Hi Elliot, I have access to and work with these kiosks (we have about 15 kiosks in stock and plenty of spare parts). The 3DS on the right should be a New 3DS XL because the holder is larger. We also fixed the cut power cables, as the consoles weren't receiving enough voltage.
the nintendo 3ds used to have a sort of video to showcaase the stereoscopic 3D, i believe it was called the boxyard tentative 3D experience. I deleted it off my 3DS (it came with it) years ago and it wouldnt let me redownload it.
Hi, I’m a ex employee of Nintendo of America, worked there for about 3 years. Near the end of me working there I destroyed around 20 of those 3DS displays personally but near the end we were told to start just gutting them instead because the metal bodies we’re becoming inconvenient for scraping. There is a mild chance I did that or know the person who did that. You’re welcome 😊
I love how this is the exact formula of all of those fake resto channels, but actually legitimate. The whole, finding stuff outside randomly, thing. I remember seeing one of a guy who found a Bugatti Divo model car, buried in the dirt, half rusted away, within the first few months of the Divo’s production.
I saw a guy find a rusty pc in a river and he bathed it in water overnight before scrubbing it with dish soap and baking soda or something? Then magically after another 5 minutes he gets it working. Yeah i hate those ones because sometimes they’re so obviously fake 😐
little tip for rust removal, a dilute solution of food grade citric acid and dish soap works wonders on sensitive parts. a youtube channel named "Backyard Ballistics" uses this in their firearm restoration content
@Shocked_Joe correct, 2DS looks awful but is a joy to hold, plus at the time the cheaper cost was a great way for people to get into the 3DS game library
Seeing something like this restored is insanely important to me. The 3DS was a big part of me growing up so naturally any piece of 3DS history being restored and preserved makes me so happy to see. Thank you for taking the time to restore a stand that has probably been on the side of the road for a decade or so.
FYI: Nintendo modifies a lot of their kiosk hardware to no longer have batteries… everything from a console-powered N64 Rumble Pak and a Wii Remote with a mini-DIN tether to the nunchuk port… both with the battery doors glued shut. If the 2DS and 3DS XL will work without a battery it may be best to remove them so that they will not always sit at 100% charge.
these 3DS kiosks don't work like that. the 3DS consoles inside these kiosks have a resister moved on the board that makes them only turn on ( automatically ) when power is supplied, the new 3DS versions also don't have a working home button iirc. But they won't function without the battery inserted.
Thank you. I’m going to guess he won’t want to modify his rare green 2DS like that, but is this documented anywhere so we can potentially replicate it? Did they physically disable the Home button, leave it unpopulated on the PCB, or disable it in software/firmware? Thanks!
@@emmettturner9452 I don't fully understand how the home button is disabled on the New 3DS and new 3DSXL kiosk consoles, couldn't figure it out, on the regular 3DS and 3DS XL the home button won't work once the kiosk is turned on because of the demo carts inserted that auto-boot disabling the usage of it, but this is not the case for the new 3DS and New 3DSXL As for the moved resistor, there are pictures online of the motherboard and where the tiny resistor is that needs to be moved one spot. I have the images saved somewhere, someone made a post about it on a forum somewhere, I think you should be able to find it through google.
@@emmettturner9452 its a mix of software and hardware, but the main thing is the kiosk mode resistor which modifies the behavior of the home and power buttons
the batteries have a temperature sensor built in, that's why most batteries have 3 contacts. he will have to modify the 3DSs with a resistor of a value that would indicate a normal temperature.
Extremely cool to preserve a piece of history like this! Another thought...to make it look more like store units, you could also use uninitialized 3DSes (in other words, right after factory resetting/before setting up the system for the first time) and use a button combination to start the 3DS game card software directly. I believe it's by holding ABXY+R, while powering the system on. This will boot the 3DS card directly, without needing to go through setup first, and the home button will simply power off the system instead. This is very similar to kiosk mode.
@@Cheese-X01 it depends on the kiosk, this kiosk rather than being a game demo looks like it was for the system itself, so it probably came with kiosk version handhelds, which were usually normal handhelds with a jumper shorted to put it in kiosk mode, which would make them unusable when removed from the kiosk
@@TheRetroFuture huge tip!!! Use hydroproxide cream 50v to whiten up the plastic with out damaging it 😁 Us restorers use it to whiten up stormtroopers and other yellow plastics
Probably one of my favorite videos you've done. It's such a niche refurbish, not often you see old retail demo kiosks anymore, now its all replaced with those kiosks built into walls of entire store shelves like the Nintendo Switch section of Target or Best Buy. I used to love these! I even recall a ps3 kiosk similar to this, can't remember where I saw it tho. Interestingly enough tho, in the early 2010s my orthodontist had a ps3 kiosk built into the wall of the kids waiting room so we could play co-op together, no demos!
Nice find! I'm jelly. I saw one of these 3DS stands at the Nintendo booth at a local mall.... and then one day, the whole booth was gone. I ended up buying 3 New3DS XL units, and still play games on them every day. Coca-Cola contains phosphoric acid, which is the active ingredient in Naval Jelly, used aboard ships to remove rust from steel surfaces.
@@snerttt and its used on much thicker stuff and they run the risk of shattering like a potato chip, i was also figuring the type of plastic, the stuff they use for what looks to be vacuum forming isnt very good to begin with. plastic only gets worse as it accumulates damage over time, most decent quality plastic still has a good number of years before this is an issue but this one is probably starting to approach brittle on its own without the extra damage
You know, for a company with such a storied legacy, I don't think I've ever seen a corporation like Nintendo that's quite as hostile towards both its customers and its own history.
As an old school retro guy I dip my head to you. It took me ages to restore my first C64 and Amiga to its former glory and I know it's hard work. My Christmas project will by a restoration of my old PS1, looking forward to this. Thanks for all the cool videos in 2024 and have a peaceful Christmas 🎄
Hey, a little tip for the future. For removing rust from plastic lemon juice works wonders, something about the acidity I guess. Helped me tremendously with vinyl bits in my car. As for the yellowing, you could try retrobrighting, it doesn't seem as aggressive as bleaching.
I just know if objects could feel emotion, it would be smiling and feeling very loved. nice job! Thank you for preserving part of my childhood! (even if i never had a 3DS or 2DS i remember seeing these and playing on them in stores)
Beautiful work Elliot! Always wonderful to see something like this restored and put to use rather than being thrown in a junkyard. Love the effort you made to recreate the signs and stickers!
I remember when I was young, playing Kirby Robobot on the 3ds kiosk in Gamestop. Although you can tell, at least in my Gamestop, they kept the kiosk but refit it for the Switch. I can't help but remember that December, cold air somehow has a way to make you feel nostalgic
I’ve been keeping up with your other channel as well but to see this entire video made me unbelievably happy. Perfectly edited, the humor and jokes always make me smile. Wry well done good sir. Wildly fantastic to see you back in form.
Videos like this make me so happy the internet exists. Watching you rescue and repair, with such a view to keeping original as far as possible, something that so many people encountered and enjoyed, and otherwise should have been long since destroyed, is something I never could have done otherwise, but thoroughly enjoyed. I remember encountering these kinda displays, and it's oddly endeering to know they're not all gone.
It's been a little while since I've seen a RF video, i think between a year, and I must say, Elliot it's been incredible seeing how far you've come along. I've been subbed since sub 50k and seeing your skills this polished has been a treat. From one person who loves to tear shit down and see how it's put together, to another, cheers mate
10:02 I like when people use simpler programs to accomplish great results, that shows more skills than just plopping a photoshop because everyone uses it and it has tools to take your hand
Glad this video was on my feed. This is hands down the coolest gaming kiosk find I’ve seen so far. You are very lucky to have this one and restore it. You did a great job and what an excellent piece to own!
i appreciate how well you cleaned it up but im surprised that you didnt reverse the yellowing of the top plastic or put an XL 3ds in at the end XD. then again, if you had, im not sure what i would have had to comment on.
One of my favorite videos from your channel. Idk why? Theres always something about the detail on restoratioj on somerhing others wouldn't care as much. Glad to have watched this thriugh the end. God bless❤
Great video!! I am not much of a Nintendo guy, but I love the refurb!! Something I would have fun doing myself. Zippo or Ronsonol lighter fluid is the best I have found for removing adhesives without destroying the surface like GooGone does. Most adhesives I have used it on will turn into tacky balls of gel. Paper stickers almost always lift right off with a minute or two of saturation time. The saturation time helps reduce scrubbing. However it will still evaporate, so don't let it sit too long. For plastic stickers, start at the edges and continue saturation while pulling up on the sticker to expose more adhesive as you go along saturating. A long time ago Zippo printed right on the can, "Great for removing adhesives" (or something similar). I wish I could say it was my idea, but it's not. Never the less, great job!! Keep up the great work.
those vending machine locks are actually incredibly unsecure, its just that the lockpicks for them are really weird and most people who steal from vending machines are comfortable just smashing them open.
This definitely needed some footage of you roaming about in a garbage dump with a stick poking at random things before you unconvincingly cut to the photo of the roadside find.
This is so nice man! Restoring the Nintendo 3DS game kiosk to his original condition! Awesome dude! I never had the Nintendo 3DS in it's prime years. I bought a 2DS XL in 2019. Still a good handheld man. So bad these kiosks are not in use anymore (only by collectors of retro video games and computer museums).
Amazing that you find one of those i wish i had one of my own to put in my room, it would look great in one specific spot, and be a great novelty to have!
Maybe retrobrite will work on the plastic? I have done thinner material than that with it. The only issue is we lack the sun now for 6 months in the UK.
I love how other TH-camrs are like "I refurbished this pokemon cartridge/arcade cabinet" and Elliot is like "So I found a 3DS store display on the side of the road" lmfao. It's the most cracked content and I'm here for it.
Retaining the blue smudges in your restored printed plaque was a huge mistake (considering everything else was done so cleanly and perfectly). I’d suggest uploading the original scan-and someone is bound to restore it perfectly for you - and send back a reply with a perfect JPG or BMP 24 hours later that you can print.
I genuinely love these videos, the moment I saw it in my recommended, I just HAD to watch it. Would love to see more of these types of restoration videos!
Im gonna recommend you to use white vinegar instead of coke for removing rust as it works better and wont let anything sticky if it spills, and also say that the base on the stand used to have a white “sandpaper floor” (like skates), not sure why, but afaik they had that. Also I think the washers at 19:45 go outside the metal piece (but not sure). Pretty cool piece you got there my man!
Dear Elliot, (sorry if I misspelled your name). I've been following your channel for many years and I've been amazed by your attention to detail while you being still able to manage to put out entertaining content. As someone who's been engulfed with recycling and the likes, it's always great to see someone taking care of old stuff that has been chasted to the forgotten realms of the digital past. I thoroughly enjoy your attention to detail, which (coming from an expert from the field) comes excrucitiangly handy when it comes to relationships as well (one way or another). I applaud you beaing able to managedto move homes (and borderline countries) at a relatively rapid pace and that through such projects you managed to pick up some very important life lessons as well. Keep up the good work and spread the message!
What I find hilarious about this is that someone had clearly taken the DS's because they're "valuable" but then dumped the kiosk, and to the right person that kiosk is worth way more than any 3DS would be great job mate
My God, it's fantastic. The amount of work and effort put to save this piece of Nintendo history is so fascinating. It's always a pleasure to witness a miracle of restoring things like these. Thank you, Elliot.
This is a thing of beauty. Real inspo. I built a bookshelf recently, and felt proud of myself... then I look at this and I know I have much further to grow.
one of the most satisfying videos i watching in this year, It is simply moving to see how the past comes back to life with just a little support and hands willing to act.
I've never gotten my hands on that smaller 3DS kiosk you have, I have a different model of countertop 3DS kiosk. And I could never confirm whether or not it used the same keys as this bigger 3DS kiosk ( the model countertop kiosk I have has different locks ). So this is great information to have! I make keys for these kiosks after all, if you need one of the keys for the locks on the back, I can send one. I also still have two styluses on cables that go in the 3DS holder brackets back from when I duplicated some for my own kiosks if you're interested. Really nice job on the restoration there.
You are simply brilliant when it comes to restoring Nintendo's stuff dude . Keep up 👍🏾😃 the excellent job you always do and share them with us . Greetings from south America Brazil 🇧🇷. I always watch your videos 😊
That Coca Cola trick has certainly worked for me. I’ve been drinking a couple of bottles a day for the last 30 years and I’m not rusty at all.
My mum literally has the last name "Rust". Next time she bothers me, should I give her a can of Coke? /j
@@mitchib1440YESSIR haha
Lighting McQueen: Try our medicated bumper oil Rust-eze ka-chow
Dad? Is that you? Have you got your smokes yet... please come back.
Diabetes is waiting for you, in afraid
Hi Elliot, I have access to and work with these kiosks (we have about 15 kiosks in stock and plenty of spare parts). The 3DS on the right should be a New 3DS XL because the holder is larger. We also fixed the cut power cables, as the consoles weren't receiving enough voltage.
Hear me out: Modded 3DS homebrew demos on those screens, having tech demos from that scene on display would be FIRE
Yeah I agree 👍:)
@hugdealer8336vryt*whipsers* there was hentai animes on the 3DS, well “tech demo”s of it ;)
it's the exact kind of thing that would make nintendo LOSE IT and that's exactly why i wanna see this
Sonic Unleashed for 3DS yes please.
the nintendo 3ds used to have a sort of video to showcaase the stereoscopic 3D, i believe it was called the boxyard tentative 3D experience. I deleted it off my 3DS (it came with it) years ago and it wouldnt let me redownload it.
i am a photoshop wizard and honestly was impressed by your paint skills. you actually are and i cannot believe i am gonna say this, A PAINT WIZARD. GG
I am also a photoshop wizard
This is a paint job. I can tell because of the pigments.
Ikr that was insanely satisfying to watch
Self proclaimed wizards cast the weakest spells.
That's not paint lol
"Today I'm going to be attempting to restore something that should have been destroyed long ago"
😂😂😂😂 can't be, he's way too tall to be froto
@@OG_Kalbasa Frotto lol
video must start with him holding a partially melted ring in one hand, and holding back a hobbit trying to grab it with the other.
Made me chuckle lol
Hi, I’m a ex employee of Nintendo of America, worked there for about 3 years. Near the end of me working there I destroyed around 20 of those 3DS displays personally but near the end we were told to start just gutting them instead because the metal bodies we’re becoming inconvenient for scraping. There is a mild chance I did that or know the person who did that. You’re welcome 😊
Scrappers would have come for it eventually. That much metal doesnt just go to waste on the Side of the road.
Nintendo: Imma get you both of you for this 🥰🥰
What was it like working there?
@@arturoporraz6046 I don't think Nintendo would care honestly. It's a kiosk.
@@arturoporraz6046 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
I love how this is the exact formula of all of those fake resto channels, but actually legitimate. The whole, finding stuff outside randomly, thing. I remember seeing one of a guy who found a Bugatti Divo model car, buried in the dirt, half rusted away, within the first few months of the Divo’s production.
hate those fake ones, all though they are still fun to watch
I saw a guy find a rusty pc in a river and he bathed it in water overnight before scrubbing it with dish soap and baking soda or something? Then magically after another 5 minutes he gets it working. Yeah i hate those ones because sometimes they’re so obviously fake 😐
little tip for rust removal, a dilute solution of food grade citric acid and dish soap works wonders on sensitive parts. a youtube channel named "Backyard Ballistics" uses this in their firearm restoration content
I was thinking of this, it's supossed to be better than evaporust while way cheaper, but i gues Coca-Cola worked too
I've commented this on other channels, and was about to do it here, you beat me to it.
Those Store Displays are amazing and a nice time-stamp on handheld gaming history.
F in chat for the murdered 3DS's taken from the stand.
I believe one is a 3ds and another it a 2ds
@Shocked_Joe correct, 2DS looks awful but is a joy to hold, plus at the time the cheaper cost was a great way for people to get into the 3DS game library
Seeing something like this restored is insanely important to me. The 3DS was a big part of me growing up so naturally any piece of 3DS history being restored and preserved makes me so happy to see. Thank you for taking the time to restore a stand that has probably been on the side of the road for a decade or so.
FYI: Nintendo modifies a lot of their kiosk hardware to no longer have batteries… everything from a console-powered N64 Rumble Pak and a Wii Remote with a mini-DIN tether to the nunchuk port… both with the battery doors glued shut. If the 2DS and 3DS XL will work without a battery it may be best to remove them so that they will not always sit at 100% charge.
these 3DS kiosks don't work like that. the 3DS consoles inside these kiosks have a resister moved on the board that makes them only turn on ( automatically ) when power is supplied, the new 3DS versions also don't have a working home button iirc. But they won't function without the battery inserted.
Thank you. I’m going to guess he won’t want to modify his rare green 2DS like that, but is this documented anywhere so we can potentially replicate it? Did they physically disable the Home button, leave it unpopulated on the PCB, or disable it in software/firmware? Thanks!
@@emmettturner9452 I don't fully understand how the home button is disabled on the New 3DS and new 3DSXL kiosk consoles, couldn't figure it out, on the regular 3DS and 3DS XL the home button won't work once the kiosk is turned on because of the demo carts inserted that auto-boot disabling the usage of it, but this is not the case for the new 3DS and New 3DSXL
As for the moved resistor, there are pictures online of the motherboard and where the tiny resistor is that needs to be moved one spot. I have the images saved somewhere, someone made a post about it on a forum somewhere, I think you should be able to find it through google.
@@emmettturner9452 its a mix of software and hardware, but the main thing is the kiosk mode resistor which modifies the behavior of the home and power buttons
the batteries have a temperature sensor built in, that's why most batteries have 3 contacts. he will have to modify the 3DSs with a resistor of a value that would indicate a normal temperature.
As a graphic designer - you did wonderful with the recreations of those cards! They look almost exactly like the originals.
one of the fonts is looks a lot bolder than the original, and next time he should add some crop marks. pretty great job though
Extremely cool to preserve a piece of history like this!
Another thought...to make it look more like store units, you could also use uninitialized 3DSes (in other words, right after factory resetting/before setting up the system for the first time) and use a button combination to start the 3DS game card software directly. I believe it's by holding ABXY+R, while powering the system on. This will boot the 3DS card directly, without needing to go through setup first, and the home button will simply power off the system instead. This is very similar to kiosk mode.
That is , if I remember correctly, exactly what they would do for most kiosks.
@@Cheese-X01 it depends on the kiosk, this kiosk rather than being a game demo looks like it was for the system itself, so it probably came with kiosk version handhelds, which were usually normal handhelds with a jumper shorted to put it in kiosk mode, which would make them unusable when removed from the kiosk
Christmas came early! incredible video as usual Elliot!
Thank you!❤
@@TheRetroFuture huge tip!!! Use hydroproxide cream 50v to whiten up the plastic with out damaging it 😁
Us restorers use it to whiten up stormtroopers and other yellow plastics
@@TheRetroFuture pcb way are bad to be sponsored by expect you to do all 5he work and all they offer is little in return
Probably one of my favorite videos you've done. It's such a niche refurbish, not often you see old retail demo kiosks anymore, now its all replaced with those kiosks built into walls of entire store shelves like the Nintendo Switch section of Target or Best Buy. I used to love these! I even recall a ps3 kiosk similar to this, can't remember where I saw it tho. Interestingly enough tho, in the early 2010s my orthodontist had a ps3 kiosk built into the wall of the kids waiting room so we could play co-op together, no demos!
21:14 Number 2 instruction has misspelled the word "Preferred", still love the video and a really great job on the restoration!
Nice find! I'm jelly.
I saw one of these 3DS stands at the Nintendo booth at a local mall.... and then one day, the whole booth was gone.
I ended up buying 3 New3DS XL units, and still play games on them every day.
Coca-Cola contains phosphoric acid, which is the active ingredient in Naval Jelly, used aboard ships to remove rust from steel surfaces.
6:37 Hydrogen peroxide and UV light can help un-yellow yellowed plastic.
Its called retrobrighting, and its pretty easy to set up
bad idea on stuff this thin, it also makes the plastic brittle, its accelerated sunbleaching which is just a different kind of chemical damage
@@nickolaswilcox425not really, it's usually used on other consumer electronics that are thinner than this and I haven't heard of any issues.
@@snerttt and its used on much thicker stuff and they run the risk of shattering like a potato chip, i was also figuring the type of plastic, the stuff they use for what looks to be vacuum forming isnt very good to begin with.
plastic only gets worse as it accumulates damage over time, most decent quality plastic still has a good number of years before this is an issue but this one is probably starting to approach brittle on its own without the extra damage
@@nickolaswilcox425the yellowing makes it brittle to begin with
You know, for a company with such a storied legacy, I don't think I've ever seen a corporation like Nintendo that's quite as hostile towards both its customers and its own history.
Yeah it's like they hate their own heritage LMFAO.
@@bradlauk1419 Yeah, but they'll let you enjoy it again if you give them £12 every month ;)
As an old school retro guy I dip my head to you. It took me ages to restore my first C64 and Amiga to its former glory and I know it's hard work. My Christmas project will by a restoration of my old PS1, looking forward to this. Thanks for all the cool videos in 2024 and have a peaceful Christmas 🎄
Elliot, I hope you get the recognition you deserve for putting so much effort into preserving video game history!
That kiosk is very fortunate to end up in your caring hands. Awesome work as usual, especially with your dedication to the card recreations!
Great Job, your attention to detail and keeping close to the original is what makes this restoration satisfying.
Hey, a little tip for the future. For removing rust from plastic lemon juice works wonders, something about the acidity I guess. Helped me tremendously with vinyl bits in my car. As for the yellowing, you could try retrobrighting, it doesn't seem as aggressive as bleaching.
No project is truly complete without a little percussive persuasion. Glad to see the mallet helping out :D
I just know if objects could feel emotion, it would be smiling and feeling very loved. nice job! Thank you for preserving part of my childhood! (even if i never had a 3DS or 2DS i remember seeing these and playing on them in stores)
Beautiful work Elliot! Always wonderful to see something like this restored and put to use rather than being thrown in a junkyard. Love the effort you made to recreate the signs and stickers!
I remember when I was young, playing Kirby Robobot on the 3ds kiosk in Gamestop. Although you can tell, at least in my Gamestop, they kept the kiosk but refit it for the Switch. I can't help but remember that December, cold air somehow has a way to make you feel nostalgic
You did awesome job there. Great video as always.
I’ve been keeping up with your other channel as well but to see this entire video made me unbelievably happy. Perfectly edited, the humor and jokes always make me smile. Wry well done good sir. Wildly fantastic to see you back in form.
The label recreation was a great sucess even if not in photoshop, you did an amazing job
Videos like this make me so happy the internet exists.
Watching you rescue and repair, with such a view to keeping original as far as possible, something that so many people encountered and enjoyed, and otherwise should have been long since destroyed, is something I never could have done otherwise, but thoroughly enjoyed.
I remember encountering these kinda displays, and it's oddly endeering to know they're not all gone.
It's been a little while since I've seen a RF video, i think between a year, and I must say, Elliot it's been incredible seeing how far you've come along. I've been subbed since sub 50k and seeing your skills this polished has been a treat. From one person who loves to tear shit down and see how it's put together, to another, cheers mate
10:02 I like when people use simpler programs to accomplish great results, that shows more skills than just plopping a photoshop because everyone uses it and it has tools to take your hand
Thankyou for saving this piece of history. Awesome video!
Sponsorship ends at 1:42
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Great Job, Elliot! I think you struck the perfect balance between restoration and rejuvenation, keeping it as original as possible.
Spot on analysis. Thanks for teaching!
Glad this video was on my feed. This is hands down the coolest gaming kiosk find I’ve seen so far. You are very lucky to have this one and restore it. You did a great job and what an excellent piece to own!
21:02 you spelt preferred wrong nooooooo
GAHHHHH! YOU MADE ME SEE IT NOWWWW
After watching this video I went out a bulk bought magic erasers, no idea why.
i appreciate how well you cleaned it up but im surprised that you didnt reverse the yellowing of the top plastic or put an XL 3ds in at the end XD. then again, if you had, im not sure what i would have had to comment on.
opportunity for part 2: getting a 3DS running in kiosk mode with one of the many kiosk dumps out there
Same lol, I was waiting until I realized he decided to keep the yellow
One of my favorite videos from your channel. Idk why? Theres always something about the detail on restoratioj on somerhing others wouldn't care as much. Glad to have watched this thriugh the end. God bless❤
I enjoy watching restoration videos like this, great job saving and fixing that 3DS kiosk, Elliott! 😊
This is so wild!! I love how it turned out so much1 Great job! :)
Elliot, our hero! ❤️
Great video!! I am not much of a Nintendo guy, but I love the refurb!! Something I would have fun doing myself. Zippo or Ronsonol lighter fluid is the best I have found for removing adhesives without destroying the surface like GooGone does. Most adhesives I have used it on will turn into tacky balls of gel. Paper stickers almost always lift right off with a minute or two of saturation time. The saturation time helps reduce scrubbing. However it will still evaporate, so don't let it sit too long. For plastic stickers, start at the edges and continue saturation while pulling up on the sticker to expose more adhesive as you go along saturating. A long time ago Zippo printed right on the can, "Great for removing adhesives" (or something similar). I wish I could say it was my idea, but it's not. Never the less, great job!! Keep up the great work.
I'd honestly use white vinegar over coke for rust removal. That or boiling. Stellar job!
You just saved a huge part of a lot of people's childhoods... thank you for doing this!
6:10 - nice slippers
Absolutely amazing work!
those vending machine locks are actually incredibly unsecure, its just that the lockpicks for them are really weird and most people who steal from vending machines are comfortable just smashing them open.
But this is standing inside a store. Would be more easy to steal a original boxed Nintendo
Thanks for saving this.. happy holidays bro
This definitely needed some footage of you roaming about in a garbage dump with a stick poking at random things before you unconvincingly cut to the photo of the roadside find.
A bit of gaming history successfully RESTORED - love it :) Great video.
This video was so satisfying to watch! I watched every minute of it!
awesome restoration job!! i had fun watching every minute of it!
Your graphic skills are amazing. Great job!
One of the best restoration video! The attention to detail especially to the cardboard 3ds display is incredible.
Missed opportunity to make a video with the LockPickingLawyer :p
"this is the lockpickinglawyer, and what I have for you today is this rare nintendo 3ds kiosk, on loan to me from elliot from the retro future"
Or Mcnally. "This is a Nintendo 3DS kiosk. It can be opened with a Nintendo 3DS kiosk" Followed by incredibly loud bashing
"This is the lockpi.. I'm done!"
Unlocked a memory for me! I remember these in the local Argos store! Thanks for the nostalgia trip.
this mans a national treasure
This is so nice man! Restoring the Nintendo 3DS game kiosk to his original condition! Awesome dude! I never had the Nintendo 3DS in it's prime years. I bought a 2DS XL in 2019. Still a good handheld man. So bad these kiosks are not in use anymore (only by collectors of retro video games and computer museums).
That's the same unit they had at a ticketed pre-launch event I was at! They had Ocarina 3D as a playable demo!
Amazing that you find one of those i wish i had one of my own to put in my room, it would look great in one specific spot, and be a great novelty to have!
Maybe retrobrite will work on the plastic? I have done thinner material than that with it. The only issue is we lack the sun now for 6 months in the UK.
You did a outstanding work men I love it. Its perfect
Typo at 10:26 "preffered" instead of "preferred"
Yeah I noticed this too. Hopefully he sees this so he can fix it for himself!
Also missing the capitalised T in
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Take 3D photos
Well done mate, it’s nice seeing history being rebuilt instead of being destroyed
13:16 I love my Coke with tetanus in it
Good one.
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for preserving this beauty!
I love how other TH-camrs are like "I refurbished this pokemon cartridge/arcade cabinet" and Elliot is like "So I found a 3DS store display on the side of the road" lmfao.
It's the most cracked content and I'm here for it.
Out here doing God's work!! It's so nostalgic to see it back up and working again, tysm for putting in the time for it
“One of these being in the hands of a private collector is incredibly rare” … “So I used the key from my other one”
Beautiful restoration video and effort, from start to finish. The end result is great, congrats mate!
Retaining the blue smudges in your restored printed plaque was a huge mistake (considering everything else was done so cleanly and perfectly). I’d suggest uploading the original scan-and someone is bound to restore it perfectly for you - and send back a reply with a perfect JPG or BMP 24 hours later that you can print.
Well hopefully when you restore your own you won't make the same "mistake".
@@hankbizzo5 LOL
@@hankbizzo5he wouldn’t be able to find one and there’s nothing wrong with giving tips or help
I genuinely love these videos, the moment I saw it in my recommended, I just HAD to watch it. Would love to see more of these types of restoration videos!
You probably put more care into restoring that than was used in original assembly. The mark of a good conservator. Well done!
There is something so satisfying in seeing things being restored to their former glory!
To be honest, the kiosk was in rather nice condition except for a couple rusty places.
Nice work Elliott!
So much work went into this video!
Thanks epic way for me to spend my lunch break at work watching this!
Im gonna recommend you to use white vinegar instead of coke for removing rust as it works better and wont let anything sticky if it spills, and also say that the base on the stand used to have a white “sandpaper floor” (like skates), not sure why, but afaik they had that. Also I think the washers at 19:45 go outside the metal piece (but not sure).
Pretty cool piece you got there my man!
This video was satisfying not gonna lie please make more and the music choices was also a nice touch 😀
Behold the power of retro console Jesus, who has bestowed second life to yet another piece of gaming history.
Dear Elliot,
(sorry if I misspelled your name). I've been following your channel for many years and I've been amazed by your attention to detail while you being still able to manage to put out entertaining content. As someone who's been engulfed with recycling and the likes, it's always great to see someone taking care of old stuff that has been chasted to the forgotten realms of the digital past. I thoroughly enjoy your attention to detail, which (coming from an expert from the field) comes excrucitiangly handy when it comes to relationships as well (one way or another). I applaud you beaing able to managedto move homes (and borderline countries) at a relatively rapid pace and that through such projects you managed to pick up some very important life lessons as well. Keep up the good work and spread the message!
Very kind and thoughtful comment. Thank you so much ❤
What I find hilarious about this is that someone had clearly taken the DS's because they're "valuable" but then dumped the kiosk, and to the right person that kiosk is worth way more than any 3DS would be
great job mate
My God, it's fantastic. The amount of work and effort put to save this piece of Nintendo history is so fascinating. It's always a pleasure to witness a miracle of restoring things like these. Thank you, Elliot.
20:24 finished
This is a thing of beauty. Real inspo. I built a bookshelf recently, and felt proud of myself... then I look at this and I know I have much further to grow.
huh never thought anyone would be fixing one of these but if i had to guess it would be elliot
Nice work restoring that kiosk!
Excellent restoration video Elliot...glued to screen
You redid the cards yourself, even taking one of the pictures yourself? Man you are amazing!!!
Fantastic video, I really enjoyed seeing this thing come back to life
one of the most satisfying videos i watching in this year, It is simply moving to see how the past comes back to life with just a little support and hands willing to act.
This video was beautiful Elliot, Bravo!
I've never gotten my hands on that smaller 3DS kiosk you have, I have a different model of countertop 3DS kiosk. And I could never confirm whether or not it used the same keys as this bigger 3DS kiosk ( the model countertop kiosk I have has different locks ). So this is great information to have!
I make keys for these kiosks after all, if you need one of the keys for the locks on the back, I can send one. I also still have two styluses on cables that go in the 3DS holder brackets back from when I duplicated some for my own kiosks if you're interested.
Really nice job on the restoration there.
W o w, excellent job! Particuarly with the card inserts, great job recreating them. What a cool display.
I absolutely loved this video. The exact niche and satisfying type of content that I subscribed for!
You are simply brilliant when it comes to restoring Nintendo's stuff dude . Keep up 👍🏾😃 the excellent job you always do and share them with us . Greetings from south America Brazil 🇧🇷. I always watch your videos 😊