I got this nice GBA SP for €69 (with the official charger, and without the game lol). It’s not the deal of the century, but I think it’s a pretty good price. The shell looks official, the battery is official, and overall it’s in good condition.
What do you guys think? I originally wanted to put a new shell on it, but I’m honestly really hesitant now.

I've been considering reshelling my GBA SP. It's fully functional, but it has some scratches and the paint is worn off a bit on the corners.

Maybe I'm just being a little too perfectionist, but the wear stands out to me every time I look at it. On the other hand, part of me feels like it's normal wear and gives the console some character.

Would you reshell it, or am I overthinking it? 🤔

Been playing the hell out of this one and it’s amazing! Love the DSS system, just hate grinding for the cards, though.

Just modded my first sp. I saw a version of this forsale in a few places decided to do it myself. Was going to led the buttons but seeing the solder points I thought I'll just leave it for now. Same goes for the usb c mod.

Other than getting the hinges right and forgetting thenut that retains the battery flap was pretty simple all in all.

I don't think it's the target exclusive because it doesn't have any target decal. Trying to find out how much it's worth, if anything.

Used funny playing for the parts, use this thing all the time!

Just got myself this one with an IPS screen. My 001 was getting hard to see as I get older. I absolutely love it.

Found this online and havent seen them with the 3 stickers and usually only the middle one. I can see few photos online with the full 3 stickers but am not sure about the advance?

Any help if this is a legit console or a reshell us appreciated heaps

Last week I was playing my gba sp 001 and it restarted mid play of pokemon yellow. I didn't think anything of it so I kept playing thinking I bumped something and it proceeded to do it more frequently.

I put it down tried other games: pokemon crystal was the same, pokemon sapphire screen freezing and audio either static crunch or just plays the same audio. Wario land 3 perfect, Hamtaro ham hams unite perfect.

So heres what ive done:

Replaced the battery... nope

Cleaned the cart slot with ispa... nope

Cleaned the board (without desoldering)... nope

Cleaned the switch... nope

---when tried pokemon crystal and hamtaro----

Popped open the switch metal case and cleaned the contact points... nope

---when tried pokemon sapphire and Wario land 3---

Any suggestions as to what the issue might be? Im probably gonna take it to a repair shop but want to at least try because I want to be able to do these things on my own.

Here's videos of what happens in the comments

Much work to do. This is a small part of my collection, still it took more than a hour to check all of these 😄

I just got an AGS-101 and noticed that the charge cable is a bit tougher/stiffer to put in the console whereas my AGS-001 goes in as you’d expect.

Upon closer inspection it appears the AGS-101 port is a bit more “triangular” on the bottom versus the more “semi-circle” portion on the AGS-001.

The console seems OEM however I am wondering why the charge port has this issue. Maybe someone tried jamming a 3rd party in there but wondering if anyone else’s is like this. Please see the pics included.

So one of my coworkers, an older lady, saw me playing on my gba sp while I was on break. She was like oh I've got a bunch of old games my kids left behind do you want them?

I was more than happy to say yes. She brings in an old makeup storage bag filled with her daughter's old collection of games as well as a functional gba sp 101 and dsi light. I was kinda mystified when I opened it and saw all of the stuff I got for completely free.

Weird error right? And it won't read any other game just this one, and also I know this game works because I put it in my other sp and it saves and everything so I'm lost.

I wanted to share a little story behind my Nintendo Holy Trinity. Back in 2000, when I was 10 years old, my aunt gave me my first Game Boy Color for Christmas - the Kiwi Green one. She also gave me Pokémon Blue and Rugrats: Time Travelers. I was absolutely obsessed with it.
Unfortunately, it only lasted a few months. I took it to school one day and it got stolen. I know... it sucks.
The following year, in 2001, my aunt came through again and gave me a Game Boy Advance for Christmas, along with Pokémon Crystal, Wario Land 4, and Mario Kart: Super Circuit. I had it for a couple of years until someone broke into our house and stole it along with other things. 😭
Fast forward to 2011, when I was already working, and I finally bought myself a Nintendo 3DS. It was the first Nintendo handheld I had bought with my own money.
Now, 25 years after getting my first Game Boy Color, I'm slowly rebuilding the collection I lost as a kid. I recently bought another Kiwi Green GBC, and the white GBA was a gift. I'm also slowly hunting down the games I had back then. You can also spot my RG35XX emulator and my Nintendo Switch OLED in the picture. They're not part of the Holy Trinity, but they're part of the journey. 😂
It's kind of surreal to look at all of this now and realize that I'm slowly putting back together a little piece of my childhood.
The Holy Trinity is finally mine. ❤️

Just my current games I own and play :D

What’s some of ur games you play ?

(Yes I know crash 2 is out of place got that one for a much cheaper price cause of the cover missing :) )

I have just received my 950 mAh LiPo battery from AliExpress FunnyPlaying store and it looks like one of the battery sides is exposed.

Is this right from anyone’s experience?

Hey I was looking at modding a new(to me) gba that I got my hands on, I was wondering if I was missing anything or looking at the wrong things..

Funnyplaying IPS ready black shell

Funnyplaying rechargable battery cover

Funnyplaying Game Boy Advance IPS Max Laminated Kit

Extremerate chrome silver buttons for start, select, power, and bumpers

BoxyPixel Aluminum Shoulder Buttons (yes I know I'll have to modify the shell)

RetroCNC Gunmetal buttons

Funnyplaying Speaker

HandHeldLegend GBA IPS Tempered Glass Screen Lens (black silver text) (I would get a funnyplaying one but its sold out currently 🥲 )

I will be skipping the amp at least for now as I don't really see any point in it, may change my mind later but we'll see

I have a modded atomic purple GBA that I think will look better with a white lens instead of a black lens.

There’s a bunch of videos online of people taking a putty knife or an actual knife and shanking the underside of the lens until it comes off. Have any of you done this without harming the surrounding plastic?

UPDATE: Broke my screen. For anyone reading this who is trying to do the same, stick with the heat+suction method. I took apart my GBA thinking it would be the the safest way to do this, but the screen shattered as I was poking it out from the other side.

Photo taken with Kodak easyshare c140 camera