Stephen at Aeropause was browsing eBay, as people tend to do when they want to get into wallet-crushing trouble, and found a cool new
mod for Wiimotes. A Chinese company called Shenzhen GC Electronics Co. is producing replacement faceplates for the
Wiimote, with extra buttons and everything. You just take out the screws, pull the
face off and replace. And to make this operation as simple as possible, each faceplate includes the required
Tri-Wing screwdriver (which also lets you open up pretty much any Nintendo product.)
Given the frequent difficulties with eBay sellers based in China or Hong Kong, we'd buy this from a retailer, through which you could probably get some kind of buyer protection. We don't know anything about
T-Move or Coolmods, but they both come recommended by Acidmods users, at least
one of whom actually has the product (in a
sharp black, too). It's a brilliantly simple mod that has little chance of ruining your controller, so we're giving it some thought.
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8-20-2007 @ 3:01PM
danny. said...
...most likely lead painted with mercury asbestos filling
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8-20-2007 @ 4:01PM
hvnlysoldr said...
I think I read that recall from New Zealand yesterday.
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8-20-2007 @ 4:02PM
nytestalker said...
the tmove and coolmod links are backwards, the url's are switched.
alert wilrobinson alert
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8-20-2007 @ 5:35PM
thrillho said...
i might buy one to try it, its maybe 15 shipped, and if it sucks, at least i get a triwing screwdriver out of it.
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