Stone Age Gamer's NES BitBoxes

[StoneAgeGamer]

These look very cool.  I also look forward to checking out your table at CCAG as I will be there.  For me personally, I've already bought and modified nearly 100 UGCs for NES games and quite honestly I'm happy with what UGCs give me.  But I'm not picky as most.  That said I'm interested in looking at them.  Will you have some at CCAG?

I don't blame you, plus you can't beat the UGC price. I mean really they are dirt cheap. Sure quality isn't great, but there is always a trade off. I wanted to start to move to something nicer for EverDrives and that's what compelled me to look into our own cases. Injection molded cases can be nice if they are done well, but the upfront costs are pretty damn high and I would rather spend that money elsewhere on something I feel would be more profitable than game cases. These type of cases only took us 2 months from first contact with manufacture to them arriving at the door.

I will be bringing some cases but not a ton, we will probably be selling some NES games in them to show them off. Like I said, I actually like these type of cases, but I understand why some people may not.

[akumaizer]

I could be swayed after seeing them!   

[scarmullet]

I could be swayed. Maybe a couple cases to sample? I do have money invested in Modifiying UGCs, but if I like the cases from Stone Age Gamer (I love the store, really), such cases could be re purposed into Doubles like what wiggy does for handhelds. Also, SNES games are as wide as NES games are tall, and N64 games are as wide as NES games are. Could such games fit in your cases? Or are they tabbed for NES games only?

[StoneAgeGamer]

I could be swayed. Maybe a couple cases to sample? I do have money invested in Modifiying UGCs, but if I like the cases from Stone Age Gamer (I love the store, really), such cases could be re purposed into Doubles like what wiggy does for handhelds. Also, SNES games are as wide as NES games are tall, and N64 games are as wide as NES games are. Could such games fit in your cases? Or are they tabbed for NES games only?

Great point, i actually never thought about it. So I decided to try. Both SNES (North American) and N64 carts fit. SNES is a little bit of a tight fit, but the case does close and that actually kind of works as an advantage because it actually holds the cart in place. N64 obviously is somewhat loose in there, but still fit. I actually cut out a piece of black foam and it it in there to keep it from moving around, but it wouldn't be 100% necessary if they were just sitting on s shelf.

[scarmullet]

I like it. I guess the Bitbox is more universal then you thought. A little foam goes a long way.

[wiggy]

Time to source some pre-cut foam bits now, eh?

[StoneAgeGamer]

Time to source some pre-cut foam bits now, eh?

lol, maybe

[pumanchero]

These cases are beautiful, but very expensive in my opinion. I'll wait until they get down to a dollar a piece.

[Arseen]

These cases are beautiful, but very expensive in my opinion. I'll wait until they get down to a dollar a piece.

I thinks they won't.
He said making them is expensive.

[scarmullet]

These cases are beautiful, but very expensive in my opinion. I'll wait until they get down to a dollar a piece.

I thinks they won't.
He said making them is expensive.

True. As soon as they come back in stock, I'll order a 10 pack to test em.

[StoneAgeGamer]

Well depending how well they sell next time we will order significantly more and this should bring price down a little bit, but I doubt I could ever get them close to a $1 each. The 100-pack price is actually not a very high mark-up over wholesale. The documentation strap actually added a lot to the cost believe it or not. Maybe there is cheaper option for holding documentation.

[Arseen]

Would the manual simply fit under the cart so the cart holds the manual in place?

[razielleonhart]

i have not bought any UGC cases yet and i am kinda up in the air with these Bit Cases so i am going to hold off buying these till i see how more peoples like them. its just nice to know i can resize the box art to fit in theses cases

[Blumpkin]

The price is the biggest factor preventing me from trying SAG cases. UGC's cost me about 87 cents a case, and work perfectly for most platforms. NES is the only platform that gives me an issue, and so far chopping out the guts of UGC's is still better then the alternatives at this point.

[StoneAgeGamer]

NES manuals do indeed fit behind cart it seems. I tried with Zelda manual, which I believe I one of the thickest.

Well I have to sell this batch first, but I will talk to manufacturer. Without documentation strap and higher quantity I may be able to get them down to closer to $1.50 - $1.75/ea. for 100-pack (maybe lower who knows). It may be possible to offer a plastic pocket that can be stuck inside inside cover for those who want that option.

What I may be able to do, I will have to look into final costs, but to help move this first batch out I may be able to throw in free cover art insert printing. So basically if you bought 100 pack you could also select 100 games inserts you wanted printed and I would print them off for you. I have a very nice color laser printer and a commercial stack paper cutter so they would all be cut to size. Speaking of which, is there anyways to actually download all the cover art for a specific system at once. Rather than 1 at a time?

Thanks everyone for their critiques and suggestions. I somewhat regret not coming to this forum first before producing them to get your insight. Luckily I didn't order a ridiculous amount to start.