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Stone Age Gamer's NES BitBoxes
e_brugal:
I'm not a big fan of this case, they are vacuum and from my experience with those kind of cases i assume that they aren't good
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=12379.msg113092#msg113092
StoneAgeGamer:
--- Quote from: soundwave925 on August 19, 2013, 12:10:29 PM ---So I don't know if anyone else here has seen this but I just found out about these new NES cases from a review on youtube
http://www.stoneagegamer.com/nintendo/nes/nes-game-cases/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zJxDxgxnow
These cases look really nice but they're also really expensive, is there anyone who would consider buying some? They seem like way better quality than ugc's and what makes them even more convincing is that you don't have to mod them and theres a sleeve for the manual. I cant imagine anyone who has already spent the time and money casing their entire collection with ugc's suddenly switching to these, unless maybe they have a small collection. Any thoughts?
Also interestingly enough, Stone Age Gamer is using covers from this site to go along with the cases for an extra fee
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Well our target wasn't really people who already have their collection in a UGC. Its more of the people who don't. Although everyone is welcome! Honestly it would be hard to justify switching to any new case if you already had all or most of your collection in UGC. I mean in the end they are just game cases. I am not saying that to belittle our BitBox cases, because they are superior to the UGC and any other NES game case currently on the market. Which I guess may not actually mean a lot since I don't think there are any others on the market. :) However, their job is to be a case for a game, this they do quite well. Like many of you I have had to deal with UGC for a long time. There is probably very few, even on this forum, that have more experience with them than I do. IMO they are borderline junk. This is not a complete shock though at their price point. You often get what you pay for. I got tired of waiting for someone else to make an NES game case, so I decided to make my own. So far they have sold pretty well, it was slow the first month, but as the word has got out sales have begun to ramp up quite a bit. More than 20% of our initial stock has already been sold. The cover art printing I think has been a major cause of this as well, so I have much love for the members of this site and this is why I donate half of the cover art cost to this site.
So far the biggest complaints we have seen is about the price. There is not much we can do about that at this time, maybe in the future the price can come down when we have them manufactured in larger quantities. We were putting our toes in the water with the first batch. Some people knock them because they are vacuum-formed. Yes it does have some downsides, but also has some upsides. The biggest upside for us is the cost of initial investment. We could probably get 5 or 6 different style vaccum-formed cases engineered and produced for the same upfront costs of engineering, molds, and production of 1 injection molded case. The downside is they cost more to make per unit. Another upside is they will always fit your cart like a glove, like a satin pillow of love for your cart. :) I mean I am not sure what you guys (and girls) use your game cases for, but I use mine for storing games and maybe making a little fort. They work great for those two purposes.
FritzWhite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zJxDxgxnow
wiggy:
Shenske, can we get a merge on this one?
larryinc64:
A merge with what other thread? I can do it.
Found it, I did it without braking anything! Woo! ;D