Something isn't rite with this DS lite

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze I'd never seen this color myself, but I have to say, bootleg or not, I really want one!

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze There was an official Nintendo version of the DS Lite that was that color but it was very limited. http://www.dealextreme.com/p/premium-quality-full-replacement-housing-case-for-nds-lite-green-14288 this is a comparable case (Might even be the exact one) shown above but bear in mind the case mod is not an easy change out and it is very easy to damage the unit doing the mod i broke the touch screen on the second unit i did.
Here is a guide on disassembly/reassembly http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=98240
If your DS is in fine working order i would forgo the change as the case is pretty good quality but no where near the original Nintendo quality but if you DS is broken this is a great fix. If you do do the mod will you want to use as much of the original parts as you can. The site dealextreme has more replacement cases in different colors but ive only used the lime green and a camo one, the lime was much better quality than the camo so they can be a mixed bag when it comes to quality.

@asherdeus I think there was this color produced as a package with cooking software. Saw it at a thrift store once, wish I bought it.
http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-DS-Spring-Bundle-Personal-Trainer/dp/B001TOMR4S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305221621&sr=8-1

@Prince David Ah, no wonder I missed it. Not often looking for cooking games. I guess I'll have to keep my eye out for ... less appealing? ... bundles in the future. This color on a 3DS, with sparkle paint, would be really sexy.

Local sellers can be problems too. I bought The Sopranos box set from a local seller and it turned out to be the bootleg box set.

Checking seller reviews and, if possible, who and where the reviews are coming from and what they're saying is the crucial point.

@Epoque

This is true as well

@Epoque

I'm very skeptical about buying movies/TV shows from ebay, the last one that I got was bootleg even though on the product description was saying "original/no bootleg copy", come on guys, if you're a selling bootleg stuff, don't say anything. I got that for give as a present, so I compared with the original I had and you can clearly see the box was a shitty one and the cover was printed on a very bad copy machine. After that day, I only buy from Amazon.

@FTH
There was a JP version that was lime green and a bundle with that one Cookbook 'game' that was the same color

@FTH

I thought that initially as well, but then I realized that Japan's got a crap-ton of colors on just about every console made... things we wouldn't normally see unless we went to Japan. (It wouldn't be too hard to find out the color schemes, though through a search.) That said.... I think that DS color is a creepy sort of "strained pea baby shit" green. Of course if baby shit's shiny, mom needs to take baby to the doctor. :)

I remember the Orange Gamecubes and thought "someone's feeding Mario too many strained carrots."

@FTH

Of course they have green DS lites:
http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-DS-Spring-Bundle-Personal-Trainer/dp/B001TOMR4S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305174584&sr=8-1

Its like exactly the same color.

Also, he actually shouldn't have any risks if he bought from ebay/ paid with paypal. He should be able to get his money back. So yeah, there really weren't any risks to be aware of.

@ everyone
Why even go as far as Japan?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nintendo-Lite-Handheld-Console-Green/dp/B001A4I76O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305209818&sr=8-1
I've seen green DS systems in stores in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands so far.

@JCDoe

I was wondering the same thing, because the box itself is green as well... perhaps from the aforementioned (in another reply) lime green Japanese DS. :)

@Zetro

I've got chips!

@isotrex

haha!

@MofoGarrus

no one said that because it's green it must be fake.