Super Mario Bros Inspired Wii with USB base

In this instructable I will show you how I customized my Wii with a Super Mario Bros theme but mostly how to add a charger and usb port to the base and console.

WARNING:
I am not responsible if you screw up your Wii, you Will void your warranty if you open the Wii case!Please read ahead but mod at your own risk!

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MY WII

Step 1 Things Needed

You will need:

A Wii
Tri wing / Phillips screwdriver
Bondo / silicone mold
Clay
Some piping
Wiimote Charger
wire, solder, soldering iron, usb male & female
paint
And some Balls to take apart your Wii!

Comments

[darklord_avalon]

I would really love some advice on how you used your bondo.
I'm currently working on doing two-part molding and am curious as to how well bondo would work for the project, I haven't worked with bondo before, so I do not know the consistency or anything else to expect and am curious, is it exceptionally thick and therefore would be difficult to use in two-part molding?
Lots of questions that boil down to simply, what bondo did you use, or does 'any' bondo work. and will it work in two-part molding?

[LMCx]

You are so talented - this is unreal. Jealous :(

[MVMann]

Awesome job man! It looks great!

[logo-iso]

me gusta el diseño

[mike!!!]

Realmente quiero que la wii
in english: i really want that wii

[kartmaster2]

(removed by Elmo)

[storm391]

wos balls? my balls? ewwwwwwww

[Wood Mime]

How did you paint that, and what did you use ? (For the clay also) And how did you make the decoration around the base ? Oh, and how did you connect the clay to the wii ? Thanks if you reply !

[BeerBellyJoe]

That Mario is all bondo (car body filler) I took a mold of the clay one and then filled the mold with bondo. It is all hand painted and mixed, it is model enamel paint. The grass around the base was clay rolled in long skinny cylinders then laid over, following a pattern. Then a mold was taken of that and reproduced to get symmetrical pieces in bondo. The bondo pieces were then epoxied to the base. So what you think is clay is actually bondo an hard plastic body filler.

[king kolton9]

id easily give my wii for one of these

[Wood Mime]

Thank you very much ! I'm modding my own Wii in a similar fashion. What do you think about airbrushing it ? And how did you prep the Wii for painting ? Thanks again !

[BeerBellyJoe]

When I tried to airbrush it, it got ripples on it, I only airbrushed the blue because of the large area. I sanded the whole thing and primed it then repeated that a couple of times.

[willrandship]

I think the sky looks better rough, feels more like a background.

[acornstu]

i tell you, krylon fusion is 5 bucks a can at walmart and would be worth every cent if it was $100. the only downfall is the limited color selection. what few things i have painted i did without primer and it came out perfect! just a thought. you gave me a pretty sweet idea. figure maybe i'd return the favor

[Wood Mime]

Thank you for telling me ! I'll have to dig out my old Warhammer paints...

[demonbabi13]

lol, warhammer paints if they're that old is reccomend new ones

[moocowdog]

:0 absuloutly amazing man

[conor123777]

you an insperation i will kil lanyone who doesnt give it a 5 but why mario? if you did a legend of zelda that good id easily pay $600 for it

[waffleman]

because nintendo is best known for mario and all his buddies.

[willrandship]

Are you saying Link and Mario aren't buddies? Link's been around just as long as mario, only 2 years shorter!

[waffleman]

when i say buddies, i mean people in the same video game....

[willrandship]

Hehe, I guess SSB Doesn't count :P.

[neonix]

Wow, this turned out beautifully! Great job on the painting and I love the use of the Mario figure for that 3D effect. Really nice.

[iBurn]

Mod one so it makes me toast.

[willrandship]

Why not do it to your gamecube instead?

[tanmanknex]

just plug a usb toaster in.  Yes they have them. look it up.

[suphomeskillet]

this is really amazing!
what types of paint do you use though? and what do you go over it with?
thanks!

[Bartboy]

Buddy, you should keep doing this, buy a wii, mod it, sell it, buy a wii, mod it sell etc. you ,made 3-4 hundred dollars!

[Gage987]

it actually sold for like 750 on ebay

[Bartboy]

EXACTLY!

[Gage987]

really

[Bartboy]

yeah! you buy it for 300 $, sell it for 700! that is some good prophet for a job that is very easy to do, but has great results.

[Gage987]

400 hundre d bucks but ya gotta use like all of it to make the next one

[santy22]

Ideas: Metroid Wii Tetris Wii Pong Wii Halo wii TF2 Wii (With a granade-shaped charger and a Scout 3D head!)

[INSTRUCTUBAL]

halo? xbox? nintendo? what?!

[LargePaperCup]

lol

[potaderantor]

or best of all a...zelda themed wii!

[Gage987]

or even like madden or 2K

[Zootch]

Make it designed to look like the NES system, mod the wiimote and nunchuck to match

[EnigmaMax]

Think outside the box! For example, add butane torches on the side that light when you turn on the system. Or you can make it affect your environment, like dimming the lights and such.