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if i had some of the cases to send, i would. same with battery covers. i only got two samples though, just a test pour.
i do have a spare DMG case (the original types) i could send though, its marked with a sharpie. maybe more than one i can check. just mention in the notes in your next order to send what i can, and i'll do it! just remind me, it'll slip my mind.
@DragonBot -- i'll get more pics asap, when i have some time to spare 
(and a charged camera taking a look at it). the speaker grill will continue to be non-original, yes. its a style lifted from another console part.
@Dr Treble -- they'll be all sorts of things. i have yet to decide what the first run will be, although the poll on the product page on the site will be the main factor in this. and black and white as a standard stocked item too, for painters and the like. maybe clear as standard too. tbh, i was thinking of doing one-off runs of a hundred sets or so of a particular pantone color. i love pantone, and i love limited edition things.
probably with some screen-printed stuff too. but thats yet to be worked out.
it would be limited runs of pixel-arted cases. the cost jumps a bit though, thats the issue. but, the idea is driving me a little nuts.
so, probably limited runs of cases, with artwork by different artists.
in other news on these, i'm told that the final revision of the design will be finished this coming week, and after that means more samples (since this is the final version, as long as adding matte doesn't cause flash again on the speaker grill). more samples than last time, i'll post more info here when i know it. thats all i know for now.
i'm pretty excited myself. they are so close to being done. being done pre-blip even. unless something happens.
some of the questions people email me about i don't know the answer to yet, its just undecided. i'll probably make a couple polls to help gauge interest, they are things which matter more from your perspective than mine... so, look out for those.
around here, Hobby Lobby carries flocking powders (or however its marketed, can't recall), but they didn't have the air guns for them if you wanted one of those. they did have the powder in all the basic ROYGBIV colors, and with a spray adhesive you can make it work for scrapbooking i guess is the point. check that section of your crafting store.
AC Moore should as well, or Michaels. not sure what is there in LA. those are the chains here...
since you're into doing strange crafting projects on gameboy shells, another one i tried but gave up on was laying down Huichol style beadwork over the whole of the shell. the outer layer at least. it looked amazing but was taking forever, and i gave up after getting a central star made. this is a huichol artwork example
mmmm crafting.
if someone can write a knitting pattern (or crochet, preferable actually) for the perfect-sized DMG case, it would be pretty great.
i'd LOVE to know your results with flocking. i found the dirt traps on the back caused a problem, and taping up the edges so the battery compartment still shuts and everything was tough.
if you can pull it off so it looks clean, you will have done a great thing. please post pics! i know you will though...
oh shit. i just remembered the t-shirt color overlap word. trap. its trapping. the color on the bottom is a bit bigger, the color on tops lays on top of the edge of the undercolor, and you trap its edges under the top color. no lines
i think you may have exhausted trying to find an interested person on this forum for your asking price...
you've got offers on the table from folks here. we all know your ebay link
we don't need an update everytime you change the ebay post... if people are interested, they'll bid.
if no one wants it, they won't. but, we are all aware of the item, the auction, and everything else.
thanks for your ebay link, interested people will keep in touch and monitor it through that website.
wow, that is sort of cute...
have you tried flocking a gameboy?
i tried this a while ago but my technique wasn't steady enough, and it came out pretty bad... i want a flocked gameboy, they are always my favorite designer toys. maybe i'll get a run of cases flocked one day, for shits and giggles.
this is pretty neat though. very kitschy
you can find links to everything spread throughout the product description here, or also on the minidisc that came with the cart: http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/usb-64m-smart-card
looking forward to this
keep me on this PM circuit puleese.
you may wish to ask a graphic design person. there are some things to know about getting t-shirts done, so they look right (which i don't know). like, slight overlaps of colors (forgot what this is called), shaping, etc. my ex was a GD person, i didn't know t-shirt designs were so involved, she was just going on about a customer one day. the final result has way more to do with how the image is prepped than one would think. can't really just slap an image on there. maybe its different with black/white, but i know this is the case with color.
there may be a t-shirt design software out there that takes care of this for you, so the t-shirt place doesn't have to fix up the image for you (and probably charge you for it).
i wish i could remember what the color layer overlap deal is called.... its important, or you'll get gaps between them when they shrink from the heat a little... if i remember, or someone else knows, post that word.
^ he'll be asking for the sav file, so go ahead and get that ready. no matter how it comes off the cart, even if it seems blank.
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well, regardless of where, i'd love to set up a booth if you'd like. or just come and have fun
also, there are a lot of people in the surrounding states to contact. there is a fest getting put together nearby right now around the same time too, although i haven't seen public info so maybe its premature to spill the beans on it. just to mention its in the SE area and is in July...
wait. no, the event has a website, found it (still barebones, but whatever). http://www.brkfest.org/details.html <- thats the other one in the area, around the same time... so, it must be public knowledge with the website getting active posts. all i know is i'm going 
(you'd get a much better turnout and response from locals doing this in Asheville, and the Orange Peel would more-than-likely be up for hosting it).
regardless, a NC festival sounds fun. i'd be up for coming. (in Hickory)
if you do this in charlotte, i'd avoid the end of August, and totally avoid the first bit of September. DNC ya know, and shits going to get crazy... not to mention hotels being completely full...
can you post a pic, or link to one, of the splotchiness of the screen? i'm not totally sure what that means (is it the screen image, or the light diffusion?)
first, check and make sure you've installed all the capacitors the correct direction. i have a hunch you've maybe flipped one and put it in backwards...
also (i did this yesterday, fresh on my mind), make sure the ribbon cable is not only installed, but installed straight. they have a tendency to slip a little bit when you install them, and if you've crossed pins there you'll get wacky results on the screen most likely.
you're right, can't really mess up with installing the backlight, which would only mean the LEDs in it won't work. putting the backlight in backwards wouldn't cause the other issues.
my bet is a backwards cap. or maybe more than one.
I will be at aforementioned show this summer
i'd personally be up for a shirt...
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