Game Boy Advance SP NES Edition Hard to find?

[dsullo]

I am not seeing these in stores anymore. EBGAMES still has some in stock (new for 79.99), but I have a feeling that these will become collectable? What do you guys think?


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[SamuraiSmurfette]

they *will* become collectible, but they *shouldn't*.
Nintendo circulated some poor hardware inside those.
Be careful of burnt Pixels.

[dsullo]

really I was not aware of that. Is that comon for all SP models or just the NINTENDO retro one?

[slip81]

Well they are LE so that would indicate that at somepoint Nintendo will stop making them (I think they already have) and they would become rarer and thus collectable. I haven't heard anything about burning pixles though. I have one and it looks fine.

[MegaDrive20XX]

Back in August, Nintendo announced the NES Limited Edition model will be discontinued. So Whatever you see out on stores is probably the last batch

[The Manimal]

they *will* become collectible, but they *shouldn't*.
Nintendo circulated some poor hardware inside those.
Be careful of burnt Pixels.

Ha! I had to go through 4 of these to get a good one without bad Pixels (or 'dust' as someone else here said).

Did the original GBA's have this problem, as my first one was okay on that..

[Richter Belmount]

they *will* become collectible, but they *shouldn't*.
Nintendo circulated some poor hardware inside those.
Be careful of burnt Pixels.

Ha! I had to go through 4 of these to get a good one without bad Pixels (or 'dust' as someone else here said).

Did the original GBA's have this problem, as my first one was okay on that..
O_O I wasnt aware of that , >_> I havent had probs with mine I been playing castlevania aos to death on it

[The Manimal]

It might have been a bad batch of SP's in my case, as the first three were from the same exact store (same shipment), and the 4th which was okay was from a different one.

[Xtasy]

Yea i havent seen a single one in stock at ANY store...Weird

-Xtasy

[kai123]

My local Ebgames has quite a few left.

[Richter]

still some at my Wal-Mart

[SegaAges]

i own a original gba back when the only colors available were purple and clear purple. i never had a problem with mine, and my sister has 1 like that as well, and she hasn't had any problems either

[norkusa]

I always see at least 3 or 4 of these sitting on the shelves every time I go into Target, so I don't think they are that rare. I don't regret buying mine however. Wouldn't want any other SP model. I'll probably pack it away as soon as the DS is released though.

[Querjek]

i own a original gba back when the only colors available were purple and clear purple. i never had a problem with mine, and my sister has 1 like that as well, and she hasn't had any problems either
Don't forget the white GBAs!

The older-style GBAs did not have the same "dust" problem because there was not enough space between the screen and the protective cover--not a case with the GBASPs. My own SP has 1 speck of visible "dust" under the screen.

[postulio]

ive had a silver gba sp since launch and i play it to hell and back, no burnt pixels. i bought one fo those nes versions just for the collection purpose. i never opened it, just put it away into a drawer.

you should do the same.

[Simply Dave]

they *will* become collectible, but they *shouldn't*.
Nintendo circulated some poor hardware inside those.
Be careful of burnt Pixels.

Ha! I had to go through 4 of these to get a good one without bad Pixels (or 'dust' as someone else here said).

Did the original GBA's have this problem, as my first one was okay on that..

I had the same problem with my NES SP. I had to return it and get a new one. The new one works great.

[Gapporin]

Weird! I've never even heard of the pixel problem until now. I bought my Flame Red GBA SP near launch date, and I've had no problems with it ever.

NINJA EDIT: Like dsullo asked, is this a problem with all SP's, or just the NES retro one?

[tholly]

i have two SPs (platinum and NES) and one gba (platinum) and never had a problem with the screens....and i didnt have a problem finding any of them

also, i cant see the GBA NES becoming too rare...even though they were limited...a lot were made

[XxMe2NiKxX]

The NES will probably become rare, as will the onyx and flame, limited edition, now discontinued, colours.

[joshnickerson]

I haven't had a problem with my NES SP... then again, I just played it for about five minutes to make sure it worked then stored it away. I use my Cobalt blue SP anyway ^_^

[charitycasegreg]

Hopefully best buy will still have these after christmas so I can go pick one up using a couple best buy cards. I wonder if these will be worth like $150 when its brand new in box in about 6 years. :/