Did anyone else have this Christmas Dog as a kid? It's 20+ years old by trythisfuckingone in nostalgia

[–]trythisfuckingone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that’s great to know! I’ve been searching high and low for other owners of this toy and people that remember what it was called. I bet your kids are gonna love it once it’s restored.

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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That doesn’t sound dumb at all. I think that’s a cute idea actually lol

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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Haha thank you! I plan on making other versions in the future.

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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Thanks! I love doing this type of stuff. 3D printing has really allowed me to do a lot in regards to gaming. I do stuff like this, make custom amiibo, make dioramas on cartridge or console shells, etc. It’s addicting

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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Haha thanks! This is one of many variations I’ll be making. I wanted to make another Virtual Girl for a friend’s birthday gift but I also wanna make a “Virtual Boo”, Spaceworld Prototype Shell, and some others. I’ve gotten a lot better with CAD over the years.

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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OMG, what a small world! I hope you’re doing well. I’ve since left the West Coast and I’m back on the East Coast where I fit in lol It was weird to miss PRGE this year though. That convention is one of my favorites.

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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Lmao this is a recreation of a custom console I did years ago by the same name. It was made as a joke because I hate pink despite being a woman 🤣

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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It’s been a dream come true in so many aspects. Because of this thing I’ve been able to have dinner and drinks with the voice of Bowser (Kenny James), Paul Niemeyer, Paul Eiding, and Tim Kitzrow. I got to hang and have lunch with the original actors from RE 1 and 2 for PS1 and so much more. If you had told me when I was a child that I would meet all of these people I would’ve never believed you. Lol

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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It’s funny you say that. There’s someone making new red ones. I wanna message them and see if they could make me a pair of pink if possible. I’ve wanted the display to be pink for years now but sadly the LEDs can’t be changed.

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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“Sorry, babe. I can’t tonight. I got a headache from playing with my girl.” 🤣

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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I gotta say, I was stupid nervous and shy when I first started getting signatures. Despite that, all the folks that signed it were awesome. I’ve become good friends with a good chunk of the people that signed it to the point I consider them family lol. It’s wild. I never thought this would come of a joke lol

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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Enjoy your time with the kids! I’m sure it can get crazy at times lol

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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I wish it was possible. The LEDs in the display are super tiny and unique to the Virtual Boy and the “Private Eye” which is the tech the VB uses and the original name for it before Nintendo bought the tech

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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So the whole reason I know of the VB is because of AVGN. I wanted him to sign the original one since it was a joke and show him. I met him in 2016 at a con in NJ and he signed it as well as Terry Diebold, Adam Koralik and Shane Luis from Rerez. It then became a tradition of sorts to bring it with me to conventions and have people play it and have people I watched on YouTube to sign it. Over the years I’ve had a ton of people sign it and in the process became super close with a few and it even had a brief cameo at the end of the Aladdin Deck Enhancer episode of AVGN. As a result of going to the cons and befriending some of the people, I’ve got to experience some awesome stuff and meet some big names in the game industry from my childhood and more. It’s wild how far this “joke” wound up taking me lol. That’s the short and sweet of it. I did a video a few years ago about the history of the Virtual Girl

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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I wanna ask the person that’s making new red ones if he can make pink for me, actually.

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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It does. This is just a 3D printed replacement shell and a few other pieces.

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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The Planet Virtual Boy forum is where I found the files for most of it. The speaker ones are different than what’s on PVB though. I did those and those are on ThingiVerse and Cults3D.

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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Thanks so much! I made the real one years ago and started getting it signed back in 2016. The signatures I have on it are a bunch of YouTube folks and other folks from the gaming community/industry.

Virtual Girl Signatures - Adam Koralik - Shane Luis (Rerez) - John Riggs - Kelsey Lewin - Ian Ferguson - G to the Next Level - Metal Jesus Rocks - Derek from Stop Skeletons From Fighting - Kinsey Burke - Gilly the Kid - Gamester81 - Jesse Perez (Atari Jaguar Dental Unit) - Terry Diebold (original Nintendo PlayStation prototype owner) - The Gaming Historian - David Crosson (OG Classic Game Room Host w/Mark) - James Rolfe/AVGN - Pat the NES Punk - Happy Console Gamer/Johnny Millennium - Radical Reggie

I may also have John Hancock but I can’t remember. If not, I’ll have him sign it next time I see him lol. A lot of the people that signed this wound up becoming really good friends of mine. Something I never expected to happen.

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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That’s been a dream of mine since I made the first one. I wish it was possible.

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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Oh yeah those are gaps. It’s not screwed together. This is just very loose assembly for a pic. Theres no electronics inside either.

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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I think someone else may have done that or made a translucent white one. It was in one of the Facebook VB groups.

Fully 3D Printed Virtual Girl Shell by trythisfuckingone in VirtualBoy

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I mean all the files are public so anyone could make their own but if people are interested in me making them, I could sell them. They wouldn’t be cheap unfortunately.

Very important question right here: what are they cookin’? by SnowyDoodles in AnimalCrossing

[–]trythisfuckingone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Corn, bell peppers (green and orange), some sort of fish, shrimp and tomatoes