STAR WARS NINTENDO Wii

STAR WARS NINTENDO Wii
This is a short instructable on how I moded a Nintendo Wii case with fiber optic stars and logo for a Star Wars themed Wii! This Wii is on sale now on E-Bay, it will also have the Star Wars the Force Unleashed game.

Warning Mod at your own risk, I take no responsibility if you mess up your Wii!!

 
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Step 1Parts

Parts
The parts include:

Black Wii case (ebay from Great seller msmmall)
Fiber optics 2 diff. sizes (E-bay from Great seller thefiberopticstore)
L.E.D. 's: I used 3 yellow,4 white, 3red (1 for light bar, 2 for Wiimote and Nunchuk)
Small amount of Plexiglass
Thin brass sheet
Epoxy
Sticker paper
A needle
Model paint
wires, solder, soldering iron, etc.
and a Wii!!!
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Apr 8, 2011. 3:40 PMLowney says:
Wait, stupid question, where did you hook up the LEDs that power the stars? Did you connect them straight onto the circuit board, because I assume a resistor would be needed. Thanks!
Sep 11, 2010. 1:48 AMRichard_Hell says:
Absolutely gorgious, your Wii has become a very sexy machine.
Great mod
Dec 12, 2008. 10:00 AMBartboy says:
Could you make a zelda one? I REALLY lovve zelda, and I think it would make a lot of money, seeing as theree are quite a few zelda games (Virtual console, twilight princess and links crossbow training) so you could mod the zapper and the classic controler!
Jan 6, 2009. 8:26 PMbounty1012 says:
mod the zapper into a crossbow.
Jan 6, 2009. 9:18 PMBartboy says:
Yeah. and the classic controller into the triforce!
Dec 13, 2009. 10:12 AMdeafman214 says:
or a master sword with the triforce logo on it? 
aweomenessX10
Jul 4, 2010. 7:46 PMbooker says:
YES! A custom Wiimote peripheral - the Master Sword! It's GENIOUS!
Mar 3, 2010. 8:03 AMGlueman27 says:
This is the coolest thing ever!!!!!!!:)
Feb 15, 2010. 10:18 PMspiderobert says:
 this is absolutely awesome!!!!! when i get some money I am totally going to do this! 

also in your demo video, what is the song at the very end? is it actually from one of the hulk movies? either way it sound an awful lot like 'superheroes' from the rocky horror picture show... actually I'm convinced that it is :P
Jan 25, 2010. 10:09 PMfunguy8308 says:
Man I am a huge star wars fan. I wish I could have bought this one.  The possibilities are endless on this. You could have a Jedi or Sith Wii depending on the colors used . Also just a thought, what if you put the logo on top where the tie fighter is and put the death star on the side in the process of blowing up and used your fiber optics as the explosion.
Jan 3, 2010. 5:54 AMjamiec53 says:
Ah but now, instead of getting some black case for the Wii, you can get

wait for it.........

.... a black wii!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 23, 2009. 7:31 PMatari5200 says:
really awesome! but could use one more thing
shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml
Dec 14, 2009. 8:25 AMDr-Constructable says:
I'll buy it from you!!!

$300?

Oct 6, 2009. 5:13 AMLesedi says:
Gonna try this on my xbox
Oct 3, 2009. 7:06 PMANTQNUT says:
I love it! This is pure awesomeness!
Sep 27, 2009. 5:35 PMhistory323 says:
amazing mod I just would be afraid to screw up my wii if I did it!!!
Aug 23, 2009. 3:45 AMHerodez says:
are the L.E.D.'s 3mm or 5mm?
Aug 18, 2009. 3:31 PMiman74 says:
BEST WII MOD EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aug 5, 2009. 10:45 PMarhodes18 says:
The conduit one next!!!
Jul 9, 2009. 3:49 AMJayefuu says:
How much did this go for on ebay in the end? Great mod by the way :)
Jun 5, 2009. 7:02 PMpie_lover123 says:
Question: I am modding my wii to accept either two SMD LEDs or just one Ultrabright Pink LED. What is the voltage coming out of the wii to the Gate assembly?
May 29, 2009. 9:18 PMring wraith159 says:
This is one of the best custom wii i have ever seen but if you really want to please me then make a lord of the rings one... GREAT job
Apr 25, 2009. 8:02 PMLi_Imaginary11 says:
what size fiber optics did you use?
Mar 27, 2009. 9:07 AMgamefreek says:
i see someone is a Star Wars fan
Mar 20, 2009. 11:39 PMjcrazy says:
Amazing. Others might have mentioned, but you should do a Donkey Kong one, or a Zelda Wii, pretty much if you run out of ideas, refer to SSBB character list. :]
Mar 9, 2009. 8:04 PMSpeedmite says:
If I ever mod my Wii, this will be the one.
Feb 21, 2009. 6:53 AMbarry_allen7 says:
You've got some skills. Nice job! =)
Mar 7, 2009. 5:09 PMSolderguy says:
More like mad skills!
Dec 12, 2008. 1:33 PMthefonz101 says:
Why is it, that everybody and their dog mods the Wii, and almost nobody mods the Xbox and Playstation 3? I like the Wii and all, but it gets a little stale. Wonderful mod anyway.
Jan 6, 2009. 8:25 PMbounty1012 says:
the 360 and ps3 are propably a little more complicated to mod than the wii
Dec 13, 2008. 1:50 PMBright Shadow says:
It's probably because the Wii doesn't have too many great games.

No good games = not a very useful system.
Jan 3, 2010. 5:50 AMjamiec53 says:
grrrr...

SSBB
Zelda
Mario Kart
Wii Sports Resort
Wii Fit (and Wii Fit +)
I could go on for hours
Jan 4, 2010. 3:28 PMBright Shadow says:
Please remember that I posted that comment before all but one of those games was out.
Jan 5, 2010. 10:15 AMjamiec53 says:
Oh, sorry, it's just that if you posted it then, it was only just released so you could have waited a bit before saying that it has no good games.

Still, you have a good point and it was not my intention to disrespect you in any way.
Jan 5, 2010. 6:56 PMBright Shadow says:
 Eh, I didn't look at any release dates anyway. Some newer games are awesome though.
Jan 6, 2010. 2:56 AMjamiec53 says:
Seconded!
Jan 6, 2009. 9:19 PMBartboy says:
:O I have no choice now........
Dec 16, 2008. 3:16 PMBright Shadow says:
for kids: Wii for hardcore techies: PS3 for fratboys: XBOX 360
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