ARGH, a broken gameboy - my worst fear. My girls love those damn things, would much rather play them than the Gamecube. I had thought it would be the other way around. My one best threat to get them to do things is that I will take away the Gameboys. Did you get an extended service agreement when you bought it? If you did, it might cover the damage. The girl at Toys R Us said when I bought ours that they cover alot of stuff & don't even bother to repair the Gameboy, they just send you a new one.