Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
And the bright side about that is the NES2 had none of the connector pin problems that has constantly been plaguing mine for years.

Your NES2 had connector pin problems? Or you are saying that the NES2s don't fall victim to the connector pin problems that your old NES suffers from? The connector pin problems of the old NES are very easy to fix actually, just a little rubbing alcohol to clean the connectors and a small screw driver to carefully bend them back into position so that the NES cartridges will make a tight connection. Alternatively a replacement connector piece can be purchased for less than $10 online. The replacement pieces are made out of better quality metal that does not suffer from the extreme oxidation problem the original NES connector did. Just about any old broken NES can be fixed by just replacing the connectors. Mine was so bad that several of my games wouldn't even work, now works as good as the day I got it for Christmas as a little kid.

Here is an amazing story about the durability of the old NES. I was playing The Adventures of Link while waiting for my wife to get ready so we could embark on our six hour drive to my folks house for Thanksgiving. This was 5 am Wednesday morning. Somehow through all of the constant urging my wife to hurry up so we could get on the road and beat the traffic, I forgot to shut my NES off. When we returned Sunday afternoon I was surprised to see the red light was on. I turned on the TV and there was the title screen of Zelda II. Thing still works just fine, system or cartridge were not even warm. You can read all sorts of stories online about people being on their second or third PS2/Xbox/Xbox360 or about somebody accidently leaving there PS2 on all night and waking up to find a melted laser or a burnt out motor. I have had this NES for 20 years. I wonder how many kids will be able to say the same about their Xbox, 360 or PlayStation/2/3 20 years from now.