Rare Astro Boy GameBoy Light FULL Restoration

This is a limited edition GameBoy Light which was sold in the Tezuka Osamu World Shop. According to Console Variations, between 1000 and 5000 of these were made. I bought this for an absolute steal, its in very bad condition, lets refurb it!
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[@timcleymans5726]

Whenever I clean my Gameboy shells using a toothbrush, I think to myself: "If I would clean my teeth as thoroughly as my Gameboys, I wouldn't have to see the dentist this often...."

[@w.d.gaster692]

JJ's home of memes and cute comment! Just go with it, lol

[@JacksterDraws]

or at all

[@caseyatkins9988]

Yeah

[@Anonymous_cat1]

@Conner Burlingame *CHAAACKGLOOOCHHHKHAAACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK COLLOPGOCOHHHHHHHHHHH!!!* *Teeth fainted!*

[@GookGear]

Hopefully your girlfriend isnt bothered by your breath

[@RoshGMZ]

R.I.P Those Doraemon Stickers (1980-2020) 😭😂

[@TheOldScoola]

I’m kind of glad they’re gone lol it just shows the awesomeness of a gameboy

[@kdst4701]

@@TheOldScoola 0-0

[@anorocamilac]

@@TheOldScoola that's so sad

[@icebearcriminal1265]

So much for those whimsical memories just so some collectortard can put it on a shelf to acquire dust for decades

[@thatoneasiankid8734]

@@icebearcriminal1265 if you insult them why are you on a channel watching it?

[@Omega_2]

Channel owners: "If this video gets-" Everyone: Done.

[@aucrossover]

theres an extra 4,000 likes on this video

[@Midnights06]

Yea that usually happens

[@leap123_]

He is Elliot, idiot

[@zenithaltitan]

@@leap123_ Dude they could be someone random who found them on their recommendation page, don't call them idiots you fucking moron.

[@tausiftaha12]

@@zenithaltitan you are the idiot here I found this in my recommendations, other did too, so how are we supposed to know?

[@LordYamcha]

The owner truly loved his only Game Boy Light- Like he said, *"Let there be light"*

[@minecraftroblox4441]

Now that's just heartwarming.

[@LimsTheMan]

Yamcha tastes horrible

[@joshvardy5487]

lol

[@Centaursixtysix]

As a kid I never would’ve put stickers on my gameboy, I was afraid I would change my mind so I would never stick them anywhere

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

Damn that weird sticker anxiety is too real. Was never able to put them anywhere. What if I found a better place to put them or I would change my mind and hated how it looked and then had to get the sticker off again?

[@officialroxxmusic]

So I take it you don’t have any tattoos?

[@Centaursixtysix]

Roxx The '96er yup and I don’t plan on getting any

[@Cheeseyu3000]

Same

[@mynameisntimportant9341]

I was the same way, I have a clear gameboy advance sp that I've had since childhood, thing still looks brand new accept for a few scratches and some discoloration on the buttons

[@speedwaynutt]

This gameboy must have one heck of a story.

[@akumatsutranslations]

Whoever had this must love retro manga

[@rovidelarosa]

@@akumatsutranslations Whoever had this was a kid who loves manga. And it ain't retro back then.

[@akumatsutranslations]

@@rovidelarosa Tensai Bakabon is a series from the 60s, as are Doraemon and Astro Boy, even if they had current itterations running around that time, I'd still argue even then it was retro.

[@rovidelarosa]

@@akumatsutranslations I wouldn't call it retro if it's still ongoing at the time. Do you call new episodes of the Simpsons that airs today retro?

[@TheRealNeoFrancois]

@@rovidelarosa actually yeah just because how old the show it

[@WheezingBobcat]

I love this Game Boy. It showed all of the signs of being an important part of some kids childhood and only showed reasonable signs of age, not abuse. Love seeing these artifacts.

[@dogg-paws]

I can't see how there was no abuse done to the Game Boy. Let's face it, plenty of us have put our Game Boys in a pretty bad state as kids =/

[@mystics1ay3r17]

@@dogg-pawstoo many kids. I was 5 years old when my parent’s entrusted me with the Game Boy color. I had the atomic purple one with the rechargeable battery pack from I believe it was Pelican that made it. I would play Pokémon Crystal all the time on it and I’d be riding in the back of my parent’s car at night when we’d go out places and I’d hold the game boy up to the window to be able to see the screen. Hoping to catch a glimpse of street light. I took care of that thing better than any toys I owned back then. I knew that if I didn’t, my mom would take it away because she wouldn’t trust me to not break it. I don’t understand how some people can be so careless with their stuff even as little kids.

[@Siphonay]

I actually love that this game boy visibly looks like it's been restored and repaired, with the mismatched, homemade battery cover and the different polarizing filter. I love restored consoles, to me it looks like it's been loved, loved enough to the point that it's been used so much that it's been damaged, and then valued enough that it's been restored to a usable and pleasant state. In my eyes, it adds way more value than scarcity ever could. Keep up the good work, Elliot!

[@BloominFleury29]

I prefer it too it looks more retro

[@Mymatevince]

Good refurb Elliot, nicely edited video :-)

[@MrJ0mmy]

:)

[@aheleebreeen]

i love your channel no homo

[@TheRetroFuture]

Thanks Vince!

[@BeatSaberLoser]

Couldn’t agree more my friend

[@for_kestrel6490]

My two favorite KZbinrs!

[@Acerock7]

Removing the stickers was like the scene in Toy Story 2 where the guy paints over "Andy". It had such character before!

[@porygon-z4503]

Surprised I had to scroll so far down to find this sentiment!

[@homebodyhero4602]

Even though the original sentiment was lost woody probably got a new mark from bonnie. This gameboy now has a new lease on life with a new battery back which it probably missed.

[@Timbofett28]

Guys, im gonna cry. You gotta stop

[@BodywiseMustard]

Andy was handwritten. These stickers are ugly and unoriginal

[@lalalalala2958]

Disagree. Stickers are cheap and all the same. Now if the previous owner had drawn their own art or put their name on it in pen then I would agree. As a fellow restorer though this gameboy needed love.

[@zewasplays]

I wish the stickers could've been recovered, they give it character.

[@itslilac5806]

I was just thinking the same thing. It really gives a personal feel to it - like you are prolonging the life of the previous owner’s childhood

[@airplane6417]

Meh, I have never like stickers or marker on my electronics, they bother me like, THANKS KADEN!

[@minovskyparticles1834]

Yup it just became another game boy light

[@nobyra]

The stickers told a story, sadly that piece of history went away. Still a great restore

[@randybutternubs4647]

Reminds me of the part in Toy Story 2 where that guy was restoring Woody and repainted over the name "Andy" on his boot.

[@shinrasboy]

"Restoring an old 80s road bike"... where is THAT video 👀

[@Jack11_]

“Hey it’s Mario’s 10th anniversary.. oh wait that’s just Wapro.” I died there 😂

[@hteekay]

He's Wario's cousin

[@forestw785]

Man, it's insane how much you've grown this past year. It's really wild watching someone become way more comfortable on camera and develop their personality. You and DankPods really inspired me to start my own retro tech collection.

[@duffman18]

Same. I bought a GameBoy Pocket recently because of this channel. I have emulator devices to play gameboy games already but it's a whole different thing playing them on an actual GameBoy, so I got an Everdrive too, the expensive one, because it has save states and stuff on it. Gonna get a DMG GameBoy with a bivert backlight soon too, because that's cheaper than buying a Japanese GameBoy Light and does the same thing, it keeps the original screen but just adds a light, it's not a modern lcd screen

[@jmoll5165]

Me: ok time to stop watching game boy videos... *the retro future uploads* Me: nevermind...

[@danielmooney]

Only just started the video now, guessing the sticker won’t survive. But absolutely LOVE the look of it covered in stickers, might do this to one of mine haha

[@craiggardner4049]

No

[@SPEEDYNOOB]

Craig Gardner I agree

[@craiggardner4049]

IT IS THE LAW TO NOT DO IT

[@snappleplays7847]

DOIT TO ANOTHER ONE

[@drewbrown3082]

BLASPHEMY

[@queenbiscuit311]

For those wondering why someone would put that many stickers on it: children. My old DS probably had more stickers than this at some point because for some reason I liked putting them on there

[@thenerdbroadcast5998]

Has stickers covering the whole thing. "good job to the previous owner for taking great care of this"

[@VelosoNarciso]

Dont know man...maybe the stickers kept tha shell from being extra scratched.

[@a.g.5569]

Honestly I liked seeing the stickers on this one. It added some personality to it.

[@TheOldScoola]

CX91 it was horrible and destroyed collector value

[@MisZpelled]

@@TheOldScoola Damn, what a dumb kid enjoying his toy in the 1990's and not thinking about the future collector's value of his toy 30 some years later.

[@TheOldScoola]

James Bush I know right...pfft yeah us kids back in the day so dumb.

[@KenjiRyuma90]

I usually pick up Gameboys from yard sales and flea markets in the San Diego area. Restorations is my hobby so I cleaned and repaired all of them. 😊

[@KesorodaBlk]

Someone sure loved their Doraemon stickers!

[@RoshGMZ]

Me here 😅

[@organiccold]

Me

[@akumatsutranslations]

Bakabon too, apparently

[@lightspeedmurphy7546]

I almost thought that girl on the bottom left was Marko-chan.

[@akumatsutranslations]

@@lightspeedmurphy7546 that's bakabon's mama (from, well... Tensai Bakabon, they never give her a proper name)

[@connormatthews522]

Honestly I like the darker green look man, feels like a nod to the DMG

[@TuncayAyhan]

I guess we are going to get a video about retro-brighting. I must say, I'm pretty stoked to see a video about only retro brighting. Great video Elliot!

[@Magic_Doge]

that blue round character is called Doraemon, It's a very popular character in Japan, or at least I think so.

[@achmedaan]

It is. Any japanese person would know it.

[@FlippytheMasterofPie]

And in other parts of Asia as well! There was even an attempt to bring it over to the USA where it briefly aired on Disney XD. But it just wasn’t able to achieve the penetration it has in Asia.

[@Magic_Doge]

i remember they also used to do it in spain and in other parts of europe

[@Aquarirus]

Like hatsune?

[@palix2417]

@@Magic_Doge like italy

[@fridolinschlompel5594]

The Astro boy Gameboy Light is one of the prettiest Gameboys i knew. I saw the Gameboy on Sendico the first time and i just felt in love with it

[@Leonguy2]

it kinda pain me to see those old stickers being destroyed, i would've remove them carefully and keep them. Idk they seem historic.

[@jeanbatiste]

yep same, i was sure he was gonna keep them, it looked so nice 😭😭

[@elkellenhabla]

Yeah, I guess their memory lives on in this video 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@voltcorp]

the existence of this video gave those stickers more exposure than any museum

[@markedone9778]

I love the Seiko Pulsemeter, looks retro and futuristic at the same time.

[@unitedunitedunited_]

2:14 the baseball stickers are from a Japanese baseball game on the nintendo switch called jikkyou poweful pro baseball

[@thekornwulf]

I'm fairly certain they're from before that as well. I remember a rather terrible Wii baseball game using that character design

[@MuffledSword]

The series has been running since the ninteties. There was a Game Boy version released the same year as the Game Boy Light, so there's a decent chance this device's original owner had a copy.

[@natsukashiideath571]

That instrumental playing during the glue cleaning segment was funky af, I love it... 🤘🏻 Great job as always on the Gameboy, its dope.

[@cyrfung]

The stickers were a nice time capsule of the era and were almost worth keeping the Game Boy in that state.

[@vmbo]

My thoughts exactly. The stickers looked amazing.

[@prageruwu69]

what do you mean almost? those stickers were what made it look so cool and unique

[@WorldsWorstBoy]

I never heard of Gameboy Light. I love Astro Boy.... Very cool vid.

[@Urushi12kitty]

the blue character is Doremon! He's a robot cat that lost his ears! Honestly i kinda love obviously loved and worn stuff like this, whatever person owned it clearly loved it a lot until they grew up. The collector in me is of course thrilled to see it restored but also another part of me is sad seeing all the stickers and stuff go...the memories they held and whatnot. Maybe I'm just a bit to much of a sentimentalist.

[@danielwjpn926]

"Yeah it's a lot of money, but this things can go for 300 dollars" Tom Nook in the back: " I don't know how many bells that is, but I don't expect you to pay it all at once you know"

[@TeaQuoffee]

Watching this so that one day I can make this a hobby

[@Skandranon50]

I can see why you'd choose not to undo the ageing to the plastic. It actually aged in a rlly gorgeous way that adds some character to it :o

[@phanto-64]

the retro future: *uploads* my boredom: *gone*

[@nathanhunt6208]

My boredom: *Aight ima head out*

[@TrondRune]

Love the shoots inn this video! The closeups, the cutting, everything.. Loved it! Found my inner peace.

[@TwoTall1988]

People RAHEEEEELY need to stop using WD 40 on plastics, especially as a part of a restoration process. It is corrosive and makes plastics and rubbers brittle. It also makes it overly shiny and greasy. If you need a salvant on your restoration project, generally isopropyl alcohol will dissolve most adhesives and stickers. If you are looking to condition/brighten/shine up the plastic casings, then use something like Armor All which is designed for that purpose. Also, are you wearing a respirator for isopropyl alcohol?

[@akumatsutranslations]

Gotta love all the Fujio Akatsuka character stickers (Akatsuka was a very popular and influential comedy manga author who worked around the same time as Tezuka), as well as doraemon, lol

[@rodak_]

For removing stickers: have you heard about product called "GooGone"? It makes wonders

[@MTZProject]

Leave that one like that the ages look, looks nice

[@MechaUltra]

I'm sad all the stickers were taken away, dont get me wrong, I understand it's a rare gameboy but it looked so cool and it clearly had a story and a life before ending up where it did.

[@leggie1126]

Same, I've restored gb's with stickers in the past and i always take a very flat spudget and try to delicately remove them, and place them in my stickerbook. I like having the stickers as a memory of the restoration of the console.

[@MechaUltra]

@@leggie1126 I respect you

[@Zoogore6777]

Imagine being that kid all grown up now and recognizing this game boy in the video.

[@andrianito]

can you replace a gameboy light power switch with a GBA one?

[@HippyHouse]

3D printer?

[@austinwilburn1772]

Out of all the 300k+ viewers, I wonder if there is anyone watching this freaking out saying “that’s my old gameboy”.

[@jobojoe1]

Well done for returning it so we’ll... but I’d argue it was more meaningful the way it was before :(

[@Mobile_Gamer707]

Forget about the gameboy light cool sweater! 😎

[@kleeblatt8456]

plot twist: he puts the gameboys in that condition himself for the content. :D

[@hachuto]

Next time.try divolving the glue with n-hexane or crc crick 110, it only affects glue and not paint, it works on warranty stikers too

[@OchdDottMp3]

And Tom nooks just staring at him the entire time

[@basvanderwerff2725]

Actually had a pretty cool look with all the stickers !

[@sidharthgeorge582]

Why didn't you save the stickers collectors would pay a lot for some.

[@the_pinkie_pie]

I've always wanted one of the Astro Boy GameBoys since i was younger, i'll hopefully get one one day

[@mattandsarahaschan]

"If this video gets 3000 likes..." 11 hours later, 4.7K likes

[@thatstokedgamer]

Dang. Dude just cleaned the history of the previous owner right off.

[@Jovanny_pcpp]

Tbh I thought it looked a lot better before he scrubbed all the stickers off

[@sergeanthacks]

You already hit 3k so you better start whipping up that retro brighting video my boy

[@omarbadawia2560]

Why are you wearing a respirator now

[@sirtinley-knot2944]

I want to know what that stuff was

[@bridgethanchek4324]

I believe the sitting woman sticker is Sazae-san and the boy above her is her little brother. The manga Sazae-san started in the 1940s, and the anime is still running today!

[@ira3ckalanis896]

Noooo the stickers were so cool :c

[@Brinku]

That "Little Specimen" was the remains of a Spider Smoothie

[@InkDante]

Should’ve kept the stickers, they gave the gameboy so much character and personality from the previous owner, honestly i wouldn’t have touched the front cover, personally i think it looks bland without them:/ Pretty good video tho!

[@PMcDFPV]

I'm on lunch right now after a rough day at work, and I am so looking forward to this :-) thank you mate!

[@TheRetroFuture]

Hope your day gets better!

[@Heymrk]

The sticker with the brunette lady on her knees is Lucy from Peanuts.

[@brynmccartney444]

no it isnt it's the mom from Bakabon

[@datassetteuser356]

There should actually be a Solar Striker edition of the Gameboy. Nothing would be more fitting for this channel. So you might want to make one. One day. Pretty Please.

[@tfurxrdftrxrdrdtf]

I have never seen this version before. Thanks for fixing up Atom

[@Muntan_]

Ohhhh noooo, how could you ruin the authentic stickers that gameboy had on it!?! /s Great video as always!

[@MyUncleWorksForNintendo]

Never heard of Retro Lighting before. Looking forward to that video!

[@stickymallet]

I WANT THIS SO MUCH... astro boy has been my favorite thing since i was small

[@melonwaifuu]

first video I have seen from you,and I'm not disapointed, it's feel like asmr but for the eyes (that a compliment I swear)

[@becmare]

I loved the music while you were cleaning!

[@EinfachNoah]

it looks so good before the clean up

[@3fsd]

Love your work!

[@Retro83638]

Honestly, I love seeing these old beat-up devices even before the restoration. Seeing them covered in stickers and things like that is so neat to me because this was that persons Gameboy. They didn't care about having a bunch of stickers on it because it's theirs. They didn't plan on selling it or giving it away at the time. Well at least for the shell of it, seeing screen damage and other problems with it does make me a little sad lmao.

[@clawhauserTheGamer]

Great restoration on the game boy light thanks for showing this video and always God bless you.

[@castielfromheaven]

You could use stereolithography printing to print clear and injection mold quality like covers

[@CastleMisha]

Those stickers should have been stuck on the inside. All those stickers where mad cool!

[@mastracu66207]

I wish you kept the stickers, it gave it a good vibe

[@bronzepkmn]

I remeber seeing one of these at a flee market when i was a kid

[@magicalruin]

For Retrobright, i can tell you that its easiest to buy Cream Oxide, spread a bit with a brush over the shell, put it into a freezer bag and put it in bright Sunlight for a day or two. Sorry if some things dont make sense, im not that good at english.

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

That Retro Future GB ROM looks quite cool.

[@flissfloss915]

I just noticed, the button membranes look similar to the membrane in the wii classic controller

[@minecraftroblox4441]

Elliot back at it again with another amazing video. This video has so much LIGHT to it. Get it? Haha I'm funny.

[@NekoMilkshake]

There goes my like to see those retrobright tutorials

[@PokeObsession]

I came for the tutorial but stayed for the ASMR Repair

[@makemoneynow5061]

Keep posting interesting contents like this!

[@teshx9x9x40]

I feel the greenish Hue on the screen makes it unique to the Astro boy theme. U should just keep it on there and hope fore a battery cover.

[@adriancoombs4996]

Please tell me where you ordered the film. I am looking to restore my gameboy color and advance the LCD is burnt

[@GrimboBrimbo]

Man i was really into those stickers... I was hoping you could've somehow worked around them

[@scharkalvin]

It's a bit strange to me that a game boy from Japan would be called "Astro Boy", the character was known as "Tetsuwan Atomu" (Mighty Atom") in Japan.

[@shan4364]

Am I the only one who thinks the stickers are sick

[@fernfloyd]

Another great restoration video. I tried looking for the song (starts at 8:57) in the Sound Cloud link you provided but I couldn't find it. Any chance you can tell me the name of the track, please? Cheers, mate!

[@timb1997]

I'd like to know too

[@liamdonahue6301]

I wonder who owned that GameBoy. It would be super cool if the original owner of the system watched this video and said, "Huh. That's my GameBoy!"

[@faisalkhalid3698]

Watching you make these things makes my day ❤️ good job Keep up

[@keonxd8918]

Doraemon is every Asian kid's childhood

[@mancavehobbies6213]

JUST LOVE YOUR WATCH

[@RestoreTechnique]

Very nice video, great music and editing. Top notch :)

[@99xara99]

I cleaned my old 2nd hand gameboy color yesterday, first time I opened one up, it was GROSS! I'm surprised you put the entire shell in the sink too! I hadn't removed the battery contacts and the screen so I used a lot of time, qtips and water. What liquid did you use to remove the glue on the screen? And what liquid to clean the electric parts? (I was shocked that you put liquid on there actually 😂)

[@LaurenceReeves]

Im more confused as to why someone would put a damn Vodafone sticker on their gameboy?!?!

[@harungezici618]

Like the sink scene the most haha

[@section23]

Another great video!