Step 12: Custom Decals & LabelsShow All Items This part seems a lot harder than it really is, but it becomes pretty easy once you've gotten the hang of it. As this has nothing to do with the engineering nor building structure of the Game Boy, it is not mandatory -- as it is merely a nice little touch to add extra detail and more authenticity to a true Nintendo device!Game Boy labels (download the .PDF image here of the decals) Tweezers -- or in my case, a good set of naturally long fingernails!you can also find this at specialty stores for model cars and trains. It's imperative that you purchase the proper decal type for your printer: You must specifically buy laser decal paper for a laser printer! A small dish of warm water Clear acrylic spray (optional) After you've downloaded and saved the PDF, do a few "dry runs" by printing out the decal images as one page of regular paper. It's important to print out multiple dry runs rather than immediately printing on the decal sheets -- decal sheets cost money, and your printer might be calibrated to print things slightly smaller than the image on the computer!
For example, the vector images on the PDF file are at 100% when you view them in Adobe Illustrator, but when printed out at full size on my office computer, the resulting images were slightly larger than on the screen. I scaled them down to 84% in the printing options, and when printed on a dry run of regular paper, they appeared to be the proper size of actual Game Boy lettering. As I said before, I used a laser printer on my laser decal sheets. When you've made successful dry runs and determined your printout size, load the decal sheets into your manual tray with the plastic side facing up (as in the direction of where the ink ends up on the paper -- which is traditionally facing upwards). If you don't load in the manual tray, make sure there are no other sheets of paper below the recently inserted decal sheet! Set your printer in the printing properties option to print in regular/plain paper to avoid printing the sheets with high temperature, as too much heat can screw up the plastic decal by baking it early -- making the labels brittle.
The toner shouldn't smear, but if it does, run it through again as light glossy or transparency. Cut each section of the label from the printout: you don't have to cut exactly along the contour of the shape, as it's printed on clear paper, which won't matter when stuck to a LEGO tile surface. Go ahead and cut each label into a rectangular shape. Cut the A & B buttons into small squares, and make sure to cut the word "BOY" apart from "Nintendo GAME", as they'll be placed on opposite parts of the unit which split apart (see photo). Using the tweezers (or your freakishly long fingernails like I use), grab each small cutout one piece at a time. Dip the piece into the dish of warm water (one piece at a time, not multiple cutouts!) and let it stay submerged in the water. After 10-20 seconds, the warm water will separate the paper backing from the plastic portion of the decal. Use the tweezers (or fingernails) to gently grab onto a clear part of the label -- avoiding the part with the print -- then carefully stick it on the respective part of the Game Boy (see photo for label placement).
Gently rub your fingers (or a cotton swab) over the recently placed decal to flatten it out and remove air bubbles. Once the decal dries, it should hold itself in place. You then have the option of putting some acrylic coating on top of it to ensure permanent labeling. I personally didn't do this for my model, as it's truly up to you.NOTE: the "Dot Matrix with Stereo Sound" label printed dark on my laser printer, and was ultimately hard to see when made into a decal. If you have graphic design experience/software, feel free to adjust the images in the PDF to possibly print out differently for yourself if appears too dark.Tetris game label (download the .PDF image here of the label) Good quality sticker paper -- albeit the Tetrawing model I personally built uses glossy cardstock paper decoupaged onto the LEGO tiles, as I wasn't able to obtain sticker paper. Like the Game Boy decals, make a few dry runs on regular paper to see if the actual printout fits within the size of the LEGO toy.
When you get the size ready, print out on the sticker sheet and simply cut around the square shape, stick and peel onto Tetrawing. Feel up the ridges where Tetrawing's wings separate, and use the Xacto to carefully slice through the fault lines -- so that he can transform and his label sticks to the moving parts. As you'll read about in the final step of this guide, you can substitute the Tetris label with any other Game Boy game label you desire! « PreviousNext »View All Steps Download WindowsReleased internationally: August 12, 2016 This game has unused graphics. An unusual texture of 4 colored boxes each numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. It was very likely used to test animated textures. Two differently colored textures, which both resemble a face. A leftover texture of Joe Danger's face from the game Joe Danger, which Hello Games worked on previously. Two different Half Life 2 logos. Why these are here is unknown. A texture most likely used for testing.
Another texture likely used for testing. Four checkerboard patterns most likely used for a test level. Three textures for a Blue Monkey wearing a fez, which is also left over from Joe Danger. Another leftover from Joe Danger featuring two textures for a green chicken. A basic texture with a few colors and a face. What seems to be an early render of a ship with a dollar sign. What appear to be early low quality renders of models in the game. A small render of an unknown creature.Featured at the famous Le Mans sports car racing event is a real-life Porsche whose frame is half Legos, half the real thing. Legos and Porsche teamed up to build this impressive life-size 911 RSR LMP1 car using more than 380,000 Lego bricks that took approximately 633 hours to complete. The Porsche 911 (pronounced Nine Eleven or German: Neunelf) is a two-door, 2+2 high performance sports car made since 1963[1] by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a distinctive design with rear-mounted six cylinder boxer engine and independent rear suspension, an evolution of the swing axle on the Porsche 356.