liveinabin Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 hehe, heres an odd request. Anyone in US have, or know anyone who has a broken old Dreamcast? reason is, I wanna buy the lid. you know, the top GD-Rom access lid with the DC logo on it. There's nothing wrong with mine, but it has the blue euro Dreamcast swirl on and I hate it. I want orange dammit!!! Same with the controllers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 hahahaha man, im not for sure. ill look around, but im not sure if anyone is willing to rip thier lid off.... would you trade them the orange lid for the blue lid? that might be a little more tempting for them. As for controllers, I have no problem at all findinbg orange swirl dreamcast controllers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 18, 2002 Author Share Posted January 18, 2002 hahaha yeah I totally would trade That blue swirl thing sucks, Sega kept saying it was because the European market likes blue better than orange, it was REALLY because theres a publishing company in Europe with an orange swirl logo already. lying sods. But yeah, anybody who want to go for the REAL euro shenmue 2 experience, trade me your lid and controller for WONDERFUL euro blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 I think it would be cool to have a blue swirl over here in the states, very unique and somewhat of a conversation piece. I would be willing to make a trade like that, BUT, I'm afraid I couldn't do it with my working DC as I don't think I could be patient enough to wait for the blue logo lid to arrive in the mail (that would mean not being able to play it for a while). This being said, I'm sure others would feel the same way as me, and they might have more patience to wait for the lid to arrive...another thought might be to see if the logo itself can be removed without damaging it and just send the little plastic logo (I believe they are probably just on there like stickers), if that is possible, then we could both continue playing our DC's while we wait for the logo to arrive and be super glued back on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 18, 2002 Author Share Posted January 18, 2002 if that could be done, I'd go for that. Don't want to wreck the sticker tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 quote: Originally posted by liveinabin: if that could be done, I'd go for that. Don't want to wreck the sticker tho I'd suggest trying to pry it up a little bit with an exacto knife or something similiar to see if it is possible, I'll try it later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Hey Gunstar, maybe you two will start the next big thing: Forgien Exchange Swirls. As for Shenmue 2, ive heard its ok but i dunno.. now Headhunter, that sound like a fun game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 18, 2002 Author Share Posted January 18, 2002 Shenmue 2 is another great unemployment simulator. If you've ever had a dose of the real thing, this might lose its shine for you I'll get my surgical scalpel out tonight and have a pop at the label I can't believe I posted this haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 18, 2002 Author Share Posted January 18, 2002 Heck, I'll even trade boxes if anyone wants a 'full euro' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Ok, I just tried this with my artist's scrapel and it worked perfectly! The sticker is made of a reletively thick plastic, so it came up without a problem-I just did it slowly, so if your successful too, we'll exchange adresses and send them off to each other...I suggest putting the sticker on a bit of wax paper or something so it doesn't stick to the envelope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 quote: Originally posted by liveinabin: Heck, I'll even trade boxes if anyone wants a 'full euro' I have the box, in good condition, but I bought my system used, so it's an emty box-no styrofoam insert or anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 18, 2002 Author Share Posted January 18, 2002 Brilliant! I'M UPFOR THIS! Just one thing tho, shall we swap controller swirls too? We're gonna look silly with conflicting colour swirls on our systems. I'm not at home right now, but I think the controller label is made of the same stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 quote: Originally posted by liquid_sky: Hey Gunstar, maybe you two will start the next big thing: Forgien Exchange Swirls. As for Shenmue 2, ive heard its ok but i dunno.. now Headhunter, that sound like a fun game. Is Headhunter another Euro-only release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 quote: Originally posted by liveinabin: Brilliant! I'M UPFOR THIS! Just one thing tho, shall we swap controller swirls too? We're gonna look silly with conflicting colour swirls on our systems. I'm not at home right now, but I think the controller label is made of the same stuff. Why not? Sounds good to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 18, 2002 Author Share Posted January 18, 2002 Ok, shall we mail each other the labels AND the cardboard outers of the box (I'll keep my styrofoam inserts, they're bound to fit in a US box and they're too heavy to mail anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 this is great... proof that dreamcast players are no dummies. Ive been unemployed, It might seem too much like real life to me. As for headhunter, It is a europe only game that can roughly be compared to metal gear solid. Heres a link with a review http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/revie...ews/headhunter/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 quote: Originally posted by liveinabin: Ok, shall we mail each other the labels AND the cardboard outers of the box (I'll keep my styrofoam inserts, they're bound to fit in a US box and they're too heavy to mail anyway) OK, I would suggest filling the bxes with styrofoam peanuts or news papers or something to avoid crushing though...obviously we should wrap them as well to protect the outsides... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 18, 2002 Author Share Posted January 18, 2002 Good idea! They won't weigh very much so it should be pretty cheap. mail me with your address and I'll return it with mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 A suggestion guys: If you are not sending the packing materials from the boxes, you should flatten the boxes and send them that way. You'll probably end up paying way more to send the full size box even though it doesn't weigh much because the post office will "cube" the box, meaning that they will assign a weight to the box based on its size. For the US DC box this would come out to almost 6lbs (2.7Kg)...when the box actually weighs less than 1lb (.5Kg) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 18, 2002 Author Share Posted January 18, 2002 Good idea. Lets do that Gunstar. This man KNOWS packing (hey monkey, I forgot to tell you, your great packing saved my cube, UPS musta dropped something REALLY heavy on it, it took a nick out of the back lower corner of the system through 2 boxes but survived very happily. Thats ABS plastic, those guys must have thrown a piano at it! ) Okay Gunstar, its flat pack and wax paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 18, 2002 Author Share Posted January 18, 2002 This is gonna be SO cool -an orange swirl DC in UK and a euro-blue in US. Bush and Blair could take a page out of our book....er... Right, next console mod... VENEER THE PLAYSTATION! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 quote: Originally posted by liveinabin: those guys must have thrown a piano at it! ) It wouldn't surprise me... You do know that "fragile" is "shipping" code for "Wind up and place boot mark here with savage ferocity." I'm glad it made it in one piece though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 18, 2002 Author Share Posted January 18, 2002 Yeah, its mad! Poor little thing Perhaps thats why they didn't charge me much for import duty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 BTW: I have an orange swirl labeled DC case sitting in the closet. I replaced the case on my Asian DC with a clear pink one. I had to make a label for it too. Timing is everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Lost Monkey: It wouldn't surprise me... You do know that "fragile" is "shipping" code for "Wind up and place boot mark here with savage ferocity." I'm glad it made it in one piece though... This is true. I used to work for Airborn express as a driver and we would load our trucks via a conveyor belt that went in between the vehicles, and if someone missed grabbing a package, another driver WAAAY down the line would generally grab it and yell, "you missed one!" and actually chuck the box about fifty yards down to the other driver...i can tell you that it was very rarely actually caught and generally hit the cement floor or something...I couldn't believe how they handled packages (I, of course never did this *seriously*, because i send a lot of stuff and so I've got more respect.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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