Filed under: Model Pics
So of course, the person crazy enough to attempt actual sized models of the Wii shortly after E3 would get a Wii at launch, and then I thought to see how my models compared.
I had not seen any accurate Wii dimension measurements at the time I built these models, so I said “OK, the disc is 12cm, I’ll use that to figure out the size of the front of the system, and then rescale the patent drawings to match what I find, and use those measurements to make my models.
A lot of people thought my models wouldn’t be accurate, and I got the typical, “It’s not right because Nintendo hasn’t released official measurements!” or something along those lines. Well, here are some pics of my new Wii and my WiiModels made several months ago:
Real White Wii w/ Gloss Black WiiModel:
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/1589/dscn2001qa1.jpg
Vertical Wii Front w/ Vertical WiiModel Front (height comparison):
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2010/dscn2002ga1.jpg
Top of WiiModel w/ Top of Wii (length comparison):
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/2756/dscn2005bo2.jpg
Horizontal Wii Front w/ Horizontal WiiModel Front (thickness comparison, no flash):
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8877/dscn2007pk3.jpg
Horizontal Wii Front w/ Horizontal WiiModel Front (thickness comparison, camera flash):
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/3765/dscn2008pg9.jpg
Wii Stand w/ WiiModel Stand:
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/9011/dscn2009ee6.jpg
If any of the links are broken, please let me know via the comments page, and I’ll get a new copy up ASAP. 🙂
Filed under: General
In addition, apparently Twilight Princess takes place during the northern hemisphere’s winter.
How so? Check out this picture I took from the game’s night sky. You can clearly see that Nintendo tried adding Orion into the sky (not perfect, but it’s obvious that’s what they were going for. In the northern hemisphere, Orion is considered a winter constellation (because that’s when it’s visible to us). Click the pictures to view a larger version!
Normal Picture:
Marked Picture:
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From what I can tell, this Wii Facebook group is by far the largest Facebook group dedicated to anything Nintendo, and by far the largest group dedicated to any Next-Gen console.
Remember, you have to be logged into Facebook to see the group and join! 🙂
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204549034
I’ve made 5 Wii models in total. The first one was “sold” for $68 after 7 days, but the buyer didn’t pay. It was relisted and sold for $30 after 3 days. Then, we put up much more extremely accurate models (gloss black and white), which sold for $40 and $46, respectively. I said these would be the last models I would sell on eBay. However, the highest bidder on the gloss black model hasn’t paid, and my friend Matt (who lists the models on eBay for me) should be getting the black one on eBay again soon. I’ll post a link here when that happens.
Many of the people in my dorm this year have come into our quad and toured through to see my remaining black and white Wii models as well as the PS3 model, which I’m keeping for now. I keep the black Wii on my desk, and the white Wii and the PS3 by all our other systems in the room (360, GC, N64). Interesting note, I keep the PS3 sitting horizontally, and because of the way it’s designed, the right side is collapsing under its own weight…
I’ll probably keep these 2 remaining Wii models (once the unpaid for model is relisted and sold) and PS3 model, but if anyone’s in the UIUC campus area and wants to make an offer on these remaining models, let me know. You can either leave a comment here, or on Facebook where I run the largest next-gen system Facebook group (Nintendo Wii – 860 members and counting).
The last two Wii models are now listed on eBay!
I say last because it seems the diminishing returns aren’t worth the time, effort, and materials put into these models. After these two, I’ll have a black and white Wii that I’ll be keeping for my own dorm room, so these auctions will be pretty much your last chance to get one (unless the auction skyrockets).
PLEASE BID early and often! It helps to know my work is worth something 🙂 Happy bidding!
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Thanks to Chris, my Xbox fan friend who I’ve known for about a decade and will be rooming with this coming school year, I’ve been able to photograph my Wii models and PS3 model with his Xbox and Xbox 360. Also, my friend Matt, who has generously listed my now-sold and soon-to-be-listed Wii models on eBay, had provided the PS2 Slim.
Aeropause’s/Joystiq’s “Revised” Size Comparison Chart:
MY more accurately Revised Size Comparison Chart:
Vertical Wii w/ Xbox 360, PS3 (front):
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6964/dscn1607pz4.jpg
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5605/dscn1606mz7.jpg
Vertical Wii w/ Xbox 360, PS3 (above):
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/1955/dscn1608jj1.jpg
Horizontal Wii w/ Xbox 360, PS3 (front):
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/838/dscn1611de9.jpg
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/8695/dscn1610xn0.jpg
Horizontal Wii w/ Xbox 360, PS3 (above):
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3183/dscn1609hp3.jpg
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1283/dscn1612gx5.jpg
Vertical Wii w/ Xbox 360:
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/4949/dscn1635sm8.jpg
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3264/dscn1639uh0.jpg
Vertical White Wii (without stand) w/ Xbox 360:
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5650/dscn1640bm4.jpg
Vertical Wii, Xbox 360 (side, without stand):
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/4552/dscn1642bk4.jpg
Horizontal Wii w/ Xbox 360:
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/1351/dscn1637wy2.jpg
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/9567/dscn1638md8.jpg
Vertical White Wii w/ PS3:
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/7575/dscn1674ir5.jpg
Horizontal White Wii w/ PS3:
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/8386/dscn1672pw0.jpg
Vertical PS3, Xbox 360 (front):
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/3562/dscn1630jy7.jpg
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/5882/dscn1631pz3.jpg
Xbox 360, PS3 (horizontal side):
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/9428/dscn1633wa6.jpg
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/7326/dscn1634rg7.jpg
Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 (vertical side, raised):
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1422/dscn1632lo6.jpg
Wii w/ Xbox 360, PS3 (horizontal front, stacked tower):
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1257/dscn1641ke6.jpg
Wii w/ Xbox 360 Controller:
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2451/dscn1659wg6.jpg
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3298/dscn1660ls5.jpg
Wii Remote w/ Dual Shock 2, Xbox 360 Controller:
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/4636/dscn1646lm9.jpg
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/4176/dscn1647ge4.jpg
Wii Remote w/ Xbox 360 Controller:
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/848/dscn1657ya0.jpg
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/1152/dscn1658nn7.jpg
Wii w/ Xbox 360 Power Brick:
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7253/dscn1643ah6.jpg
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8451/dscn1644fg9.jpg
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/14/dscn1645uz7.jpg
PS3 w/ Xbox 360 Power Brick:
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5488/dscn1656fb5.jpg
Wii w/ Xbox:
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/7508/dscn1649qm0.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/2811/dscn1650qg3.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/1355/dscn1651fb4.jpg
PS3, Xbox:
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/4368/dscn1652zp7.jpg
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3605/dscn1653yw3.jpg
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3097/dscn1654kt2.jpg
Wii w/ PS3, Xbox (back):
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3584/dscn1655zg0.jpg
Wii w/ Xbox Controller:
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/9214/dscn1667ec9.jpg
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/2214/dscn1668vk3.jpg
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/7417/dscn1669md6.jpg
Wii Remote w/ Xbox Controller:
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3773/dscn1665gv4.jpg
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/7602/dscn1666gm3.jpg
Wii w/ PS2 Slim:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/464/dscn1584ds8.jpg
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6787/dscn1585bv8.jpg
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3880/dscn1586rk0.jpg
Wii w/ PS2 Slim & PS3, longest sides:
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2125/dscn1587yh4.jpg
*note, PS3 is considerably closer to the camera, so it appears slightly larger than it should be.
Wii w/ PS2 Slim & PS3, fronts:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4371/dscn1590el9.jpg
*note, PS3 is considerably closer to the camera, as is the Wii to a lesser extent, so both appear slightly larger than they should be.
My favorite pic one last time, just for kicks:
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/1461/dscn13616aeal5.jpg
If any links are broken (due to ImageShack’s bandwidth policy), let me know and I’ll get a new link up ASAP.
Filed under: eBay Auctions
Well, the original Wii model, the one that became the most famous, sold for $30.
Of course, I’ve made more than one, but considering the significant increase in the amount of time that went into the newer ones than the old ones, $30 for the new ones would be a disappointment. That’d be roughly $3.50 an hour of work. Actually, less, considering I had to buy new materials for these which got quite expensive (the original model was the last of the Kohl’s gift boxes that we had).
So if you’d be interested in purchasing one of the newer models, please leave a comment on my blog. There HAS to be demand, and I have to be fairly confident that it’ll be worth selling after all the bidding is done.
Filed under: eBay Auctions
The one that started it all. My first Wii model, the one in the majority of the pics you saw on news sites, is now on sale on eBay:
Please feel free to bid on it and show support! Bid early and often! 😀
Filed under: General
The “new” port under speculation located at the front of the underside of the Wii is likely too big to be a DS port.
I was never a supporter of the DS port theory anyway, I’m currently backing the DVD dongle idea. But I decided to take the 1:1 scaled patent drawings that I’ve been using to make models, and see how a DS game card compares to the port/slot/whatever. Note, these pictures clearly show the port is screwed in, making it likely that this port isn’t supposed to be opened frequently. In these pics, the bold line in the drawing is likely the part that opens:
It’s about as wide as a DS cart, which makes it highly unlikely that the port holds DS cards. I’ve never seen a company try and make something that tight.
Hopefully this debunks the DS card theory.
Filed under: General
Apparently I missed a flap/port of some kind in the Wii.
Bottom left here:
And top right here:
I just recently remade a model, to add the recently revealed SD slot and Sync button, as well as added “pockets” to be able to insert, hold, and remove discs, SD cards, and USB devices. Now I have to look into this new thing, figure out what it is, and then make a new one…and put the old model on eBay 😛
I may not find out what it is though. It seems that this thing is screwed shut, so the public may not know what it is until IGN or someone gets a review kit.
Filed under: Model Pics
Notice how little of the picture the Nintendo Wii takes up…
in comparison to Sony’s PS3…
Filed under: General
Ok, so it’s not quite model related…but hey, you can discuss the models in the groups if you want! 🙂
Anyway, yesterday I found out that Facebook started allowing global groups that any Facebook member, high school or college, can join. I’ve created a global Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii group, both of which are growing fast. In fact, as I was creating the Wii group, by the time I finished creating it and reloaded the group profile, I already had another member!
So if you’re a Facebook member, please feel free to hit the links and join the above groups!
Filed under: General
Many of the Nintendo fan sites and blogs I frequent have recently posted pics of the Wii that label the dimensions as 13cm x 20cm x 6cm. Decent estimate, but not close.
If you’re inserting a 12cm disc, you’d only have .5cm left on either side in terms of the system’s height, and that’s clearly not right. If you look at enough of the photos with half-inserted discs as reference, you can figure out the system (without stand) height to be about 15.5cm. Then, based on the patent drawings (which are indeed to scale), you can figure out the ratio of the sides, and then theirs lengths.
This is how I came up with the measurements for my model. The recent 13 x 20 x 6 is wrong. That “comparison chart” with the 360, PS3, Wii, et al. (the one labeling Wii as 14cm tall) is also wrong. I’m not saying I know mine’s exactly right, but I’m saying I’m absolutely positive it’s more accurate than any of those other reported measurements.
Wii: 155mm x 212mm x 44mm
Of course, that’s without the stand. As for the stand, my measurements are a little less accurate as there are no patent drawings for it, but I’m putting it at 41mm x 222mm x 54mm.
Filed under: Model Pics
Here are some of my favorite pics that I’ve taken up through now. The rest of all my pictures were nearly all by request. I just took these because they were good shots:
Filed under: General
Well, I’ve got my new blog up and running. Aside from the one included in MySpace, this is my first blog since a site I ran with some friends back in Jr. High some five or six years ago. I’ve recently moved it over from Blogger because I like the ability to link to certain posts here better.
This blog is primarily for the posterboard Wii models that I’ve made. Many of you may have seen them from the original GameFAQs topic where I posted them, the first wave of articles at DigitalBattle, GoNintendo, 4 color rebellion, Joystiq, and Engadget, or the second wave of articles at GoNintendo, 4 color rebellion, and Joystiq.
I may use this blog to simply “collect” any new photos that I post up on GameFAQs or Nintendo’s NSider forums, or if I see anything I feel the need to post about that may or may not have relevance to my models, I’ll do that too.
WiiModels 
