Been far, far too long since I've done a needless project.
I present my beloved family heirloom top loader.
I am slowly gathering the needed supplies. I did finally confirm after 45 minutes and nearly breaking my wrist that you can indeed remove the shallow gamebit screw with a bic pen that's been set on fire. The rest of them ain't budging. Grinding a slot into a flathead screwdriver is a joke and barely works, too.
So, Amazon has a $4.99 set of the bits and a tri-wing screwdriver. It's an add on item so preorder some video game you fully intend to cancel as soon as your bits ship. Same junk is $1.50 from Aliexpress but ain't nobody got time to wait a month.
In anticipation of throwing the gamebit screws into the landfill, I prepped my replacement screws. In honor of yotsuya, I reveal my screw painting method...