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Stone Age Gamer's NES BitBoxes
Blumpkin:
--- Quote from: JDavis on April 19, 2013, 09:35:27 PM ---Yeah... that reminds me of those cheap puffy cases Disney VHSes came in. :-\
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That's what I was thinking too. They look fancy at first, but quickly turn into space wasting junk.
Arseen:
--- Quote from: larryinc64 on April 19, 2013, 10:32:42 PM ---What exactly is Vacufoain? What other things use it?
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I think Super Famicom cart boxes inner trays are vacu-formed.
Vacu-forming has many uses:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_forming
Azarkhel:
Vacuum Formed is how a lot of VHS stuff was done, kinda bendy plastic with large hollow sections. Injection molding is how current UGCs are done.
sheep2001:
If I can remember back to my CDT lessons at school, vacuum forming heats the plastic and basically wraps it around a mould or die - forming the shape. It's cheaper than injection moulding, but leaves the plastic quite brittle.
madrocsz:
disney cases.. omg