Damn Elliot, you have a good heart. Just hoping that others will not abuse it...

@achannelhasnoname5182

2 жыл бұрын

Well, they already do..

@HUYI1

2 жыл бұрын

He can have a good heart but if anyone takes the mick then he has the right to refuse a repair, the new Nintendo 3DS XL is gonna cost more to repair and will take time also, I understand when he mentioned it honestly

@bjmkandbear6589

2 жыл бұрын

@John Martin Cantorne mate he's clearly got something lmao don't be so mean

Finally, a person we can send custom gameboys to without having them dumped in a vat of epoxy resin!

@TheGershon

2 жыл бұрын

@cablecow15 Genuinely yes. Elliot's sure to keep good care of them and eventually someday someone else will be able to play them. Those Game Boys in the table are almost certainly ruined forever.

@Gameboygenius

2 жыл бұрын

@cablecow15 well, Elliot has explained that he does play all his Gameboys occasionally and doesn't like having stuff *just* for display.

@geico196

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGershon ...........well duh its not like he made it to take them out again and play with them 💀

@TheGershon

2 жыл бұрын

@@geico196 ...and that's why we think it's shitty, what point are you trying to make?

@kohakkanuva3224

2 жыл бұрын

@cablecow15 He actually does play them. When he goes on a trip, he'll pick out one and a couple games to go along. Elliot still has all of the original shells from his modded gameboys. After what logan did, those gameboys are done. They'll never work again. Would you rather have working gameboys on a shelf or ones that worked fine but are now dead and in a FUCKING TABLE?

Being straight with people and telling them you don't have the money is not being mean. I have respect for straight to the point people. You having a tender heart is why I watch both your channels too.

also side note. GUYS do not just send him stuff to fix. DONT take this video as a approval to just send him stuff to fix without notice.. at least ask him please

@crf80fdarkdays

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking this too, I mean he did try stressing to ask first but I also feel he's so kind hearted people will try take advantage of that at times. Really hit me when he said he's building a house, so yeah he really doesn't have money to just be throwing around. I think his explanation of it all was very sincere

I really look forward to you attempting to fix Eric’s GB! Very, very cool of you to do it, too. You’re a blessing to the retro community!

Thanks Elliot for review my build Black Neon Gameboy. Glad you like It, and thanks for the support from Gameboy community worldwide. 😊♥️

@SuperMarioAPA3968

2 жыл бұрын

And He Borrow My Batteries.

@SuperMarioAPA3968

2 жыл бұрын

And He Borrow My Batteries.

"I'm not an expert at fixing stuff and I can't promise I'm going to fix anything..." ...some q-tips, a little IPA, big brain time and a spray of mister sheen later... "Look at THAT! Happy days! It bloody works! How cool is that?" 😆 I love your channel, dude. You've got such a knack for everything you set your mind to. It's awesome to watch and very inspiring 👏

@wohao_gaster7434

2 жыл бұрын

that is exactly what he would say

@craigbillow

2 жыл бұрын

@@wohao_gaster7434 I've been watching his channel for quite a while hahaha

omw to ship 150 broken nintendo handhelds to elliot for free repair

@DjStiv3

2 жыл бұрын

gotta fix'em all

You're one of the more real KZreadrs. You addressed a real concern without shaming anyone and you pointed out why you couldn't do something like that. However you were wrong about something. You're certainly a expert on Gameboys. You've done plenty of repairs and builds on them!

@HUYI1

2 жыл бұрын

But he doesn't have the time to become a repair service which is why he mentioned it

Wow Elliot, you're to kind! Even tho they didn't understand you're not someone who repairs for others. taking on repairs from kids is still really awesome! hope your 2022 is a good one. 🤩 edit: i have a broken GBC somewhere in my house, if i find it ill probably send it to you to keep.🤗

The Sylvanian Family character is called Freya so maybe it's not for you and was sent in for Freya 😅

@vitaminjuk

2 жыл бұрын

Ah that makes a lot more sense! I was wondering if it had composite-in and you could play games on her tiny tv! Probably a bit advanced for a toy!

I laughed so hard at the random Sylvanian families rabbit + TV. Genuinely the most random thing i've seen this year.

@ldawgj2749

2 жыл бұрын

Lol yeah

That Gameboy DMG skinned out looking like the Gameboy boxart is just gorgeous

*"I'M NOT JOKING ELLIOT."* Whoa! That is one threatening aura right there! Take the man seriously Elliot!

Mr. Elliot, sir, I understand your position of not offering repairs for people completely. You would be overwhelmed in no time. You mentioned that the screens for that child’s game system would be 50GBP and that it would be helpful if they could pay for the parts given your financial situation. I am writing to offer my own to pay for the parts. Please contact me to make arrangements if this is a viable solution.

@Kaladin_Stormblessed

2 жыл бұрын

You are a good person

@slinkyveil6031

2 жыл бұрын

That's such a good thing to do!

@elidealien

2 жыл бұрын

You're amazing! If Elliot doesn't get back to you here, maybe drop him an email. 🥰

@furowowo

2 жыл бұрын

Youre a hero sir,

@cody8977

2 жыл бұрын

@@elidealien Where do I find his email?

I like so much the Gameboy neon black🥰

@SuperMarioAPA3968

2 жыл бұрын

TysyTube Restoration

I always wondered why there was never someone who made a DMG look like how it did on the box in black and neon and then some genius goes and does it. Stellar work.

Eliot saying: “I’m not an expert at fixing stuff” me: (flashback to the 100s of vids he made on fixing stuff)

11:09 Santiago, I've seen him on your FB group! its so awesome looking!

You have such a sincere and kind heart. You were my gateway into the world of retro gaming and specifically Gameboys, and even later the Walkman when you made videos showcasing that. Amazing to see you helping all kinds of fans with the common passion, keep up the work man!

Something that a lot of the tech KZreadrs with larger audiences do is they don't publicize their PO box directly, they'll only provide the address after accepting the thing via email. That still doesn't stop misunderstandings from sneaking in from time to time but it seems to significantly cut down on issues like the ones you're facing with folks who don't understand what your channel is about (or what resources you have available). Also, another thing you could do is if folks want to show off their custom mods on your channel but have their device returned, it might make more sense for them to just film it themselves and you edit the footage into a video. It'd be a lot cheaper and WAY less risky for everyone involved.

What I really like about your channels and videos is that you have a good level of energy without going overboard like so many successful KZreadrs often do. It's calm, collected and insightful, while at the same time being fun and informative. I've been on a GameBoy kick lately and enjoy watching your videos of rare items in particular.

The black neon dmg is wicked ❤️ I used to have a T shirt with the black neon dmg ad when I was a kid I forgot all about it till now 😂

Yo Elliot my car is a right off, sending it from China. It should be with you in a couple of months.

Someone probably is chuckling at how confused that rabbit tv made you.

Always love your videos :) watching this in Korea at 6am in the morning😂

People seem to think that if you have a KZread channel that immediately means that you have a lot of money and in some cases they you're "theirs", that you owe them something for them watching your content. You're not being horrible for setting boundaries and being straight saying it's not a service you offer nor that you're going to just pay for replacement parts. Don't let people take advantage of your good nature dude!

Your videos are always a treat and brings great comfort. Keep it up Elliot!

That's a great bunch of stuff! Also, that neon gb looks just 👌 beautiful.

You’re not a horrible person for speaking the truth! £50 or dollars is a decent amount of money. I don’t feel it’s unreasonable to do the work gratis, but parts and shipping should be paid by the owner.

That's a nice haul you got there, Elliot! It's incredibly nice of you to take on repairing those broken devices. Keep up the good work!

Love these unbiased videos are so much fun.

Very kind of you, also an amazing edition to your collection. To clue you in, the Honey Scooters are and off brand of Honey Nut Cheerios, Marshmallow Maties are an off brand of Captain Crunch. But very tasty from what I hear, you should do a review on the snacks while you post the videos of you fixing on the second channel. I know I would watch it. Keep it up and thanks for the content!

I remember that Lightning Bolt Gameboy in advertisements from when I was a kid. It's really cool to see that it actually exists now.

Regarding the candy and cereals: Malt-O-Meal is a brand that specializes in making lower-cost knockoffs of name-brand cereals (usually sold in large bags instead of boxes), and Honey Scooters is absolutely their version of Honey Nut Cheerios. Marshmallow Mateys looks like a Lucky Charms clone, as well.

Don't feel bad about letting people know the reality of the situation, people do need to know and being up front about that is a good thing. As for the cereal Malt-O-Meal is a brand name that Post uses for "generic" cereals sold at some stores like Walmart, and yes those Honey Scooters are like Honey Nut Cheerios and the Marshmallow Mateys are Lucky Charms, although Honey Nut Cheerios and Lucky Charms are General Mills brands Malt-O-Meal/Post makes their version as well that taste pretty similar to the name brand (Well I guess other name brand). You also might have noticed that brand name Post Shredded Wheat was in that same packaging, this loops back around to how Malt-O-Meal is another label used by the same company

Very sweet to watch ♡

I just subscribe to both your channels because of you helping those ppl out.

Dude, the Game Boy Neon Black is designed to look like the artwork on the original DMG box 🙌

@UNSCPILOT

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty awesome little Handheld, seriously, if I wasn't trying to limit myself to just the Old DS lite and Homebrew Hacked 3DS I already have I'd be sorely tempted to try something like that. Sadly I don't want to have more than a couple portables or else it'll just feel like they're collecting dust and not being played enough, nothing worse than something being forgotten or hoarded away and never getting played like it's ment to be

Oh my goodness I LOVE The Neon Black DMG by Santiago! BRAVO! BRAVO! Holy crap that's Beautiful!

That’s nice of you to help and fix it. I’d imagine you’d be absolutely swamped with request and quite in the hole for parts if you did it for all the people who visit the channel but that’s super nice of you! I need a proper battery cover for my Gameboy Color I lost it a long time ago as a kid and the contacts need cleaning but it does work I was able to boot up my Pokémon red I got from Fries back in like 98 😆 I was surprised it worked!

It'd be awesome to get a video at some point on how to tell if a game isn't original

@fluffycritter

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that'd be neat. In the case of the Pokémon cartridge the main tell is that the label doesn't have the holographic foil on it, but there's usually a bunch of other signs even for games which don't have holographic foil labels (such as the case color, the embossed text on the 'lip' of the cartridge, the wrong screws holding it shut, or having an epoxy blob covering the ROM chip inside the cartridge).

That blue DMG made me have to change my pants

I fixed one of my friends childhood DMG a few years ago. It had also NO display (along with a few other faults). On his unit it was the contras potentiometer that was faulty. It was not just dirty, but the rotating wiper was broken. I replased it with a 50kOhms, although the original is only 30kOhms, but I needed to file down the width of the pot a little bit so it eould fit in the shell. Good luck with Erics! Super kind of you to fix those units for your fans. Don't feel bad for pointing out that you can't fix other peoples stuff.

Awesome to see our printed shell being shown off. Loved this customers design its so close to the original

Very cool stuff as usual. I feel you. I wouldn't take in stuff from others because if I can't fix them and even break them more.. I just don't feel good about it.

Keep up the great content Elliot.

Amazing content!

You are such a nice person, Elliott!

Don't feel bad, some people take a mile when you give them an inch. Boundaries are important.

Elliot you're such a decent guy. Love the channels.

That’s nice of you Elliot. But for real people don’t abuse his generosity please

i think it would be neat to try and follow your own guide on fixing the 3ds in a 2nd channel video, to make sure it holds up :P

12:34 "Santiago you absolute beast" :D

There is another guy that can fix these GameBoys and NDS with the right tools and parts

I need that modded DMG asap Jesus lord it's beautiful.

I appreciate the sincere way you explained why sending you things unsolicited just won't work. Even on this channel, there are over 100k subscribers, if even 1% of people took advantage of that, you would not only never be able to keep up, and the liability would be very high. It's difficult to have those conversations, especially with younger viewers who may not understand the complexity of the matter or why it's a big deal. I think explaining the cost scenario is important too. Just because you may make money off of videos, does not mean that anyone has the right to abuse that to get something fixed for free. You rightfully make the money you do from your channels/sponsorships and although you are welcome to do things out of the kindness of your own heart, abusing that as a fan is not a good look. This is also a good opportunity for all people watching creators to NOT send anything unsolicited to a PO Box if a creator has one they have made public. Although you may think it's innocent, it can be overwhelming and you will likely not get the response you wanted and your 30 seconds of fame will not be the fame you were looking for. These are people just like us, and although many larger creators have management teams, editors etc. the mass amount of fan packages they could receive would be insane.

I have the same colour Nintendo 3DS XL which is cool, those snacks look yummy 😋 great thing to nibble on while you mod Gameboys 😁

Awwww. That was funny too though. Great unboxing .

Ok, this looks sick

Eric great video my man

@SuperMarioAPA3968

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You

Omg. I need that black gameboy.

Amazing! ❤️

As an Australian Slyvanian Families collector that part of the video was HILARIOUS. Had a good laugh for sure ♡

In the Philippines, we call those red envelopes "Ang-Pao" (not sure of the spelling). We put money inside those envelopes and give them as gifts during Christmas season. It's for good luck! I think in other Asian countries, they use it during New Year.

Wow Elliot. That was so kind just fixing a random viewer's gameboy. I just hope people don't take this as a sign to send in all their broken gameboys.

It's not a joke, Elliot!

Tbh if some kid sent me his broken junk saying "please fix it at your own cost, I'm not paying you a dime", I'd send that shit right back where it came from. It's actually not a bad life lesson to teach a kid that nothing is free and to take care of your property.

"I'm not joking, Elliot." This gave me the chills xD

Now he have 2 gameboys that working

08:33 oo that looks nice PUT IT IN A TABLE

Such a nice person Elliot I hope people don’t start sending you stuff just so you can fix it, but I really want to know where you got that knife it’s really cool and I kind of want to get one

Really kind what you're doing for that poor kid and his ds 😂.. I'm planning on making a portable handheld wii and would love to send it your way if I ever finally get around to finishing it for a signature perhaps? Regardless loving the content dude!

@UNSCPILOT

2 жыл бұрын

Portable Wii mods are pretty crazy projects, are you doing it from scratch or using one of the Kits?. Once you have it working at the very least send him footage of it running, trying to ship something with Lithium Batteries in it could be risky!

@snerttt

2 жыл бұрын

@@UNSCPILOT yeah I'm actually looking for a kit, was gonna 3d print, but something injection moulded would be better. I was discussing on the forum a few days ago which kits are available

Elliot, be careful! I think Shaun's letter is written on the back of an old letter he received from a company and you can see his full name and address on some parts of the video! I'm hoping it's just an old address but I don't want you to accidentally doxx him!

I have some sweet American sweets to send, just gotta save up for shipping! ✌😋

@Christophersanchez1326

2 жыл бұрын

Same here but Mexican sweets too.

@dagr8kerek

2 жыл бұрын

If you ship them to me, I can forward them

@kcin4997

2 жыл бұрын

Shipping is crazy expensive 😫

Reyyy! I did the boxartwork for Genesis! :D

Looks like you need more snacks sent to you Elliot. 😎

Wow that dmg 😍

Elliott was from the South for a second when he said, "gaaawwwd dayum!" Lol

that gameboy color was awesome

Hey Elliot just a tip but you should snap a pictuer of the package or parcel before you tape it up so you have the name and address. As an IT Admin I do this all the time. My kids are like why do you have work pictures on your phone dad? LOL.

Incredible. How do you even have enough space for all these gifts!? Do you keep them all or re-gift/sell some?

Sometimes the headphone jack gets stuck in the position where it thinks there is always headphones in. You’ll have to resend the metal

that gameboy color is very nice..

Wonder if there was a 1 dollar subscription level for supporting small projects that aren't to stress inducing cause I would like to see more repairs but I know I also don't like feeling on the spot for other people's stuff as well.

Love the PO BOX troll😂

Is there any place you have a list of parts you'd like on hand in case these types of repairs pop up again? Would ship to your PO, of course.

Seriously draw a line on the whole "receive fix send back" thing. People seem to think you're a repair service. I would be highly annoyed. You handled it perfectly and everyone watching really needs to understand that you aren't advertising a service. Simply tinkering and making videos to entertain.

I can only suggest that the TV set was sent to you because it looks like a retro CRT

If ya want to change the world, start by doing one good deed

Awesome

did we ever get to the bottom of the sylvanian family toy?

Hi still love ur content

That’s a very nice knife

I have that little tv it’s so cute

Somebody needs to get Eric a loaded retroid pocket or something

@UNSCPILOT

2 жыл бұрын

I have an Ambernic Rg351mp, the little retro emulation handhelds are a lot of fun especially when you can't afford or find all the real hardware to play the games, though in his case it seems like he has a good chunk of the ones he wants (and a Homebrew Modded 3DS can play a pretty good chunk of the 8 and 16 bit home and portable consoles as well as GBA). He might enjoy it quite a bit but I feel like in a collection like his it might struggle to find a place. But yeah, the Retroids and similar devices are pretty neat little things, I play my RG351MP basically anytime I'm away from my PC...

lol Elliot he wasn't joking

Gotta get some Canadian sweet haha

AAA, he has the Dirty Bomb knife

Daaayum, is Santiago selling that gorgeous modded Game Boy?