To recoup some costs, you can sell the donor motherboard & shell on eBay, or optionally add an IPS to the donor to sell and maybe even come out ahead. A trick to getting cheap 101’s on eBay is to catch SP listings that don’t mention the 101 screen. Get good at identifying 101’s from photos, either by the sticker, the brighter screen
Nintendo Gameboy Advance SP AGS-001 Onyx Black Handheld Console W/ Charger WORKS. Pre-Owned · Nintendo Game Boy Advance · Game Boy Advance SP. 429 product ratings. $84.99. hgvgames (2,329) 98.9%. or Best Offer. +$6.65 shipping.
AGS-001 vs. AGS-101. Hey all, I’ve recently really wanted to get back to the classics and purchase a gameboy advance sp and play games that I missed out on in my childhood (which are a lot). I’ve scoured eBay, Craigslist, and the Facebook marketplace and see a pretty substantial price difference between the SP models 001 and 101.

Introductory price: US$99.99 The Game Boy Advance (GBA) Game Boy Advance SP (model AGS-101) On September 19, 2005, Nintendo released a new version of the SP

Speaking of SPs, maybe you have a junker of one lying around you can scrap. What if you took the best parts of the SP and put them into your old GBA! This guide will show you how to install a frontlight from an AGS-001 (original SP) display into an original Game Boy Advance, plus add an extra button to control the frontlight!
Price + postage: highest first; Lowest price; Highest price; Gameboy Advance SP (GBA SP) - AGS 101 & 001 - Enhanced & Classic Retro Themed! AU $179.95 to AU $279.95. . 500 94 937 332 205 820 313 14

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