If there's one thing we'll say about both the original and replacement wrist straps from Nintendo, it's that dust just clings to them. Seriously, maybe we're just disgusting slobs, but our straps are spotted with ... well, spots of dust. It frustrates us and after seeing one intrepid blogger's easy time of adding color to their own wrist straps, we're ready to give it a go ourselves. All one needs is some dye and good old life-giving water, allowing for a change in Wiimote appearance an ordeal that lasts only minutes.
Anyone else willing to give this a go?
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5-02-2007 @ 4:09PM
Gordon said...
nah im good, besides i dont have any problems with dust spots or whatever. im very neat with my wii stuff tyvm.
:-)
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5-02-2007 @ 4:19PM
hvnlysoldr said...
I'm wondering if that wrist strap replacement program is still going so I can nab some free ones. I would have preferred orange colored everything.
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5-02-2007 @ 8:39PM
Kristian said...
I think I might try this... hmmm. I know I am trying this, I already went to my locals Michaels store and bought the dye. I bought Blue, Red, Green and Orange. I will let you know how they turn out tonight. This is actually sounding fun... lol
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5-02-2007 @ 9:36PM
Dorian Gray said...
(The next day, at the watercooler...)
Colleague: Hey, man - what the f&#$ happened to your wrist? Is that a blue stripe?
Wiiplayer: Umm, no (pause)...It's two blue stripes duct-taped together, biotch!! Wii FTK!!
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5-02-2007 @ 11:30PM
Grog said...
Why would you provide a link to Wiimote tags? That's kinda useless...
But I'll definitely see if my wife will do this. She loves the crafty things, and it'd make it a lot easier to tell my Wiimotes apart (without screwing with opening them up and adding LEDs).
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5-02-2007 @ 11:36PM
trainwrecka said...
cool... BUT ... can i dye the whole wiimote? that would be sweet... probably leave it nonfunctional though.
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5-03-2007 @ 3:07AM
steve said...
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5-03-2007 @ 6:48AM
Barry said...
I like it. Nice and simple :)
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5-03-2007 @ 7:58AM
Tim said...
Mine are dust free. Who knows, maybe you are slobs?
These look fun, but I have a suspicion that the dye will fade easily.
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5-05-2007 @ 1:04AM
FR3SH JIV3 said...
Sounds easy enough, like making easter eggs again. Hmmmm, two tone from dripping each end in a different color and maybe giving them a light twist in the middle to blend. It might work. Tye-dye those suckers. Put little drops for polka dots. Just brainstorming here but it seems like there are a lot of possibilities here. What is the exact material the straps are made of, anyone have a guess? The plastic pieces and the strap.
I know I didn't need the replacement straps for my Wii and extra controller, but I went ahead and ordered them anyways. Free and arrived in maybe 4 days. I think you can get up to four straps for free but I didn't want to go crazy greedy and I do legitimately own two Wii controllers.
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