Howsit? It's a bit dry over here at the moment (RetroSwim and FireAza would concur) so I purchased a sprinkler, just a cheap one. It was a bitch to move around as it kept flipping over. I had a busted SNES case (yellowed and the top lip is chipped off) so I used that + spacer to make it more sturdy! Slides around nicely! The cutout for the AV/Power ports makes for a handy handle.
The top part of the case was smashed, this is actually a SFC, it was kindly delivered from Japan to Australia in a "padded bag". The only parts salvageable was the board, the front trim plate and top plate. Both parts of the case were smashed, the bottom portion survived the best. I had considered to retro brite it but the upper lip was smashed off and the case had some nasty cracks in it. I do have some spare SNES (PAL) cases laying around and it is tempting, but for now this will do. I am just glad it is a hell of a lot easier to drag around now without it flipping over. Our yard is pretty shit and so is the lawn. I am trying to make it grow because we are moving out of here within the next year.
While I do concur about it being hot and dry recently (I thought this was suppose to be spring!) I would normally not concur with hardware being used in such a manner instead of being repaired. However, you've got the type that yellows when exposed to air, these ones also become very brittle, so they're kinda beyond repair
Mm. It's pretty toasty. What a novel idea! I always get cheesed off by poor design decisions like that. A sprinkler that isn't heavy enough to hold itself flat, why? A two-cent lump of metal in the base would solve it easily. Come on China, I get that it's a 20c garden sprinkler but come on, "Think McFly, think!"
