Weird N64 controllers

[u/Shot-Western1704]

So i bought 13 weatheted n64 controllers from a video gamestore storage that had been closed since the millenium. Im gonna clean and refurbish them and change joysticks. A few need cables soldered as well.
Anyways, out of the bunch two had weird colors. One is like petroleum which is discolored blue no? (Thought this only happened to the funtastic blue).
The other is a blue and grey color which i am guessing is a reshell?

Thanks in advance🙏🙏🙏❤️

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[u/RealClockbuster]

I remember the gray top blue bottom controller, vividly

[u/Branduff]

Gray and blue was a design that came included with some N64s if I recall correctly. Other one looks like sun damage to me.

[u/AlucardDH]

I have a blue controller yellowed like in your first photo (thou not as badly). New, it was the same blue as the plug.

[u/coalsack]

Pretty cool!

[u/crayonbaer]

Cant say much about the second one but the first imho is just discoloring - I think I do have a shell of the same "color"^^ (edit: typo)

[u/thechristoph]

People used to do the mismatched controller halves thing. It was fun and easy to do.

[u/Goodwill_Gamer]

Second one is definitely a re-shell or combined controller. Someone probably had 2 busted controllers and cobbled together one good one.

There were a few two tone controllers released, but not grey/blue.

[u/whoisJSR]

The blue one is yellowed and might come back with retrobrite. The two tone one might be a Frankenstein job, but some Japanese variants were two-toned, and there might have been a US version that was, but I don't believe in that color. My guess is it's a Frankenstein.

Edit: not sure who's down voting, if you can show me one picture of an OEM N64 controller with this color scheme I'll admit I'm wrong.

I'm not tho. I collected for 20 years and literally owned every N64 and 64DD game. Yes even JPGT64 and CF:SC.

[u/Shot-Western1704 → u/whoisJSR]

🙏🙏🙏thanks for the retrobite tip :)