Are these GBA systems fake?

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Want to buy a GBA to play my old Pokemon carts and have full compatibility with Coliseum, GoD etc. I'm looking on ebay and I'm seeing a lot of these listings using the same pictures for around the same price. Not trying to be racist but seeing them being sold from places like Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand are making me suspicious they're fake.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Backlit-...hash=item3f6de8174e:m:m3mqnKBuHWJ9HaUVlr8lnKQ

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/AGS-101-...819305?hash=item1ec289a469:g:g4gAAOSw32lYuABl

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Backlit-...hash=item2822516e67:m:m3mqnKBuHWJ9HaUVlr8lnKQ

A couple mention they're using official Nintendo motherboards and such but people lie on ebay all the time. Anyone have experience dealing with these? Thanks.
 
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They seem fine to me, I personally wouldn't care if I was getting a fake, if it works then that's fine with me
 
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while i see no reason to doubt they are legit motherboards. i think it's trashy to say they are brand new since the case, screen, and buttons were all replaced. it's better to call this repaired/used/modded/refurb... whatever else.
 
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J-Machine said:
while i see no reason to doubt they are legit motherboards. i think it's trashy to say they are brand new since the case, screen, and buttons were all replaced. it's better to call this repaired/used/modded/refurb... whatever else.
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Plus eBay policy requires that an item marked as brand new is completely unopened in original packaging.
 
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These are Backlight modded GBAs.

Original Mainboard with aftermarked backlight displays and housings.

Therefore they are not exactly "original" (Nintendo never sold those devices with illuminated display),
but they are far better than any clone or emulation device.

And i even prefer them over any GBA SP.
Better formfactor and you can use standard batteries.

I've already modded a few of those by myself. You can get all parts from aliexpress.
You can build a backlight gameboy advance from ground up for round about 70$.
 
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