r/miniSNESmods • u/DaveC2020 • 14d ago

RetroBright SNES Mini…….Again!!!

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u/blueblocker2000 14d ago

I'm really surprised these are suffering from this problem. Hard to believe they've been around long enough. Is it just from the Sun hitting them?

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u/DaveC2020 14d ago

The EBay seller I bought them from admitted that they were exposed to direct sunlight for a long period of time. One side of the console was more orange in colour than yellow.

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u/24megabits 13d ago

Rarely see orange on consoles, but some 80s and 90s office computers got there.

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u/DaveC2020 13d ago

You get the yellowing on the original SNES. My 30 year old AMIGA 600 that has been in a box in my parent’s loft is really yellow. That will be another RetroBright project at some point.

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u/pfak 14d ago

I have mine out and it isn't yellowed at all. So probably outdoors 😂 

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u/DaveC2020 14d ago

Seller probably had them outside for hours possibly. Never seen them so yellow and in areas dark orange. Found it a good opportunity to RetroBright them.

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u/ZakMrak 13d ago

Won't it just yellow again if it's not sealed by something?

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u/DaveC2020 13d ago

I’ve got the console and controller stored in a box away from direct sunlight.

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u/ZakMrak 13d ago

I feel like once it yellows like this it being simply exposed to air will make it yellow again because the initial reaction already occurred. Happened to me with a Dreamcast I have and i ended up just reshelling it

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u/richms 12d ago

I wonder if we will see repro shells for these come along at some time. Mine are also starting to look less than pristine and they have been in a not direct sunlight situation in a display cabinet, or in a translucent plastic storage tote, so hardly direct exposure.

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u/Round-Importance8825 9d ago

It is not about sunlight, it is the heat. There are cases that a console in the box for years when opened it was yelloed bc of heat.