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I turned the Lego Game Boy into a working Game Boy

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Re: I turned the Lego Game Boy into a working Game Boy

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Post by dom96 »

jerrysievert wrote: post #18
dom96 wrote: post #8

I pre-ordered this set to do exactly this. Nice to see others have the same idea. Weirdly I only received mine today, I wonder why the difference in pre-order shipment times is so large.

beyond the other explanations that some have given, lego direct order releases ship from more than one warehouse, even in the US - my bricklink western train set shipped from Vegas, and others I had chatted with either got them 3-4 days earlier than me or 3-4 days later, depending on how close they were to the warehouse and the order of the orders going out. just logistics, or luck as some of us call it?

Seems pretty lame to literally pre-order something and get it significantly later than others who haven't pre-ordered

Re: I turned the Lego Game Boy into a working Game Boy

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Post by jjkaczor »

danielkay wrote: post #11
jjkaczor wrote: post #2

This is... very very nice, and why I love the internet, LEGO and maker/hacker type nerds...

I think tons of HN tech people are into LEGO. After they gathered 10,000 votes and still declined to do a JWST telescope TWICE, I personally decided to have some fun with it on my own. https://ibb.co/bgFFKhLn Plan to Kickstart it early next year...

Yeah - technical people in general - it was a great introduction to following instructions and creativity all-in-one. (I would build every kit first with the instructions, then tear them apart and put the bricks in the "big" (actually very tiny) box, and from then on, build my own creations - no models sitting on shelves for me - this still happens to-this-day, but now I build with my grandkids)

Re: I turned the Lego Game Boy into a working Game Boy

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Post by giancarlostoro »

ginko wrote: post #4

The Game Boy modding scene is fascinating. You can literally replace every single part of it other than the `DMG-CPU` main SoC. Well even that can be replaced, sorta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EccVHo-pDGI

You can also get an FPGBC which is FPGA of a GBC. They even sell them prebuilt for $99. So all parts are 100% brand new.

https://funnyplaying.com/products/fpgbc-kit

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