decafmom Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 I bought the Gameboy SP Advance on BF, but found out here that there are ones that have the new, brighter screens. Just as an FYI for anyone else out there who didn't get the "new" one, I took mine back and exchanged it for the "new" one today with no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommie2one Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 I got my Sp bundle at Target. They were the ones with the "new and brighter screen". I haven't opened it, but thats whay it said on the box. Its a sliver blue color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decafmom Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 I got my Sp bundle at Target. They were the ones with the "new and brighter screen". I haven't opened it, but thats whay it said on the box. Its a sliver blue colorYes, the silver blue color is the new one, so I've been told. I just bought it alone at WM for $48.88 on BF. I was 2nd in line and had my choice of what color I wanted, and I chose navy blue, not knowing that the pearl blue was the better one! Wish I would have known then, but I got it fixed tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommie2one Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 It worked out getting the Target one as my daughter asked for the Mario Advance 2. Its almost $30 alone so it couldn't have worked out better for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decafmom Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 I should have looked at the bundle deals better - sounds like you got a great deal too. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommie2one Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I'll have to tell my sister-n-law about the brighter screen thing. She bought my nephew one (red I believe). Maybe she could exchange for a newer version one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best4less Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Pulled these pics off of Toysrus.com (pictures someone submitted). You can see the difference in the light between the "new" one and "old" one. I just got the newer one for my daughter but I'm not sure how much it will even matter. Don't know how often she will even use the back light. :) http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/ac/19/9364224128a093bc46686010.L.jpg http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/03/f6/0a7f224128a0a3bc46686010.L.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonnegutFan Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I was just going to post more about the screens but it looks like the pictures explain it all. Best4less- the backlight isn't really for dark gaming conditions (interestingly enough)... I use the light when playing in direct sunlight for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonnegutFan Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Oh, and just to clarify, I'm not sure what game the person in the pic is playing, but it DOES NOT represent the graphical capabilities of the Game Boy... The graphics are actually really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decafmom Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 Oh, wow, that's impressive! I'm so glad I exchanged it!! Thanks for sharing this information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffnatu Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 wow, that is a big differance. Son has the "older" sp. I didn't realize there was that big of a differance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best4less Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Oh, and just to clarify, I'm not sure what game the person in the pic is playing, but it DOES NOT represent the graphical capabilities of the Game Boy... The graphics are actually really nice. LOL yeah, it looks like they are playing some type of Atari game :) Thanks for letting me know about the back light too. Glad I got her the newer one then :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whafs8 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I am happy with my purchase a KM. I bought the bundle they had. It was the new one. With 2 gameboy advance games for 79 so i was really happy I would have liked the Target but no target close by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Lady Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Wow that shows a huge difference. I have the older one and really have no problem with the backlight. I can't imagine needing anything brighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossMAN Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 We have the "older" GBA SP which I'm happy with, not gonna drop $99 for a brighter screen. Add another $30 and get the Nintendo DS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wright1baby Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 We have the "older" GBA SP which I'm happy with, not gonna drop $99 for a brighter screen. Add another $30 and get the Nintendo DS.I agree. That's what DH and I decided b4 we started Christmas shopping this year. Not ready to drop another $150 bucks (x3-1 for each kid) when the SPs they have are only about a year old. Maybe next year--or even birthdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazymommy17801 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Well if anyone has one of these,,,the one with the inproved light or the one with the not so good light, that they want to get rid of please please PM me. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elena_398 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Glad I got the newer one at Target for the $68. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenofshopping Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I bought the Gameboy SP Advance on BF, but found out here that there are ones that have the new, brighter screens. Just as an FYI for anyone else out there who didn't get the "new" one, I took mine back and exchanged it for the "new" one today with no problem.im shocked they did that bc as far as i know the new ones weren't part of the bf sale...u got an awesome deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decafmom Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 im shocked they did that bc as far as i know the new ones weren't part of the bf sale...u got an awesome deal! I heard here that the new ones weren't supposed to be part of the sale after BF, but I know that they were handing lots of them out at my WM that day. One of my friends got one of the new ones and had to have the manager come adjust the price at checkout as it wouldn't ring up $48.88. I was 2nd in line and could have gotten one, but didn't know there was a difference in the system itself, and chose the dark blue one just because I liked it better. Well, now I have the pearl blue one and it will be fine. I should have just taken it to begin with, but I didn't know. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanni Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I heard here that the new ones weren't supposed to be part of the sale after BF, but I know that they were handing lots of them out at my WM that day. One of my friends got one of the new ones and had to have the manager come adjust the price at checkout as it wouldn't ring up $48.88. I was 2nd in line and could have gotten one, but didn't know there was a difference in the system itself, and chose the dark blue one just because I liked it better. Well, now I have the pearl blue one and it will be fine. I should have just taken it to begin with, but I didn't know. LOLI went through the same thing on BF at Walmart, the manager had to adjust the price for me as well. For some reason he thought saying to me that this model wasn't part of the sale was the end of our conversation. Silly manager:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetThomas1 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 You have been exchanging them for the newer ones and not having to pay the difference? If that is so, great deal! I ended up pming mine at the PX and I don't think they even have the new ones - I will have to check though. They are usually good about exchanging, pming, etc.! Thanks for the idea. I agree that I wouldn't pay the difference to get a new one, but to get it at the same price- YEAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teresa92 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 At my Walmart they handed out the new ones (behind the glass) while waiting for the blitz ones to come out of the backroom. At checkout it rang up $79, I mentioned the price difference and the csm came over and adjusted it. There were 15-20 of us in electronics that got these so I hope they were paying attention when they were rung up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msufroggy Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 thanks for sharing! I bought 2 gameboys on BF (they only had the red and blue gameboys...i think i will try to exchange mine too! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steakgoddess Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 We have the "older" GBA SP which I'm happy with, not gonna drop $99 for a brighter screen. Add another $30 and get the Nintendo DS.I don't even have the SP on my advance. I can't even justify the money dropping for the SP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler99199 Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I went into Wal-Mart 2 weeks before black friday and put mine on layaway. went to pick it up on BF and had the same problems it was ringing up 79. not the sale price. The girl in layaway said it is because i got one that is not the advertised one. I argued for a little and finally got them to give me the sale price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civicracinggirl7 Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 the "new brighter screen" sp's are a little TOO bright, IMO. the girl i babysit for got one, and i tried it out. i didn't see a difference with it at first, but then i pressed the light button and it was too bright for me to play. basically it seems like they just eliminated the option to have no backlight, put the regular backlight on the no backlight setting, and added one that's too bright for some people to play on :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msufroggy Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 I just exchanged my blue and red GB's for the "brighter screen" sets today! thanks to this thread! :) They were ringing up the same during the exchange, but the girl wanted to double check anyways (what's the difference if they are ringing up the same, though! DUHHH) at first the manager told me that they aren't the same, that those were $69, so I said (haha) "oh well if they are $69, and the normal price of my BF sets were $79, i should get some money back, right???" Well that changed his mind and said "it's ok to exchange!" Well we shouldn't have even went thru that if they are RINGING UP THE SAME AMOUNTS ANYWAYS!!!! STUPID PEOPLE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decafmom Posted December 8, 2005 Author Share Posted December 8, 2005 Glad you were able to exchange your GBs!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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