Game Boy Advance Micro Faceplates

[Bowser N64]

Well now I know I have not posted here in a long time. I am now looking buy some replacement faceplates for my Game Boy Micro. I have no trouble finding the original ones it was released to the market with, but I would like more personalized ones. Preferably I would like a large variety to choose from. I found a lot of GBA Micro skins, but few actual faceplates. Also I cannot figure out how to navigate Nintendo's Japanese website (Which has tons of faceplates) because it is in Japanese. I cannot read it. I will get a FireFox language translation addon to help with this, but, any ideas? Thanks, and help is widely appreciated.

[Bowser N64]

So, any ideas?

[Video]

Didn't find any on Ebay? Or just don't want to, or can't, go that rout?

[Reaperman]

ebay sells clear ones. Or it used to when they sold me mine anyway.

it was by a company called PowerWave. They're australian. here's a link to them

 

inside the box they provided a couple sample paper slips to go behind the clear faceplate, and their box points to a website with a photoshop template so you can make your own.

the template on the site was shaped wrong, so I made my own by scanning one of the samples in the box. I then just take it to the local photo lab and print them on photo paper. It's stiffer than what the samples were on and the color is better.

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outside of that, the only other 3rd party faceplates I've had were the bunch that used to be availible in 3-packs. But those are actually are painted on the outside (those idiots) so they wear very quickly. For a while I was clearcoating them with my airbrush, but then I discovered the clear type I mentioned earlier and began using that.

 

here's one of my favorites:

Edited May 1, 2009 by Reaperman

[Bowser N64]

Awesome! I'll check it out. Thanks.

[godslabrat]

When the GB micro was first released, Nintendo said that replacement plates would become common, because the GB micro was kind of a fashion accessory, so you could get something trendy. When the system didn't do so well, you stopped hearing about novelty plates.

[Bowser N64]

I know. Quite annoying because it really is a well designed awesome system .I have yet to see how well the L and R shoulder buttons hold up, however.

[Reaperman]

I know. Quite annoying because it really is a well designed awesome system .I have yet to see how well the L and R shoulder buttons hold up, however.

the shoulder buttons hold up well, but the rubber under the d-pad, 'a' and 'b' buttons is the first thing to go. I'm on my second now (I have two more NIB just in case) and I retired the first one because the feel of the controls wasn't as crisp as it should have been. Mind that I'm a very heavy user of the system, and still feel it's the best handheld ever made.

Edited May 2, 2009 by Reaperman

[godslabrat]

I know. Quite annoying because it really is a well designed awesome system .I have yet to see how well the L and R shoulder buttons hold up, however.

the shoulder buttons hold up well, but the rubber under the d-pad, 'a' and 'b' buttons is the first thing to go. I'm on my second now (I have two more NIB just in case) and I retired the first one because the feel of the controls wasn't as crisp as it should have been. Mind that I'm a very heavy user of the system, and still feel it's the best handheld ever made.

 

I might agree if I didn't have so many GB and DS games, but for me, a portable that only plays GBA games just doesn't cut it. Love the size, though.

[Bowser N64]

Well one could always like buy a homebrew flashcart for it to play a lot of homebrew games and things. I love emulating GBA on PSP. HUGE screen.