oh wait that’s just Wapro.” I died there 😂

@hteekay 4 года назад

He's Wario's cousin

@shinrasboy 4 года назад

"Restoring an old 80s road bike"... where is THAT video 👀

@jmoll5165 4 года назад

Me: ok time to stop watching game boy videos... *the retro future uploads* Me: nevermind...

@thenerdbroadcast5998 4 года назад

Has stickers covering the whole thing. "good job to the previous owner for taking great care of this"

@VelosoNarciso 4 года назад

Dont know man...maybe the stickers kept tha shell from being extra scratched.

@a.g.5569 4 года назад

Honestly I liked seeing the stickers on this one. It added some personality to it.

@TheOldScoola 4 года назад

CX91 it was horrible and destroyed collector value

@MisZpelled 4 года назад

@@TheOldScoola Damn, what a dumb kid enjoying his toy in the 1990's and not thinking about the future collector's value of his toy 30 some years later.

@TheOldScoola 4 года назад

James Bush I know right...pfft yeah us kids back in the day so dumb.

@phanto-64 4 года назад

the retro future: *uploads* my boredom: *gone*

@nathanhunt6208 4 года назад

My boredom: *Aight ima head out*

@queenbiscuit311 3 года назад

For those wondering why someone would put that many stickers on it: children. My old DS probably had more stickers than this at some point because for some reason I liked putting them on there

@Magic_Doge 4 года назад

that blue round character is called Doraemon, It's a very popular character in Japan, or at least I think so.

@achmedaan 4 года назад

It is. Any japanese person would know it.

@FlippytheMasterofPie 4 года назад

And in other parts of Asia as well! There was even an attempt to bring it over to the USA where it briefly aired on Disney XD. But it just wasn’t able to achieve the penetration it has in Asia.

@Magic_Doge 4 года назад

i remember they also used to do it in spain and in other parts of europe

@Aquarirus 4 года назад

Like hatsune?

@palix2417 4 года назад

@@Magic_Doge like italy

@danielmooney 3 года назад

Only just started the video now, guessing the sticker won’t survive. But absolutely LOVE the look of it covered in stickers, might do this to one of mine haha

@craiggardner4049 3 года назад

@SPEEDYNOOB 3 года назад

Craig Gardner I agree

@craiggardner4049 3 года назад

IT IS THE LAW TO NOT DO IT

@snappleplays7847 3 года назад

DOIT TO ANOTHER ONE

@drewbrown3082 3 года назад

BLASPHEMY

@KenjiRyuma90 2 месяца назад

I usually pick up Gameboys from yard sales and flea markets in the San Diego area. Restorations is my hobby so I cleaned and repaired all of them. 😊

@connormatthews522 4 года назад

Honestly I like the darker green look man, feels like a nod to the DMG

@TuncayAyhan 4 года назад

I guess we are going to get a video about retro-brighting. I must say, I'm pretty stoked to see a video about only retro brighting. Great video Elliot!

@Leonguy2 4 года назад

it kinda pain me to see those old stickers being destroyed, i would've remove them carefully and keep them. Idk they seem historic.

@jeanbatiste 4 года назад

yep same, i was sure he was gonna keep them, it looked so nice 😭😭

@elkellenhabla 4 года назад

Yeah, I guess their memory lives on in this video 🤷🏽‍♂️

@voltcorp 4 года назад

the existence of this video gave those stickers more exposure than any museum

@danieldalton 4 года назад

You got hella more than 3000 likes! Congrats, been watching you for a minute and haven’t had a hobby I’ve enjoyed like this for a lot of years!

@TeaQuoffee 4 года назад

Watching this so that one day I can make this a hobby

@fridolinschlompel5594 4 года назад

The Astro boy Gameboy Light is one of the prettiest Gameboys i knew. I saw the Gameboy on Sendico the first time and i just felt in love with it

@rodak_ 4 года назад

For removing stickers: have you heard about product called "GooGone"? It makes wonders

@RestoreTechnique 4 года назад

Very nice video, great music and editing. Top notch :)

@KesorodaBlk 4 года назад

Someone sure loved their Doraemon stickers!

@RoshGMZ 4 года назад

Me here 😅

@organiccold 4 года назад

@akumatsutranslations 4 года назад

Bakabon too, apparently

@lightspeedmurphy7546 4 года назад

I almost thought that girl on the bottom left was Marko-chan.

@akumatsutranslations 4 года назад

@@lightspeedmurphy7546 that's bakabon's mama (from, well... Tensai Bakabon, they never give her a proper name)

@unitedunitedunited_ 4 года назад

2:14 the baseball stickers are from a Japanese baseball game on the nintendo switch called jikkyou poweful pro baseball

@thekornwulf 4 года назад

I'm fairly certain they're from before that as well. I remember a rather terrible Wii baseball game using that character design

@MuffledSword 4 года назад

The series has been running since the ninteties. There was a Game Boy version released the same year as the Game Boy Light, so there's a decent chance this device's original owner had a copy.

@triggeredfanboy1696 4 года назад

I've got to say Elliot, I'm so glad you started doing refurbs again. They're why I followed you in the first place.

@MechaUltra 4 года назад

I'm sad all the stickers were taken away, dont get me wrong, I understand it's a rare gameboy but it looked so cool and it clearly had a story and a life before ending up where it did.

@leggie1126 4 года назад

Same, I've restored gb's with stickers in the past and i always take a very flat spudget and try to delicately remove them, and place them in my stickerbook. I like having the stickers as a memory of the restoration of the console.

@MechaUltra 4 года назад

@@leggie1126 I respect you

@varunpandian286 4 года назад

I love the classic refurb videos!

@Urushi12kitty 4 года назад

the blue character is Doremon! He's a robot cat that lost his ears! Honestly i kinda love obviously loved and worn stuff like this, whatever person owned it clearly loved it a lot until they grew up. The collector in me is of course thrilled to see it restored but also another part of me is sad seeing all the stickers and stuff go...the memories they held and whatnot. Maybe I'm just a bit to much of a sentimentalist.

@kinamiya1 4 года назад

Whoever owned that gameboy definetly loved a lot the gameboy the stickers definelty added a lot of charm to that gameboy

@jobojoe1 4 года назад

Well done for returning it so we’ll... but I’d argue it was more meaningful the way it was before :(

@sickiiara6937 4 года назад

Nice refurb Elliot :) I really enjoyed this kind of ASMR editing!

@TwoTall1988 3 года назад

People RAHEEEEELY need to stop using WD 40 on plastics, especially as a part of a restoration process. It is corrosive and makes plastics and rubbers brittle. It also makes it overly shiny and greasy. If you need a salvant on your restoration project, generally isopropyl alcohol will dissolve most adhesives and stickers. If you are looking to condition/brighten/shine up the plastic casings, then use something like Armor All which is designed for that purpose. Also, are you wearing a respirator for isopropyl alcohol?

@thereturnticket 4 года назад

Absolutely love how chill this video was Elliot, nice one!

@cyrfung 4 года назад

The stickers were a nice time capsule of the era and were almost worth keeping the Game Boy in that state.

@vmbo Год назад

My thoughts exactly. The stickers looked amazing.

@prageruwu69 Год назад

what do you mean almost? those stickers were what made it look so cool and unique

@natsukashiideath571 4 года назад

That instrumental playing during the glue cleaning segment was funky af, I love it... 🤘🏻 Great job as always on the Gameboy, its dope.

@andrianito 4 года назад

can you replace a gameboy light power switch with a GBA one?

@HippyHouse 3 года назад

3D printer?

@jonvincentmusic 3 года назад

9:40 someone out there is howling at the screen as you peel away the 'vintage' 'period' stickers. But it isn't me. Great work.

@sidharthgeorge582 4 года назад

Why didn't you save the stickers collectors would pay a lot for some.

@trevorbrent5092 4 года назад

Not sure why i find it oddly satisfying watching you clean gameboy parts.

@ira3ckalanis896 4 года назад

Noooo the stickers were so cool :c

@randybutternubs4647 3 года назад

Al from Al's Toy Barn: "It looks just like new!"

@kleeblatt8456 4 года назад

plot twist: he puts the gameboys in that condition himself for the content. :D

@WorldsWorstBoy 3 года назад

I never heard of Gameboy Light. I love Astro Boy.... Very cool vid.

@OchdDottMp3 4 года назад

And Tom nooks just staring at him the entire time

@ceejay5959 4 года назад

aw rip to the stickers... you can tell whichever kid used to own it was super attached to it.

@Jovanny_pcpp 4 года назад

Tbh I thought it looked a lot better before he scrubbed all the stickers off

@DokterRoetker 4 года назад

So glad we are getting a retro brighting follow up to this. And use liquid hydrogen peroxide, not the cream, it's a much easier and more consistent method.

@Heymrk 4 года назад

The sticker with the brunette lady on her knees is Lucy from Peanuts.

@brynmccartney444 4 года назад

no it isnt it's the mom from Bakabon

@joshjones6091 4 года назад

You can tell that Gameboy was loved and cherished

@markedone9778 2 года назад

I love the Seiko Pulsemeter, looks retro and futuristic at the same time.

@hettervik 4 года назад

Watching you clean and repair these Gameboys is soothing to watch. Keep up the videos, I'll keep watching them! Great work as always!

@mattandsarahaschan 4 года назад

"If this video gets 3000 likes..." 11 hours later, 4.7K likes

@TrondRune 4 года назад

Love the shoots inn this video! The closeups, the cutting, everything.. Loved it! Found my inner peace.

@LiamSCL 4 года назад

Its cool watching these more modern video and comparing them back to his old video and just watching the substancial jump in video editing and overall quality and entertainment, keep it up

@juanmena4104 4 года назад

This gameboy had a lot of personality and you destroyed that.

@raddad8847 3 года назад

Try auto tech adhesive remover for removing adhesive residue. Pair it with high quality plastic razor blades and you’ll save SO much time on screen repairs.

@danielwjpn926 3 года назад

"Yeah it's a lot of money, but this things can go for 300 dollars" Tom Nook in the back: " I don't know how many bells that is, but I don't expect you to pay it all at once you know"

@Tdog9889 4 года назад

Your editing and filming for these just keeps getting better and better!

@hannahdanana 3 года назад

Rumour has it that Elliot’s prized console scrubbing toothbrush and the one he uses to brush his teeth at night are one in the same. 😳

@jonathanmartin3375 4 года назад

I truly enjoy the restoration videos. Great work man!

@robertleveque7771 4 года назад

The cinematography(?) In this video was on point Elliot! Great refurb. Keep it up!

@Zoogore6777 3 года назад

Imagine being that kid all grown up now and recognizing this game boy in the video.

@adriancoombs4996 4 года назад

Please tell me where you ordered the film. I am looking to restore my gameboy color and advance the LCD is burnt

@mateowoetam 4 года назад

RIP all those classic stickers, I would have left them there for the preservation of memories.

@benbissell6311 4 года назад

Love the gameboy light restorations dont see many around

@parat_parara 4 года назад

Those stickers look so dope

@shadow306k 4 года назад

The more this channel shows up in my feed, and the longer 2020 goes on with it's bs, I'm more and more tempted to pick up a GBA and throw some money away modding it...

@waluigistan3974 4 года назад

It’s a good investment, i just fixed my battery and display and it looks great!

@thefray123 4 года назад

10:58- if Elliot had a documentary movie made about him, this would definitely be an awesome first scene.

@VendoThefastlane 4 года назад

One of these is in a used shop down the street from me and really cheap at about 30 dollars. I didn't know it was so rare so thanks for making the video so I could learn! I'll pick it up!

@skunkythemonkey212 4 года назад

Nice Seiko Pulsemeter. I had just finished restoring mine this past summer!

@D_Alexander2212 4 года назад

Watching you clean this was beyond peaceful

@Arigauto 4 года назад

First time watching your vids, this is quality! Have a good day, sir

@Mobile_Gamer707 3 года назад

Forget about the gameboy light cool sweater! 😎

@clawhauserTheGamer 4 года назад

Great restoration on the game boy light thanks for showing this video and always God bless you.

@lindoran 4 года назад

It's excellent to hear that it's not going to be retro brighted ... Like the clean Yellow look :)

@ratykat 3 года назад

Great work on the refurb! I have to disagree with a lot of the comments though, I feel removing the stickers was the right thing to do. The unit is expensive because of the astroboy decal, not the 100 Vodaphone stickers. If you're sentimental over it's original condition at least it will live on in that form in this video.

@BugHwi Год назад

I actually appreciate you showing the stickers 😅😆 most people wouldn't!

@basvanderwerff2725 Год назад

Actually had a pretty cool look with all the stickers !

@Brinku 2 года назад

That "Little Specimen" was the remains of a Spider Smoothie

@JayShArd 4 года назад

AMAZING job dude!

@markuzdiaz 3 года назад

it was exiting to see how the glue was removed from the screen, more videos like that in accelerated time, 1 subscription more :)

@akumatsutranslations 4 года назад

Gotta love all the Fujio Akatsuka character stickers (Akatsuka was a very popular and influential comedy manga author who worked around the same time as Tezuka), as well as doraemon, lol

@bdillmore40 4 года назад

Dude, you were so lucky to grab 1 of the 2 Astro Boy limited edition Game Boy Lights. The other Astro Boy limited edition Game Boy Light is translucent red, with Astro flying in the middle with other characters from the series, as well as Kimba the while lion (if you know what that is). I absolutely love Astro Boy and Tezuka Osamu! Great job, and great video! I aspire to be as good as you one day. -Brendan

@bdillmore40 4 года назад

*Kimba the white lion*

@oppes0815 4 года назад

I loved to refurb retro consoles when I had the time for it. Now with 2 kids I love to watch your Videos. Thanks very much! I always had a blast when everything was cleaned and back in working condition. With your vids I feel like it again. Well, kind of ;)

@austinwilburn1772 3 года назад

Out of all the 300k+ viewers, I wonder if there is anyone watching this freaking out saying “that’s my old gameboy”.

@melonwaifuu 4 года назад

first video I have seen from you,and I'm not disapointed, it's feel like asmr but for the eyes (that a compliment I swear)

@becmare 4 года назад

I loved the music while you were cleaning!

@peoul1 4 года назад

The sticker is not disgusting. I like it. That stiker look put nicely by kid that love their gameboy

@TheKaleb503 4 года назад

This channel is slowly approaching that scene from Toy Story 2 where the old man fixes Woody level of satisfaction and I'm here for it

@datassetteuser356 4 года назад

There should actually be a Solar Striker edition of the Gameboy. Nothing would be more fitting for this channel. So you might want to make one. One day. Pretty Please.

@thatstokedgamer 2 года назад

Dang. Dude just cleaned the history of the previous owner right off.

@john_4922 4 года назад

You should do a video where you restore your first restored gameboy

@tentative_flora2690 4 года назад

For sticker residue I like the product googone. I suspect it will work for the glue on the screen polarizer as well and it washes off easily with soap.