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** There is a [[Game Boy]] that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBeTXPaewMo survived a bombing in the Gulf War]. It's still running, and is currently housed in Nintendo's store in NYC for the world to see.
*** The original screen was probably bacon-crispy and had to be replaced, but the circuitry survived.
** ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' did an article about the then-new [[Game Boy Advance]], in which the writer and their friends did all manner of abusive things to it, including ''flushing it down a toilet''. After drying out for three days, the white GBA resumed working as though nothing ever happened, earning it the nickname "Jesus" from the staff.
** The DS has a slightly less reputable history, most especially the DS Lite, which was prone to
*** Astute people notice that the first generation 2DS, basically a 3DS without the 3D effect and made as a single chunk piece instead of a foldable handheld, was released just around ''[[Pokémon X and Y]]'', as if knowing that child wanting their first game would need a more durable handheld.
** GB, GBA, and DS cartridges have all gone through their share of washers and driers and continued working without an issue.
*** Let's Player [[Deceased Crab]] did a parody of ''[[Arkanoid]] DS'', where his version of "playing" the game was to destroy the cartridge. Needless to say after many hammering attempts, it took him a while to even get the case open.
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*** [[Fridge Brilliance|Perhaps it's because the games are so hard that their plastic casings have hardened to match?]]
** Averted, sadly, with the [[Nintendo 64]] control stick. It was built in such a way that the plastic quickly wore itself down from the rotation, resulting in a loose stick with extreme center play. On the other hand, it uses optical encoders instead of potentiometers like later Nintendo controllers, which are significantly more durable and precise due to their contactless nature. It's a shame that the mechanical gimbal and pivot assembly can't hold up compared to the sensors.
** Likely [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]''. After the first battle, your room looks like a tornado just hit it, but if you examine the Wii, you'll find that there's not even a scratch on it.
** In an X-Play segment called ''Webb of Destruction
** In a letter from a 1999 issue of [[Nintendo Power]], one boy had lost his [[Game Boy Color]] in the garage, only to find it 3 months later sitting in a puddle of used oil. After carefully disassembling and cleaning it, it was able to work like brand-new, if a bit worse for wear. The editor recommended to all readers to not allow your systems to be submerged in any liquid for safety's sake, but also that this sounded entirely plausible.
** The Switch and its even more portable version the Switch Lite have also proven to be as durable as their predecessors, judging by the several survival tests it was subject to by enthusiastic YouTubers. That, sadly, doesn't extend to their controllers, the Joy-Con, which are ''so'' prone to experience drift on the analogue sticks, there is at least one class-action lawsuit over the fact that Nintendo attitude over the widespread and pervasive problem is extremely similar to the one Ford had towards the [[Every Car Is a Pinto|Pinto's little exploding problem]].
* The Takatoku VF-1. [[Superpowerful Genetics|By extension]], all later VF-1 toys based on the same mold qualify: Matsuhiro VF-1J, Bandai's 1980s VF-1's, Bandai's early 2000nds VF-1 reissues, Bandai's late 2000nds VF-1 reissues and [[Transformers Generation 1|Jetfire]].
* Bandai's mid-1990s [[Macross|Macross 7]] 1/65 VF-17 and VF-19 releases and their 2001 reissues.
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** More generally, this tends to apply to quite a lot of older phones - you can throw them from the third floor and they'll be fine.
* The government can't afford to buy armor when you're in tour in hostile territory? No problem, just make sure you always have your [http://www.toughbookuniverse.com/?tag=bullet Panasonic Toughbook] with you.
* [[Nokia]]'s 3310 model cell phone. Takes beating, getting wet, ''can be used as ice hockey puck'' and the damn thing still works.
** It can be put through a washing machine without any damage at all.
** The 3310 can only be destroyed [[Memetic Mutation|in the fires of Mordor]].
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