Mystery Tech with Austin

I am bringing an item to the Mystery Tech segment, and by "I" bringing an item, I mean that an item is being brought to me, courtesy of a very good friend. This is a pack of Base Set Two from my very good friend Leonhart. Now, if you're not familiar with Leonhart, not only did we earlier in the year build a game PC, the ultimate Pokémon game PC for him, but he's currently doing a fundraiser to support NAMI, the National Alliance for Mental Illness, where he's trying to raise a million dollars and to do that, he has given away all kinds of stuff, including tickets to his pop-up shop, cards, you name it, and to help support, he has sent out a brand new still sealed pack of Base Set Two that I get to open for Mystery Tech. The pitch was pretty easy; He's like, "Hey Austin," and I said, "Yes." And then he explained what was going on. This is a quite expensive pack of cards. I think this was printed in the 2000s, which is older than half the people in this room. So, I did prepare by Jared being very much in the mood to print a bunch of Bobasaurs. Hopefully, we'll pull a Bobasaur today.

I'm gonna do this real poker YouTuber style; I've actually prepared my phone. I have soft and hard sleeves. I am legitimately nervous. Like the picture, I was just staring at me. Look at that. Oh, look at that. Pretty clean. Got to move this this way. Look how clean that pack art is right now. Oh, my goodness.

Okay, alright, so we've got our cards if I recall correctly, it's been a little while; I think the card trick is two. So, we're going to take two cards. Oh, the condition looks very good. So this right here is our best card but we're gonna flip it over, we're going go through. Is everyone ready? Don't look at the cards.

You're literally holding them in front of me. Our next card is a Wartortle. Very nice, very nice. Gently, lift this up. I'm afraid because there could be a rare at any point. Okay. Super potion. Super potion. It's fine. It's fine. We do want to get starters or a Pikachu, those are all good. We've got a Kakuna.

Feel like you should've gotten gloves for his. No, you actually don't wear gloves when you're opening Pokémon cards because you lose the dexterity in your fingers and you're much more likely to damage or bend a card. You just want to wash your hands before opening a pack of cards. Fun fact, the more you know. Did you wash your hands?

I did not. Uh-oh, uh-oh, a Vulpix, okay. I thought it was a Charmander. It's okay though. It's okay. Vulpix is good. Okay, we're still going. We got Sandshrew. We've got a Weedle. Kay, trainer card, a Poke Ball. Actually, that's not a terrible pull.

Okay, I think we're actually at a rare. I think this might be our last card. Oh, it's okay, it's okay. One more trainer. We're okay, one more trainer. There's one more left. We're okay. We're okay. Oh, it's a, is it Raichu? Oh, it's a Magneton holo! We got a holo! It's not the greatest holo but we got a holo.

Okay, let's take a look at condition. There's a lot of foil there. Oh, that's pretty clean though. Yo, I forgot how holo those were. It's super shiny, right? I just got blinded by that thing over here. So of course, we're going to do this correctly.

We're going to put it in its sleeve gently in the sleeve and then we're going to put a top loader. Austin treated that one card like my mom treated me when I tried to leave home. If you would like a chance to not only win yourself some cards but also to help support a very good charity, definitely should go check out the link in the description.

This is a success. It's not Charizard but it's a success. Woo-hoo!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Did I miss the shoot at all?We miss anything today.What's up?You're giving me a weird look.- Are you okay?- Is it cause I'm late?- We have Linus at home.- You said you wanted meto be excited for the shoe?I figured, you know,I would just, aww.- Yo, this is a new low for Mystery Tech.- I'm more impressed by the pillow.- lttstore.com.- Oh my God.This is my worst nightmare.You even got the earrings!- Yeah, I mean, I gotta,you gotta fit the part.- What's the point of this?How is this Mystery Tech?- You said dress for the job you want,I'm here to give youall the tips you need.- Please tell me you havean actual Mystery Tech item.Oh my God.Linus is now invaded mostsacred, holy of my spaces,which is the studio.And..- Let me just,since you want to makeit such a big thing,let me lookand see if there's any other good techthat we can find while we're at it.It seems like my computeris low on battery.Let me just get my phone here.- I'm not sure if this is a Linus cosplayor like some deeper (expletive)you need to work through right now.(dance music)This is my personal hell.- I'm paid by this man.You can hold this to makeyourself feel better.There you go, buddy.(dance music)- It's time for more Mystery Tech.Have you subscribed to the channel yet?Oh no.Then why don't you ring the ding-a-ling?- Don't subscribe to us.Subscribe to the personthat send us this box.- The person that sent us this box.Is this the Frank box?- It is the Frank box.- I decided to be lazyand just type the wordsMystery Tech into eBayand lo and behold, what do I receive?But the very first itemis a mystery box from noneother than YouTube's very ownrandomfrankp.I kid you not.This comes directly from randomfrankp.In fact, he actually DM'd you.He saw the eBay listing.- He did, he did.He's like, did Austin buy this?And I was like, unfortunately.- So this was purchasedfor randomfrankp for $250.So let's see if we can getourselves $250 of valueor whether or not we'vebeen scammed by the YouTuberformerly known as randomfrankp,now known is randomscamp.- Nooooo.- Ha ha, got 'em!Alright,first item is a cooler master S K 6 2160% low-profile wireless keyboard.Here's some Razor universal grip tape.- Oh, that's useful.- There is a minimalist felt desk padin size wide.The way I like it.Oh!- We know you love PlayStation.- Wait.Smells like Frank.Oh, is this a Google home?Oh, it's a little scratched though, Frank.You scratched my mystery box item.- Frank,I think also gets the samestuff that we get in our PO Boxcause we also..(Austin and Ken laugh)To be fair.- Last but not leastan Pwnage Ultra Custom Symmetrical.- Yes, we also gotfive of those in our PO Box.- Just a little behind the scenes action.Inside our table,we keep a list of accessories for likePlaystation controllers and whatnot.We have this exact mouse.- Oh yeah, it is.Oh yeah, right, we already..- The exact same one.- You know, he'sgiven us what, like,like over the value of the box,over like $250, maybe $300 worth of stuff.Go to youtube.com/randomfrankp.- Editing can you bleep thatand instead use the robottext to speech voice to say,Austin Evans, thanks.- Randomfrankp isbetter than Austin Evans.- I just said..- It's true.- Hashtag spread the truth.- It's true.- All of this is getting censored now.It's all just going to beAustin Evans is the bestYouTuber for sure, real-zies.Watch more Mystery Tech, please.Is that another grid?- See for yourself.- So not too long ago on the Mystery Techor maybe it was a whileago actually at this point,we took like a grid,which is a very cool framed piece of tech.- They're actually right over Jared.- But look,there is a ton of techthat gets thrown awayall the time, right.And if you can take that techand not only recycle it,but not just recycle itfor the parts of whatever,but recycle it intowhat I would absolutely call an art piece.I mean, how could youpossibly argue with that?All right, inside is more packaging.I forgot. There's more packaging.- Yeah, there's literally two,I said you could stab itcause there's like two boxes.- Yeah, alright, last minute guesses.Do I want to try and guess what this is?- Yes.- I think it's a PSP.I think they did a PSPand I would very much like to see the PSP.Are we ready for the grand reveal of the..- It's upside down.- I can't see it.- No, one more, one more, one more.Oh, that is so cool.What!- What is it?- Yo!- Is it a PSP?- No.- Is it Nokia?- No.- Is it a Game Boy Pocket, yo!So even though this is beige,this is a Game Boy Pocket.Now the Game Boy Pocket was essentiallythe slim version of the OG Game Boy.It launched way later.So this was seven years, I believe,after the first Game Boy came out.Wow, I just butchered that, that's okay.So there's not a lot going on here.So you can essentially see the main board,which has the CPU, has some RAM.It has the link port.There are a couple of wheelsthat you could use for contrastas well as volume.And then there's a separate power supply.You've got your speaker,you've got the casingand the screen, whichactually interesting,so I guess the screen ison the underside of thisbecause I will believe itwas all on the same board.So that's one thing you can't see.- So it is $179on the site right now,but they have $229 as the MSRP.- Gotcha, yeah.These are clearly prettyheavily discounted.$200 bucks a little bit much.But again, if you think about this as art,I would consider both of theseto be more on the art side.This is a really cool display piece.So props to the grid guys,keep doing what you're doing.I will say that Ilook forward to the next sevenepisodes of Mystery Tech.We have more good stuff.This is super cool though.This is super cool.- Wow.He cleared us to spenda $1,000 on the store.- I'm already ordering.- Let's go!- Mistakes have been made.This episode of Mystery Techis sponsored by Audible.Recently, I became a new dad,which has left than mewith a lot less timeto keep up with things like reading.But with Audible,I've been able to immersemyself in all kinds of storiesand information with theirvast library of audio books,including Project Hail Mary by Andy Weirand Audible is of course notjust limited to audio books.With their plus catalog,you can listen to content inother formats like podcastsand exclusive originals,which makes being an Audiblemember that much sweeter.Especially this holiday season,there is no better time to treat yourself.Right now,you can save 60% on yourfirst three months of Audible,which is only $5.95 a month.If you want to give the gift of listening,head over to Audible.com/Austin,or you can text Austin to 500-500.Again, that is Audible.com/Austinand huge thank you to Audiblefor sponsoring thisepisode of Mystery Tech.- What?- I didn't even pay you yet.(everyone laughs)- I was just going to do a funny gag,now you got me all weird.Sometimes for Mystery Tech,I just got to get in the mood, right.I just gotta like warm up all this.- Whatever moodyou're in right now,get the ff out of it.(everyone laughs)- The copy of Sue's Unfortunate Events forGame Boy Advanced,Pokemon Pinball for Game Boy Advance,Pokemon Ruby Version for Game Boy Advance.I'm sensing a theme.Is it time for a game gear?Look at that.Look how smooth and responsive my..- That was really smooth, yo.- See that's what happens when I warm up.I just gotta like get loose some lumber.And I'm just like, I'm ready to just,this is the Game Boy operated by Epilogue.This is actually cool.I've seen this in the past.I've actually wanted to try it.The way I understandis that it is a way for youto play your actual legitimateGame Boy carts on a PC.Do you use this to dump your ROMsor how's actually, how does this work?- Wait, you mean pirate?- No.No, this is actually alegitimate use of ROMs.You are backing up your ownphysical copies of games.That is like,exactly what ROMs are supposed to be used.- For you to provideto the community at large?- No, we've got a littleinstruction manual,a USB A to C cable,and yeah, the epilogue itself.So I have plugged in the epilogue.Please insert a cartridge.Okay.We'll just plug it in Pinball.- We're just going straight in.- There's no shenanigans here.3, 2, 1, look at that.Okay, so it pops up as Pokemon Pinball,official cartridge, read only.I can launch it.- Okay,I love that it gives youthe metadata for it already.That's kind of cool.- I can download my gameor I can download by save,which actually is really cool.Especially like you havea old childhood copyof like a Pokemon game or something?You could save that if assumingyour battery isn't dead.I'm actually gonna try this.How long does it take to dump my GBA ROM?Let's try it.- I would hope two seconds.- Oh, look at that.Look how fast it is. Can you see?- Wow.- Done.Flawless.And it immediately works withthe Xbox controller as well.I will say the scale is very largefor a Game Boy Advance game.(gaming music)The latency is completelyfine on this too,which is not a surprisefor Game Boy Advance game.- I feel like they'veperfected this at this point.- Yeah.Playing these things on PC.Alright, hang on,we're going to pause this.So press escape.Oh, look at this!So when I want to quit,do you want to override thecurrent save to your cartridge?So you can play on your deviceand you can keep the savestraight over the cartridge.That's so cool.I'm going to just discard that for now.I'm not going to remove this.Yup.- That's really well thought out.- This is an excellent product.I am incredibly impressedwith just how seamlessand smooth it is.And if you have a selection of Game Boy,Game Boy Color, or Game Boy Advance games.Man, it's hard to go wrongwith something like this.Look, it's something fromMystery Tech that doesn't suck.Is acute angle.Is this something likeweird like fan list, like,mini PC that is an acuteangle in a wood case?- The thing is,it's actually not an acute angle.That looks like..- A triangle.- A equal lateral triangle, but..- Wow!Mr. Big brain over herewith your big fancy words.This is the Mopey Phoenix.- Phoenix tearshave healing properties.- Okay. Dumbledore.Nice box though.There's clearly a keyboard in here.Is it a high-end artisanalmasterpiece or is it..- No.- Okay.- Garbage, got it.Bro!No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.Look, this might begreat at Instagram, but..- This is the levelthat I lose at in Fall Guysall the time.- You hear this noise?Wait, just listen to this keyboard.- That actually sounds likea lube mechanical keyboard.- I don't hate this.- It's better than I thought.- How much was the keyboard?- $30.- That's a steal for $30.- For literally for Instagram,that's worth $30.I'm going to put this offto the side for one moment,while we prepare our acute angle PC.- That's fine, that was..- You know I'm not really sure whyI'm surprised it's a triangle.- That's a lot biggerthan I thought it was going to be.- This is strange.Wow.Look, the Compensator 9,000 is here.This is what appears to be real wood.- Does it smell like real wood?- It does.So a lot of questions here,namely, what's actually inside of this?So I have a Celeron N3450.So it is a quad core?But this is,let's just say on thelower end of a modern PC.We do have eight gigsof RAM, which is nice.And it shows, so we do have two drives.You know what I haven't asked,how much is the computer,the acute angle?- $185.- $185.This is, I mean, I'm notgoing to say good, $185 bucks.I mean, to be fair when I did log in,it did automatically pop up withit was logged in as admin.It had no setup at all,which is slightly sus.Let's try the actual PC.This should have enough performanceto play back video,to do fairly basic tasks.For $180 bucks,the performance is not great.But to be fair, with a system like this,when you first turn it on,give it a couple hours realistically,to actually get up to dateand everything because windows justis so slow on this low end hardware,if you have any kindof background updatingor anything going on.If you want a veryunique piece of hardwarethat is sure not high endand super powerful,but this is definitelythe best looking $180 PCthat you'll ever find.For this segment of Mystery Tech,I am bringing an item.And by I bringing an item,an item is being brought to me,courtesy of a very good friend.This as a setthat I have not openedin legitimately 20 years.This is a pack of base set twofrom my very good friend, Leonhart.Now, if you're not familiar with Leonhart,not only did we earlier inthe year build a game PC,the ultimate Pokemon game PC for him,but he's currently doing afundraiser to support NAMI,the National Alliance for Mental Illness,where he's trying toraise a million dollarsand to do that he has givenaway all kinds of stuff,including tickets to his pop-up shop,cards, you name it,and to help support he has sent outa brand new still sealedpack of base set twothat I get to open for Mystery Tech.I mean the pitch was pretty easy.He's like, hey Austinand I said, yes.And then he explained what was going on.This is a quite expensive pack of cards.I think this was printed in 2000s,which is older than halfthe people in this room.So I did prepareand by I prepared, I mean,Jared was very much in the moodto print a bunch of Bobasaurs.So hopefully we'll pull a Bobasaur today.I'm gonna do this realpoker YouTuber style.I've actually prepared my phone.I have soft and hard sleeves.I am legitimately nervous.Like the picture,I was just staring at me.Let me smell it.Aw, it smells like nostalgia.Okay, alright, alright.Here goes nothing.Look at that.Oh, look at that.Pretty clean.Got to move this this way.Look how clean that pack art is right now.Oh my goodness.- I'm just looking athow much better Leonhart isat this than you.- Yeah, it's his job.- You couldn't open it in frontof the camera like that.- Okay. Alright, alright.So we've got our cards.If I recall correctly,it's been a little while.I think the card trick is two.So we're going to take two cards.Oh, the condition looks very good.So this right here is our best cardbut we're gonna flip it over,we're going go through.Is everyone ready?Don't look at the cards.- You're literallyholding them in front of me.- Our next card is a Wartortle.Very nice, very nice.Gently, lift this up.I'm afraid because therecould be a rare at any point.Okay. Super potion.Super potion. It's fine. It's fine.We do want to get starters or a Pikachu,those are all good.We've got a Kakuna.- Feel like you should'vegotten gloves for his.- No, you actually don't wear gloveswhen you're opening Pokemon cards,because you lose thedexterity in your fingersand you're much more likelyto damage or bend a card.You just want to wash your handsbefore opening a pack of cards.Fun fact, the more, you know.- Did you wash your hands?- I did not.Uh-oh, uh-oh, a Vulpix, okay.I thought it was a Charmander.It's okay though. It's okay.Vulpix is good.Okay, we're still going.We got Sandshrew.We've got a Weedle.'Kay, trainer card, a Poke Ball.Actually, that's not a terrible pull.Okay, I think we're actually at a rare.I think this might be our last card.Oh, it's okay, it's okay.One more trainer.We're okay, one more trainer.There's one more left.We're okay. We're okay.Oh, it's a, is it Raichu?Oh, it's a Magneton holo!We got a holo!It's not the greatestholo but we got a holo.Okay, let's take a look at condition.There's a lot of foil there.Oh, that's pretty clean though.- Yo, I forgot how holo those were.- It's super shiny, right?- I just got blindedby that thing over here.- So of course,we're going to do this correctly.We're going to put it in it's sleeve,gently in the sleeve.And then we're going to put a top loader.- Austin treated that one cardlike my mom treated mewhen I tried to leave home.- If you would like a chanceto not only win yourselfsome cards,but also to help supporta very good charity,definitely should go check outthe link in the description.This is a success.It's not Charizard but it's a success.Woo-hoo!