And the people bowed and prayed to the [fiber optic] god they made…
A friend and fellow retro video game collector received this fantastic fiber optic Nintendo Game Boy sign for Christmas. Lucky guy! His dad (yes, his dad keeps an eye out for things for his collection…lucky guy) saw it come up for sale at an area auction and snatched it up for him. It’s complete in original box including foam inserts and the original customer feedback card. The sign is so incredibly beautiful that I had to record and share it. It’s given me a deep appreciation for well done promo items. For more photos, check out the gallery below the video. Happy retro gaming & collecting!
Just for reference, the product info on the metallic stickers on the top of the sign reads as follows:
Sticker 1:
- Underwriters Laboratories Inc
- Electric Sign
- NO AR – 955864
Sticker 2:
- FLI
- Fiberoptic Lighting Inc.
- 950 S.E. “M” Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526 (503) 476-6900
- GAME BOY
- MFG. DATE: 1991
- MODEL: NES M90M; NOA P-N 20691
- VOLTS: PRIMARY 120
- AMPS: .68
- WATTS: 76.4
- HZ: 60
- LAMP: ENL
- VOLTS: 12
- WATTS: 50
- NOTE: REPLACE WITH: 12 V 50W ENL ONLY
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I have one of these but it only lights up with white light and no music needs to be fixed, had no idea it played music’ been wanting to sell it did he say how much he picked it up for at the auction by chance?
Sounds like you have a great item there. First off, and sorry if there is any confusion, but the sign doesn’t play music. That’s a soundtrack that I added to the video for fun. As far as color patterns go, there does seem to be some variation in fiberoptic wiring between signs of even the same outward appearance. Since yours is lighting up, do you know if it has a color wheel inside that turns while running?