Got lucky with a pretty good deal on a famicom + disk system. I need to take apart the disk drive to see if I got lucky and it is one of the ones that can write disks without modification. If it is, I can get an adapter and overwrite common disks with rare games instead - or sometimes you can save failing disks by re-imaging a fresh ROM onto the disk. Pretty need from an archive/backup perspective.
If I didn't get lucky then I have another thing to motivate me to get off my ass and finally learn to solder.
This is the first one I've seen in person despite being a huge NES nerd. Was always kinda put off by how cheap the plastic looks in photos... and it does look very cheap.... but I was surprised that the little thing (minus the chonky disk drive) is actually very stout and heavy for its size. It doesnt -feel- cheap at all when you pick it up. Unexpected and pretty neat.