The Ugly Stick!

[skaredmask]

Here's an Ebay Dreamcast:

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 160487181345

 

$38.25

+$15.00 S&H

[Kirbot]

I sure wish I had some "before" pictures of some of my systems.

 

I had an n64 that must have had a bottle of coke spilled in/on it.

I dissembled it and scrubbed everything down.

 

It came out looking just fine.

 

 

My 2600 started out pretty bad too.

 

I had to take it all apart and clean out all the pet hair and bug eggs.

I scrubbed the plastic with soap and water and cleaned up the board with a soft brush.

 

It ended up as a very nice sears heavy sixer!

[wallydawg]

I rescued this guy from Goodwill a few years back, as you can tell from the price sticker. Interestingly enough it works a lot better than a few other pristine non yellow Super Nintendos that I own/have come across.

 

I also once traded for a Gamecube and an N64 from a user from a different section of the internet. The GC was all sticky and covered in hair, as if the previous user took a graphics skin off it and preceded to use it as a bowling ball though a dog groomers before shipping it to me. The N64 had mud in the expansion port, however the hell that happens. The games that were bundled with this were spotless and non-gross, completely perfect, which makes this even weirder to me.

[skaredmask]

This is kinda off topic but here a descent Game boy but the guys wants ""$75.00 firm""

 

there's a nice smudge or something on the D-pad and makes me wonder about the overall condition of it

 

$75.00 firm

http://madison.craig...2298352696.html

[SlowCoder]

The pic's not very good, but I suspect that smudge may just be tape. Clean it up and you might have a nice little unit. Of course, since it's craigslist you can examine it before you buy.

[STICH666]

Well $75 is too much anyway unless he is bundling it with King Jame's Bible.

[skaredmask]

This is kinda confuseing Atari Jaguar box but still on topic : )

 

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 310311692354

 

$35.99

+$3.99 S&H

[STICH666]

Far from the worst box I've seen.

[skaredmask]

Craiglist genny model 1 dirty but not to bad maybe.

 

 

 

 

 

$40.00

http://madison.craig...2341097704.html

Edited April 29, 2011 by skaredmask

[skaredmask]

Another Dirty/Dusty model 1 genny(dont know what has more dust the car it's on or the genny?)

 

 

 

$25.00

http://appleton.craigslist.org/for/2341192611.html

[+save2600]

Amazing how lazy some people are when selling things. How much effort would it take to wipe that that stuff down?

[skaredmask]

Vary bet up Gameboy

 

 

or

 

Edited May 6, 2011 by skaredmask

[phaxda]

I should take more "before" pictures because I've cleaned up some doozies.

 

Here is an Atari I traded some beer for. Not too bad.

 

Here's the before of my Atari 800 (advertised on eBay as "keyboard, $15 shipped)

 

And after.

 

Finally here's yes another SNES that I actually sold in this condition. When we have smell-o-web you'll be able to smell the cig smoke. My records show that it sold for $15 plus shipping; I just did not even want to bother with it.

[nightwheel]

I have a depressing story. One not of neglect, but full on intentional abuse and torture.

 

This is a Vader I have in my collection of parts and projects systems.

 

 

The system was found in a dumpster behind a local thrift store.

 

And given during the time this Vader was found. That was other damaged stuff was found in that dumpster. Damage that you could tell was on purpose. The Atari was a victim of a upset employee I believe.

 

I also do have the switch faceplate that goes with the Vader. Has some damage on the backside, but the front looks fine. Mother board also sustained damage. Possibly even fixable given how simple the Vader's motherboard is.

 

 

For now, I'm going to use the parts from this Vader to get my Sears Video Arcade working properly.

 

Though I do have plans to do a restoration on at the very least the Vaders case sometime in the future. It may never look mint again, but I could still possibly get it looking decent again. Another idea I had for the case was to first fix it. Then drill holes along side the crack, and make it looks like the console was stitched back together.

 

 

 

Anyways, also found with the Atari were 2 CR-40's that had the joysticks broke off. But other than that, they seem to be ok.

Edited May 13, 2011 by nightwheel

[SlowCoder]

I have a depressing story. One not of neglect, but full on intentional abuse and torture.

 

This is a Vader I have in my collection of parts and projects systems.

 

 

The system was found in a dumpster behind a local thrift store.

 

And given during the time this Vader was found. That was other damaged stuff was found in that dumpster. Damage that you could tell was on purpose. The Atari was a victim of a upset employee I believe.

 

I also do have the switch faceplate that goes with the Vader. Has some damage on the backside, but the front looks fine. Mother board also sustained damage. Possibly even fixable given how simple the Vader's motherboard is.

 

 

For now, I'm going to use the parts from this Vader to get my Sears Video Arcade working properly.

 

Though I do have plans to do a restoration on at the very least the Vaders case sometime in the future. It may never look mint again, but I could still possibly get it looking decent again. Another idea I had for the case was to first fix it. Then drill holes along side the crack, and make it looks like the console was stitched back together.

 

 

 

Anyways, also found with the Atari were 2 CR-40's that had the joysticks broke off. But other than that, they seem to be ok.

AtariStein

[SRGilbert]

I have a depressing story. One not of neglect, but full on intentional abuse and torture.

 

The system was found in a dumpster behind a local thrift store.

 

 

Man, just let it go. Check its organ doner card, strip it, bury it in the backyard and let it go.

Edited May 13, 2011 by SRGilbert

[ATARI7800fan]

Some people are just unbelievable.

[jaybird3rd]

Man, just let it go. Check its organ doner card, strip it, bury it in the backyard and let it go.

I agree. The chips inside are by far the most valuable components, and they're probably socketed, so they can easily be recycled to bring another console "back from the dead." You might want to save the switches, the cartridge guide, and whatever other bits of hardware are still salvageable, but the rest is just plastic and circuit boards.

[SlowCoder]

Man, just let it go. Check its organ doner card, strip it, bury it in the backyard and let it go.

I agree. The chips inside are by far the most valuable components, and they're probably socketed, so they can easily be recycled to bring another console "back from the dead." You might want to save the switches, the cartridge guide, and whatever other bits of hardware are still salvageable, but the rest is just plastic and circuit boards.

 

From a monetary stance, I agree too, especially keeping the important parts. But if someone is artistic enough, they could "resurrect" this device from the dead and make a creative piece. When I said "AtariStein", I was saying it could be a good start at an artistic endeavor. Cut even more rips in it and give it a real Frankenstein look.

[nightwheel]

Man, just let it go. Check its organ doner card, strip it, bury it in the backyard and let it go.

I agree. The chips inside are by far the most valuable components, and they're probably socketed, so they can easily be recycled to bring another console "back from the dead." You might want to save the switches, the cartridge guide, and whatever other bits of hardware are still salvageable, but the rest is just plastic and circuit boards.

 

From a monetary stance, I agree too, especially keeping the important parts. But if someone is artistic enough, they could "resurrect" this device from the dead and make a creative piece. When I said "AtariStein", I was saying it could be a good start at an artistic endeavor. Cut even more rips in it and give it a real Frankenstein look.

The name idea I had was FrankenVader.

 

I just hate seeing the system like this. And after looking at the case damage, while extensive. With some hard work. I could get the case at least fixed.

 

As for the motherboard, it's smashed in around the right side screw hole. Not sure if that would be safe to get fixed. All the traces, except for one seemed to have survived.

[nightwheel]

Man, just let it go. Check its organ doner card, strip it, bury it in the backyard and let it go.

I agree. The chips inside are by far the most valuable components, and they're probably socketed, so they can easily be recycled to bring another console "back from the dead." You might want to save the switches, the cartridge guide, and whatever other bits of hardware are still salvageable, but the rest is just plastic and circuit boards.

 

From a monetary stance, I agree too, especially keeping the important parts. But if someone is artistic enough, they could "resurrect" this device from the dead and make a creative piece. When I said "AtariStein", I was saying it could be a good start at an artistic endeavor. Cut even more rips in it and give it a real Frankenstein look.

The name idea I had was FrankenVader.

 

Anyways, I just hate seeing the system like this. And after looking at the case damage, while extensive. With some hard work. I could get the case at least fixed.

 

As for the motherboard, it's smashed in around the right side screw hole. Not sure if that would be safe to get fixed. But all the traces, except for one seemed to have survived.

Edited May 14, 2011 by nightwheel

[Lincoln]

Parpunk posted this over at nintendoage in the finders keepers area. (I don't know if he's a member here so I'll share it)

 

 

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=10&threadid=46804

[0078265317]

Wow that is dirty. Wonder if it works.