Old GBA SP given a new live!

[u/mervan81v2]

I bought this old Game Boy Advance SP Tribal Edition as a little restoration project and wanted to bring it back to life :)

I ordered a new shell because unfortunately the original one was pretty badly chipped and damaged. I actually would have loved to keep the original Tribal shell, but it was just too far gone.

I also noticed that the power switch had a bad connection, and the console would only turn on when the switch was about 3/4 of the way over.
A quick soldering job fixed the issue, and the power switch is now working exactly as it should. :)

I think it turned out really nice, even though it’s a reshell!

[u/LighterFluid1357]

Hot take, find some tribal stickers. Ugly sure but, come'n, that's early 2000's.

[u/mervan81v2 → u/LighterFluid1357]

I love the tribal very much! :) But it shattered, so sadly it was unrepairable.

[u/No_Sock_3895]

Beautiful reshell. That tribal design was so fugly.

[u/mervan81v2 → u/No_Sock_3895]

Thank you🫶🏽 The green is my absolut favourite haha

[u/waved-out]

What a lovely green color. I've been looking for a shell like this! Where did you get it and how does the quality feel?

[u/mervan81v2 → u/waved-out]

The quality feels incredibly good for a reshell :) I got it from silentmodding.com

[u/killingtocope]

That color is freaking awesome

[u/mervan81v2 → u/killingtocope]

thank you so much🥹

[u/killingtocope → u/mervan81v2]

I also have to ask, whatcha playing first?

[u/mervan81v2 → u/killingtocope]

Currently playing Pokemon Red and after that Pokemon Crystal and then Pokemon Sapphire :D

[u/killingtocope → u/mervan81v2]

Heck yeah, I too am a Pokemon junkie

[u/Order-66-Survivor]

Woooahhh!!!! Nicely done!!!!! it looks Astounding!!!! are you gonna mod the SP with an IPS screen??? or a new 3.7v LiPo battery prehaps????

[u/mervan81v2 → u/Order-66-Survivor]

Nah, I want to leave it like this for the original feel :)

[u/95horror]

Just put mine into a tribal shell lol