How did YOU case your collection?

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e_brugal:

--- Quote from: FritzWhite on October 07, 2013, 02:18:14 PM ---
--- Quote from: e_brugal on October 07, 2013, 02:00:37 PM ---Well, i start my collection recently, think it was a year ago. as some of you know i live in the Dominican Republic (it won't be cheap to buy cases for me :( ), and i haven't buy any cases yet because:

1- I'm waiting for Onion Cases to be for sales (SeymorOnion), onion cases will hold manuals (the waiting is long)
2- Decided not to buy UGC because it can't hold manual and don't like to have the manuals apart from the game.
3- There's other option, Vacuum formed cases that can hold manuals but from my experience with that kind of plastic particularly i don't like them.

My collection for now is based only with console games not handheld and think i will stay that way :P

So, basically i'm collecting games and manuals and they are right now naked :P ;D , hope to case them soon

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My manuals fit in the case just barely. I just set them on top of the cart and the case bulges ever so slightly, but that's because the carts have the dust covers also. It's redundant to have a dust cover on a cased game, but it makes the game fit the case snug, plus it came with the game originally.

I don't like it when the cart rattles around in there

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I know that they fit ;) but i don't like to have them in the case without being secure, when you open the case a think you have to be careful to not let the manuals drop to the floor, Right?

FritzWhite:

--- Quote from: e_brugal on October 07, 2013, 02:24:45 PM ---when you open the case a think you have to be careful to not let the manuals drop to the floor, Right?

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If you try to put the manual where it normally goes then it could fall out when you open it, but even with the dustcover on the cart, the manual sits just below the edges of the case when I place it on top of the cart instead of behind the front of the case where a manual would normally go if there were tabs to hold it. I've never dropped a manual when it's been placed on top of the cart.

For me, the downside is that it bends the bottom of the manual ever so slightly when the case is closed, but I'm really not that anal that I'm going to go get my stuff graded. It doesn't damage it and I have the manual and the game all protected in one case.

redsox2012:
I collect mostly Sega Genesis, so I use original Sega clamshells for my games. Luckily, it's easy to find sports games for around $1 here, so I have no problem getting cases.

I don't like UGC's for Genesis games because they don't fit snugly. I'm glad Sega had the foresight to make sturdy cases for (most of) their games. On one hand, it makes complete games easier to find because more have survived over the years, but it also means that Genesis games are worth slightly less than complete original SNES games, as many SNES cardboard boxes were damaged or destroyed.

kaysow:
swedish here so shipping for ugcs is ridiculous.
ds cases are great for gb/gba so i have a bunch of those, but no covers yet since i'd rather make my own.
gonna recase my psx games because the fat jewelcases we had for those in europe and japan all break really easy and are getting hard to come by. black dvd keepcases of varying sizes is an easy and practical solution, but i'm constantly tempted to get me some polys, those look really sleek.
for carts and such i'm waiting to see how the onion cases turn out.
in general i'm just working on my templates, doing some trials with what i've got.

AxelSteelBMX:
I live in the U.S. (hi-ho, northern neighbor!), and have been casing spare cartridges in UGCs since I joined The Cover Project. I got mine from Media Shelving back when a case of 100 was still less than $50. It's kinda ridiculous how much the prices have shot up since then. Shipping was super-cheap. I probably live close to their distribution center.

As far as manual storage goes, my issue with manuals inside UGCs is the same as others': they're very iffy deals. SNES and N64 manuals are a crapshoot, since while they will fit inside with minor bending like FritzWhite illustrated, you're screwed with thicker manuals. My Chrono Trigger instruction manual is too thick to fit inside the UGC with the cartridge, so I have no choice but to store it separately. However, in the case of NES manuals, I like to put the cart inside of a dust sleeve WITH the manual. The few NES manuals I have are thin enough that this arrangement seems to work out pretty well, and prevents the manuals from falling out.

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