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[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: NIB Turboduo - Should I break the seal to recap or is it safe to leave it sealed]

My new Cap's came in yesterday so I'll be recapping the system tonight. As promised here are some photos of the motherboard. The manufacture date on my system is January 1993 so the systems has been sitting in the box for about 22.5 years.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: NIB Turboduo - Should I break the seal to recap or is it safe to leave it sealed]

Babbages may have done the deed.  As far as i know, no pack-in hucard game ever came with the retail box.  It was always just hucard in sleeve and manual sealed up with the rest of the manuals.

Also, if i recall correctly, Ys and GoT 3in1 came in white trays that were themselves stacked end-to-end and packaged in a cardboard holder with round cutouts to display the discs.

My guess would be that it was sealed by the retailer after some minor meddling.  Could be wrong.  Ultimately doesn't matter much, i'm still super jealous.

Where is the Gate of Thunder manual?  In there with the Bonk manuals?

I assume so.

My first duo back in the mid 90's also didn't have a box for Ys. It was just shrinkwrapped jewel case just like this one. I still have it to this day

I didn't mean a retail box, I meant the long plain white box that held both jewel cases.

Oh lol, I got what you guys are referring to now. Sorry I miss understood, my bad.
You guys are talking about this right?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: NIB Turboduo - Should I break the seal to recap or is it safe to leave it sealed]

My Turbo Duo box was not sealed (bought new from TTi going-out-of-business sale for $99), neither was the TurboGrafx-16 system that I won... I'm leaning on "the case of the glossy duo" with this sealed claim of his... Least Ninja had the good sense to put up photos right off the bat, albeit they were quite bad.

Yeah, I'm not sure I've ever seen any console shrink wrapped. It's pretty fucking pointless for sure.

I have to go look and see if I can find photos, but it may have been Donsal that shrinked mine... I seem to recall there was a "Donsal" sticker on the box somewhere too, which would have to have been under the shrink. 

The shrinkwrap was the brittle, cellophane type, rather than the soft Saran Wrap type...

When I say shrink wrapped this is what Im referring to. Either it be NEC/TTI or Babbages I dunno but this is how I purchased it loose flap on the bottom and all

[Console Repair/Mod Center / NIB Turboduo - Should I break the seal to recap or is it safe to leave it sealed]

I have a new in box Turboduo that I purchased around 1997 or 98 the box is steal shrink wrapped and has the game bundle offer box sleeve.

I know the caps in the Turboduo are crap and will lead and destroy the board. So my question is since it has not been used since the assemble line is do you think its safe to keep it sealed. Or should I finally open the box after all these years and do a recap.