The Cover Project
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Xandecs on July 24, 2010, 01:43:38 PM
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So.. I'm looking to buy the Universal Video Game Cases, but I can't buy them from mediashelving because of the U.S./Canada restriction. :-X
Also can't find it on eBay. And The Video Store Shopper is offline.
Almost 1 year looking for it now, so I thought it was time to call in some help. ;)
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Xandecs
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A a fellow European with the same problem, I suggest these:
http://www.rivierapublishing.co.uk/acatalog/DVD_8_Way.html
They are perfect substitutes, see the picture:
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=2738.15
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Everytime I see these posts I wonder why nobody ever thinks of using VHS cases as a substitute? I am in the process of printing all my SNES covers in one go and I ordered 100 black VHS cases with sleeve for 45€ (~ $58). So they are in the same price range as UGCs. You might have to hit ebay to get them but they are very common. I use a neat little freeware programm called ezcovermaker which rezises the covers automatically to fit VHS cases. Once I'm done with my covers I'll post pictures, I just thought I'd bring it up as I always wondered why people would suggest 8-DVD cases instead of the less painful VHS-route :)
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my only issue with VHS cases is the dimensions are so far removed from the original boxes - ie much taller and a little wider. Need to do quite a bit of stretching to get our covers to fit. Would definitely be interested to see how they look once you've done them.
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It's easier for me to find 8 DVD cases than it is to find VHS. There's probably an online store for them, I just haven't looked. :)
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I always wondered why people would suggest 8-DVD cases instead of the less painful VHS-route :)
1. Almost no resizing needed with the DVD cases, actually I don't resize, I just leave 5mm white strip at the bottom when I cut.
2. With DVD cases I can be sure that the SNES and N64 manuals fit without bending.
3. as teh are same height as PS2, XBOX, X360 and other DVD cases, I can easily rearrange my collection, as my custom shelves are DVD spaced.
4. What Doom said above.
And a partridge in a pear tree ;D
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So.. I'm looking to buy the Universal Video Game Cases, but I can't buy them from mediashelving because of the U.S./Canada restriction. :-X
Also can't find it on eBay. And The Video Store Shopper is offline.
Almost 1 year looking for it now, so I thought it was time to call in some help. ;)
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Xandecs
I'm from the Netherlands and I still need to buy around 30 cases as well! Was thinking of ordering them here:
http://www.racketboy.com/store/featured/universale-game-case.html
The shipping costs however are reallllly high, so maybe we can order them together?
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So.. I'm looking to buy the Universal Video Game Cases, but I can't buy them from mediashelving because of the U.S./Canada restriction. :-X
Also can't find it on eBay. And The Video Store Shopper is offline.
Almost 1 year looking for it now, so I thought it was time to call in some help. ;)
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Xandecs
I'm from the Netherlands and I still need to buy around 30 cases as well! Was thinking of ordering them here:
http://www.racketboy.com/store/featured/universale-game-case.html
The shipping costs however are reallllly high, so maybe we can order them together?
Yeah, I found that one too.. But it is $1.45 per piece, instead of $0.45, and the shipping costs are high.
$133.03 for 50 pieces total, that's like €2,- per piece!
But maybe someone from the US can send a box to The Netherlands? Anyone intrested in helping us out?
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So.. I'm looking to buy the Universal Video Game Cases, but I can't buy them from mediashelving because of the U.S./Canada restriction. :-X
Also can't find it on eBay. And The Video Store Shopper is offline.
Almost 1 year looking for it now, so I thought it was time to call in some help. ;)
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Xandecs
I'm from the Netherlands and I still need to buy around 30 cases as well! Was thinking of ordering them here:
http://www.racketboy.com/store/featured/universale-game-case.html
The shipping costs however are reallllly high, so maybe we can order them together?
Yeah, I found that one too.. But it is $1.45 per piece, instead of $0.45, and the shipping costs are high.
$133.03 for 50 pieces total, that's like €2,- per piece!
But maybe someone from the US can send a box to The Netherlands? Anyone intrested in helping us out?
I know, but it wouldn't really change anything. The shipping costs are just very high from the US, because the package is just very large..
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So.. I'm looking to buy the Universal Video Game Cases, but I can't buy them from mediashelving because of the U.S./Canada restriction. :-X
Also can't find it on eBay. And The Video Store Shopper is offline.
Almost 1 year looking for it now, so I thought it was time to call in some help. ;)
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Xandecs
I'm from the Netherlands and I still need to buy around 30 cases as well! Was thinking of ordering them here:
http://www.racketboy.com/store/featured/universale-game-case.html
The shipping costs however are reallllly high, so maybe we can order them together?
Yeah, I found that one too.. But it is $1.45 per piece, instead of $0.45, and the shipping costs are high.
$133.03 for 50 pieces total, that's like €2,- per piece!
But maybe someone from the US can send a box to The Netherlands? Anyone intrested in helping us out?
I know, but it wouldn't really change anything. The shipping costs are just very high from the US, because the package is just very large..
Yeah true.. too bad. :(
Anyway, I'm now testing VHS boxes in combination with a glue gun. First test with a SNES game I used too much glue, but it looks nice. Tomorrow I will test another game a different way. I found a nice add with VHS boxes for €0,05 per piece.
Only thing is the instruction bookled.. It is too wide and will fold.. Anyone an idea for that problem maybe?
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Yeah true.. too bad. :(
Anyway, I'm now testing VHS boxes in combination with a glue gun. First test with a SNES game I used too much glue, but it looks nice. Tomorrow I will test another game a different way. I found a nice add with VHS boxes for €0,05 per piece.
Only thing is the instruction bookled.. It is too wide and will fold.. Anyone an idea for that problem maybe?
had good results? pics would be awesome. ;D
Yeah, I could have done that. :P Sorry, cleaned it all up again. ::)
It worked, but it's too much work to do. ;)
But if I'm in the mood these days I will make another example. ;)
Ow, and NES games doesn't fit.