[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/vr/ - Retro Games

View post   
File: 112 KB, 1024x768, 1024px-Nintendo_gameboy_colour_clear_plastic_shell_Dec2007.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
376126 No.376126 [Reply] [Original]

>tfw transparent colored plastic probably won't be cool again in my lifetime.

>> No.376132

transparent isn't really a color.

>> No.376140

>tfw you're wrong

I know its not videogames, but the clear Nerf blasters are pretty popular.

>> No.376150

>>376132
okay TINTED transparent plastic

>> No.376182

>>376140
its always been popular among kids, I mean it will never again be popular enough to be used for game consoles and computers.

>> No.376203

>>376126
>have my gameboy colour
>can't find my arctic game boy advance


Would love to change out the paneling of my laptop with coloured transparent plastic, probably cost a fortune to get it done

>> No.376209

>>376126
I have that exact same colour Gameboy and my N64 is transparent too.

Feels cool as FUCK man

>> No.376226

>>376126
It's because in order to make the device transparent, they have to use a different type of plastic which is much weaker than the normal stuff.

>> No.376235

>>376226
Nintendium is indestructible regardless of the colour. My transparent, poorly treated GBC still works like a champ.

>> No.376247

>>376226
so THAT'S why everything was thick and durable as fuck
now I want I back more than ever

>> No.376267

There's a transparent red Game Boy Light with Astro Boy and some other dudes on it

Shit looks tight!

>> No.376272

>>376235
That's just because it's a Nintendo product.

Every single transparent Dualshock I've ever owned has broken before the opaque one.

>> No.376382

>>376272
that's only a fair analysis if both controllers were usespd equally.

>> No.376486
File: 74 KB, 200x177, 1247903491346.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
376486

>>376182
There wasn't some massive demand for it in the first place. It kind of just happened. No reason it couldn't happen again.

>> No.376703

>>376126
I used to think it looked pretty fucking cool
No idea what I was thinking though. Also I think I saw some shitty third party transparent Wiimote at Gamestop a while ago.

>> No.376734
File: 111 KB, 600x323, FusionSynthesis_large1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
376734

>> No.376754
File: 21 KB, 500x192, pscntrl.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
376754

These are cool.

>> No.376762
File: 157 KB, 800x545, scotty_tvh_transporter.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
376762

Transparent Nintendium

>> No.376829

>>376734
are those button metal?

>> No.376928

I liked it because "OMG you can see inside the Gameboy!!"

Young minds...

>> No.376983

>>376928
I was always disappointed that you can't actually see the electrons moving along the circuits

>> No.377491

>>376928
I still love it!

>> No.377527

>>376754

I just wish Sony released more controller colors. A solid yellow or purple one would be fine with me. Ninendo 64 was awesome 'cause you just had all those colors for the controllers and the console. I guess RE2, MM, OOT, SM64, Bomberman 64 and shit were cool too, but yeah.

>> No.377536

>>376983
I know right? I was expecting it to fucking GLOW.

>> No.377557
File: 8 KB, 190x130, 803659b.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
377557

>>376126

It is.

>> No.377552
File: 149 KB, 768x1024, GAME-BOY-LIGHT-CLEAR-YELLOW-version-Japanese-Toys-R-Us-exclusive-GameBoy-Light.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
377552

>>376267
>tfw I feel like i gloat too much about owning this specific one
yet to find another person with it

>> No.377575
File: 498 KB, 262x200, 1352567567957.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
377575

>>376734
it's beautiful

>> No.377584

>>376203
Well you'd need a mold or a 3d printer or something I guess. And enough knowledge of your laptop case to reproduce every plastic part in transparent plastic.

>> No.377586

>>377552
fucking jelly!

>> No.377687

>>377586
here's a recent picture i took of it >>377645

>> No.377710
File: 19 KB, 580x363, pikachy-gameboy-colour.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
377710

Transparent is for kiddies, purple? Seriously?
Special Pikachu Edition is the best.

>> No.377728
File: 109 KB, 1024x768, funtastic.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
377728

>> No.377748

>>377710
You're right, Pikachu is a much better choice for the discerning child video enthusiast.

>> No.377750

>>377728
Someone really skilled should take the 5 colored ones, slice up the shells and make rainbow colored N64 systems.

>> No.377758

>>376734
My friend has one.
It's pretty ballin, though I never liked the mushiness of the buttons compared to the Happ buttons

>> No.377772

>>377750
You could make FIVE rainbow colored one

>> No.377797

>>377772

>>377750 systemS

>> No.377821

>>376132

Are you simple? He said "transparent colored plastic" like the Game Boy in pic. It is purple and transparent. He wasn't saying transparency is a color.

>> No.377870

>TFW no purple transparent 3DS

>> No.377918

I always just felt that the transparent Gameboys and controllers felt kind of... tacky.

>> No.377954

Transparent home phones used to be cool too. I don't see it happening again though, companies don't want you opening things up and fiddling.

>> No.377980

Anybody want some crystal pepsi?

>> No.378003

I still think atomic purple looks awesome.

>> No.378023

>>377980
Why can't regular coke or pepsi be clear like that it's probably cheaper to make it clear considering they're just leaving out food dyes, also people paranoid about chemicals would probably eat(or drink rather) it up

>> No.378105

>>377980
>tfw I never got to experience this
>or any other special drinks
>tfw no ecto cooler either
Feels bad man.

>> No.378109

>>376754

I have the blue one, and i can confirm it feels shittier than the regular black dual shock.

>> No.378356

>>377954
I had a "learn to solder kit" in third grade where you made a transparent purple wall-mounted phone.

>> No.378380
File: 726 KB, 300x168, 1364108506771.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
378380

>>376126
>>376132
>>376150
>>377821
The correct term is translucent, not transparent.

>> No.378435

>>378380
I'll translucent your face okay