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Here’s a commission I recently finished up for Dream*Eater! Check ‘em out!

I had a couple of people express interest in getting one of these for themselves while I was putting this one together, so I actually have two more of these (without the D*E on the backside) for sale! Pink backlight, 1/8″ prosound, new screen cover, and a custom paintjob for $95+shipping! Send me an ask or email me at [email protected] if interested!

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I do custom commissions! Send me an ask or email me at [email protected] for more information!

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Work-in-progress shot of Cosmic Clone Mario!

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It’s not to late to make this joke, is it?

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Custom commissioned DMG for Mike Shirley-Donnelly of Curious Quail!

Check ‘em out!

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Big updates still coming soonish (mid-December), but in the meantime, check out this CandycaneBoy! It'll be for sale later this week!

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Two new custom DMGs painted by Shannon Murphy!

4xLED backlights

3.5mm 1/8" stereo prosound

New screen cover, buttons, battery contacts, and metal cartridge shields

Custom one-of-a-kind paintjobs

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The Heart DMG.

Left: An incredibly rare DMG given away on an 80s gameshow in the UK.

Right: My recreation of it.

No, this isn’t some hand-painted Game Boy, this is an honest to goodness game show prize Game Boy. I have no idea what show it was given away on and details are scarce but it was believed to be somewhere in the UK and the owner even posted a video online showing it off. It is missing the “Nintendo GAME BOY” printed on the front but it was professionally painted and in the video you can see that the serial number was added on after the paint job. I wish I knew more about this and feel free to post and tell us if you know. I have no idea what it is worth.

-Pricecharting.com

This was a fun one to put together, even though the reaction wasn’t as big as expected.

Evan “Stevesesy” Butler asked me a while back if I could attempt to recreate this gameboy. He planned on making a big deal out of it and tricking people into thinking it was the real thing.

There are only a couple of images of it on the internet, all provided by the man mentioned in the quote above, save for one well-hidden image of a collection of DMGs on Nintendo’s UK website.

Here’s the one I made:

More pictures of the process after the break.

The process was fairly simple.

I started out with a regular ol’ DMG shell, and painted it pink.

Then I cut out a stencil with painter’s tape, applied it, and painted it red.

Once that was done, I peeled the tape off, and carefully used an X-acto knife and a bit of sandpaper to smooth out the edges of the heart, since I wasn’t quite satisfied with how it came out at first.

After that, all that was left to do was put a clearcoat on it and reassemble the system.

(hey look, it’s the shells Shannon painted!)

I also took care to peel off the serial and repair stickers before I started so I could reapply them afterwards. Had to make it look legit.

Then I sent it off to Evan.

I actually really like the way it turned out, and I think I might make another one for myself sometime in the near-future, or possibly make some to sell to others if anyone’s interested.