Any Gameboy CONSOLE Collectors out there?

[NeXmetal 48]

I haven't met many Gameboy Console collectors on the forums over the years.

Most I've met were through instagram and facebook groups.

Hoping to find some like-minded collectors here on Sage

Here's some of my less common Japanese Gameboy Pockets!

Who else collects consoles out there? Let's see some sweet GBs!

Edited November 1, 2019 by NeXmetal
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[Skorp 343]

That's a nice collection you got so far! Definitely would like to get into it especially collecting the Pokemon ones. Right now, just have a few of them, so nothing really special to show except for a Game Boy Pocket demo unit.

If you didn't know already, if you want to see a collection, @Jaxsbox is the guy. He has a HUUUGE Game Boy collection.

[NeXmetal 48]

15 minutes ago, Skorp said:

That's a nice collection you got so far! Definitely would like to get into it especially collecting the Pokemon ones. Right now, just have a few of them, so nothing really special to show except for a Game Boy Pocket demo unit.

If you didn't know already, if you want to see a collection, @Jaxsbox is the guy. He has a HUUUGE Game Boy collection.

Oh I know Jax very well, we are friends amd our collections rival eachother as far as promos go. He probably has more than I do... I have more Gameboy Pockets (full cib set + promos and box variants), pic I posted is just a taste . 

I was actually just out at Portland Retro Gaming Expo with a couple of my GBs too 

[fcgamer 3,925]

While I don't specifically collect Game Boy consoles, I do collect any Taiwan versions that I find, ranging from b/w to GBA. I also have a few Taiwan-made Game Boy clones that I've collected and kept. After Famicom, Game Boy is my next favourite machine.

[jonebone 1,252]

We follow each other on IG, and while I don't specifically consider myself a console collector, I will grab a GBA / GBA SP / GBC console bundle in a color or variant if the price is right and condition is nice. 

[Romiked2689 117]

I have a prerelease gba sp that’s labeled gba dx. 

[ndsnfr 1]

23 minutes ago, Romiked2689 said:

I have a prerelease gba sp that’s labeled gba dx. 

That sound cool ! Do you have a picture of this gba?

[Romiked2689 117]

41 minutes ago, ndsnfr said:

That sound cool ! Do you have a picture of this gba?

http://thevideogameproject.com/gbahard.html

 

 

yes it’s shared here. 

[NeXmetal 48]

4 hours ago, fcgamer said:

While I don't specifically collect Game Boy consoles, I do collect any Taiwan versions that I find, ranging from b/w to GBA. I also have a few Taiwan-made Game Boy clones that I've collected and kept. After Famicom, Game Boy is my next favourite machine.

Yes, I bought a Fortune SY-3000B from you on NA - my first NA transaction! 

[Tanooki 4,524]

Gameboy (family) has been my thing for years.  Post-NA I did finally hit the dream of getting a GBC, good deal too, and it doesn't have paint or screen damage either so I attached an image of that for fun at least.

Currently I have for systems: GBA--Glacier, SP NES style, SP Graphite 101, SP Cobalt with 101 (both SPs are CIB), GB Micro Famicom, and GB Micro Black/Silver.  ON the GBC I've got just my Grape one but with the handheld legend backlit screen installed.  GB original/Pocket though I have quite a few: GB Light, GB P Silver CIB(launch), GBP Blue, a CIB DMG, loose DMG.

All those systems I've got some accessories for, but for the 8bit stuff even if it took the import I got the rechargeable battery packs for them with the ac adapter modules too.  I don't want to spam a lot of images.

[fcgamer 3,925]

@Tanooki Very beautiful pics, and great to see you again brother!

[Tanooki 4,524]

1 minute ago, fcgamer said:

@Tanooki Very beautiful pics, and great to see you again brother!

Thanks, you too, missed talking with you.  It had been nice seeing the FC story play out and the boots and things around and since.

[NeXmetal 48]

@Tanooki nice set man! Looks like some very clean consoles. Love the clear case GBP, one of my favorites! And please feel free to post a bunch of pics, this is all for the love of Gameboy! 

Here's my GBA shelf I snapped a pic of the other night (not all are on that shelf though)

[Tanooki 4,524]

Well if you're fine with more here are 6 I just took the last half hour and took these real quick on the top of my table.  This about 95%+ of what I've got.  FFA is minty complete in there left it, anything with a box is complete, others just have manuals.  All that is my current library of games and accessories short a few power cables to recharge stuff, oem earphones, little things, and a GB Player.  I didn't want to pull it out, but that's all my guides and GB stuff is in there, didn't capture WC Prophecy which is a direct PC port which I have that guide (same with Doom 1 and 2 from the era.)

I lit up the GB Light to compare to the GBC I modded with the backlight and the 101 panel inside the cobalt SP.  The rest is stock.  The boxed DMG is spotless and complete as is the GBP too.  I also know from the first and only previous owner that Gameboy was a neglected gift that was lost since around 1990.  A Christmas gift a girl touched an hour or two, back to the box, and lost.  A bad listing mentioning it but not the box and contents well you know how that can go.   That, GBP, and the NES SP I keep in hobby plastic clear boxes the duplicates get use instead.

I've got an annoying hole or two the worst being Konami GB Collection Vol4 (UK-GBC) which drives me nuts.  I keep missing honest listings.  I've not added much for a long time to it other than recently I got that GBA Astroboy, Pinball of the Dead, Killer Instinct, and the two Duck Tales games (#1 arrived today.)  I'm happy where I am mostly on it and have an ez flash omega for GBA and an everdrive gb for gb/gbc.  I used to have probably triple the games.  The last shot is how I store them all, antique library card catalog.

 

Is this kind of what you were hoping for?