Hello all,
The past couple weeks have been a rollercoaster for me, but it has finally come to an end and I am very happy. I just recently bought out a Nintendo Authorized Repair Center. Speaking with the person who ran it was truly a cool experience. He was one of the 4 original repair centers in the United States and had a very large pull for his repairs (initially all of the Northern US). He continued his business even after Nintendo shut that part down, and just recently finally closed his doors. He was also very good at what he did, evident by some of the awards in the collection I bought from him.
I have included a TON of pictures for those interested. Most of the goodies will be at the front, but I have added more detailed pics of the other things further down. I wanted to share this with you guys because there was some stuff I hadn’t seen before and thought was super cool. Hope you enjoy a fraction as much as I am currently.
-PhearedPhool
I know there will be some questions about this so I will address it here at the top. I would consider selling a couple pieces to help mitigate the damage done to my wallet, but am looking to keep most of this. Duplicates are always fair game.
A quick overview shot of some of the highlights on display now.
TEST CARTS:
NES NTF2 test -grey
NES Power Pad - yellow
NES control deck - yellow
Gameboy - 1989 version, Japanese writing
SNES Burn in Test cart
SNES NTF 2.5 x 2
Nintendo 64 Test cart
Gamecube Test Disc V1.0
Multigame Disc V14
Super nintendo Technical Manual
Test Station VHS tape. This thing is super cool and I personally had not seen it before.
Mario Bronze Statue designed by R.S. Owens. I have seen these statues for personal rewards (merchandiser of the year, etc), but I have never seen one given to a service center. They also gave him a plaque with it which is super cool!
Not only did he get the big awards, but he got these too. No poor service ratings and No customer complaints. Well done sir.
SNES tester
NES Chip tester. This is something I also had not seen before. All of the yellow marks are so you know which way each chip needs to face. They all have pop out connections to easily swap in client's chips to see if they are working. I think its cool the feet were placed on the top of the NES lol. The owner was flown out to Washington specifically to do training on these.
Couple of signs
Sealed Refurbished units
Now this part is by system:
NES
lots of replacement cables for NES controllers and joycons
Zapper replacement
SUPER NINTENDO
NINTENDO 64
Those are power and reset buttons for those who cant see.
GAMEBOY
This piece is pretty cool. All drawers are filled with replacement parts/chips/whatever.
Over 500 unused Serial Numbers for different consoles for when they were refurbished.
Controller pads for days
Gameboy screens/lots of cleaning kits
NO idea what this was used for. If you do please lemme know.
The end! I took a ton more pictures but was trying to not make this absolutely insane.
To the Finder...
