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*POLL* NES vs SEGA Clamshell
sheep2001:
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--- Quote from: sheep2001 on July 09, 2014, 05:49:13 AM ---Plus, being in Europe it's difficult to get hold of UGC's - Whilst it was pricey to get the shadowfox GB cases shipped - it wasn't AS pricey as getting UGC's.
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This is why you and I sheep need to figure out an importing deal. ;) So people in France have a source to get these cases.... without being killed by the shipping cost.
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PM me what you have in mind.....
e_brugal:
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on July 08, 2014, 02:31:13 PM ---I really don't know why nobody has marketed a case that is empty of cart holders, that a cart holder can clip into. 1 mould for the case, then sell the cart holders separately that clip in.
Truly universal, and interchangeable..
Could do a range of different sized cases, that the different cart holders can clip into. Also, without using a cart holder the case can be used for peripherals, promo items, manuals, etc.
But, at this stage, I am not trying to throw more into the mix. I just want sega clamshells! 😜
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--- Quote from: Arseen on July 08, 2014, 02:45:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on July 08, 2014, 02:31:13 PM ---I really don't know why nobody has marketed a case that is empty of cart holders, that a cart holder can clip into. 1 mould for the case, then sell the cart holders separately that clip in.
Truly universal, and interchangeable..
Could do a range of different sized cases, that the different cart holders can clip into. Also, without using a cart holder the case can be used for peripherals, promo items, manuals, etc.
But, at this stage, I am not trying to throw more into the mix. I just want sega clamshells! 😜
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Bit like I suggested
--- Quote from: Arseen on March 29, 2014, 06:14:06 PM ---I've been thinking the way to hold the cart the best and came up with two ideas:
1: To make case that would hold any cart (except nes as it has to orient different way) would be to put manual clip like hooks to the right side as well which would hook in the circuit opening of the cart.
OR
2: Make case that would have empty right side that would have groove around the edges where you could slide sort of like plate that would be made for each cart type separate that way you would have perfect fit for each cart.
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;)
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this is a good idea, one or two empty cases and universal holders that taps inside, like it
Shadowfox:
--- Quote from: e_brugal on July 09, 2014, 09:00:22 AM ---
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on July 08, 2014, 02:31:13 PM ---I really don't know why nobody has marketed a case that is empty of cart holders, that a cart holder can clip into. 1 mould for the case, then sell the cart holders separately that clip in.
Truly universal, and interchangeable..
Could do a range of different sized cases, that the different cart holders can clip into. Also, without using a cart holder the case can be used for peripherals, promo items, manuals, etc.
But, at this stage, I am not trying to throw more into the mix. I just want sega clamshells! 😜
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--- Quote from: Arseen on July 08, 2014, 02:45:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on July 08, 2014, 02:31:13 PM ---I really don't know why nobody has marketed a case that is empty of cart holders, that a cart holder can clip into. 1 mould for the case, then sell the cart holders separately that clip in.
Truly universal, and interchangeable..
Could do a range of different sized cases, that the different cart holders can clip into. Also, without using a cart holder the case can be used for peripherals, promo items, manuals, etc.
But, at this stage, I am not trying to throw more into the mix. I just want sega clamshells! 😜
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Bit like I suggested
--- Quote from: Arseen on March 29, 2014, 06:14:06 PM ---I've been thinking the way to hold the cart the best and came up with two ideas:
1: To make case that would hold any cart (except nes as it has to orient different way) would be to put manual clip like hooks to the right side as well which would hook in the circuit opening of the cart.
OR
2: Make case that would have empty right side that would have groove around the edges where you could slide sort of like plate that would be made for each cart type separate that way you would have perfect fit for each cart.
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;)
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this is a good idea, one or two empty cases and universal holders that taps inside, like it
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This IS a good idea. The reason I'm not pursuing it myself is because the mould to build the insert is only $1,000-odd less than the cost of a one piece mould. Even with different sleeves each sleeve would be a mould. I am essentially doing the same thing.... Let me explain myself:
If I move forward with the NES mould that mould will be 2/3 complete for SNES/SFC or N64 or Jaguar or Famicom and so on. Meaning that my cost for the re-creation of an existing mould will be cut in half. (Because I am able to use the existing NES mould as my base mould and really only changing the right hand side.)
Same thing goes with the SEGA Clamshell; I will be able to keep this mould and re-build a universal SEGA case off of it for half the price as the first one.
Hence the cross road I am at now. Both these mould are base moulds and both are close to $10,000. BUT! Once they are complete, any other "spin-off" moulds off of these will be closer to $5,000. Meaning if the selling volume stays constant, I will be able to bust out 2 new moulds the same time it takes me to bust out one now. (Which, one at a time doesn't seem too long, I think it was pretty fast for me to get from the Gameboy mould to this fork in the road of which mould to strike up next!)
Shadowfox:
POLL STATS AS OF 7/9/2014 9:00AM (PST)
Total of 65 Votes
SEGA Clamshells: 52.3%
NES Cases: 47.7%
Total Cases "called" for
SEGA Clamshells
LOW: 1544
HIGH: 4345
NES Cases
LOW: 1853
HIGH: 3726
(Now obviously the HIGH numbers don't mean anything because I do not believe for 1 second all ya'll if you clicked 100-500 cases you ALL are going to get 500 cases.)
So SEGA has the most votes yet NES has the highest LOW case numbers.
HA-HA
I'm going to let this poll run one more day. ;)
KMSoulja:
problem for me is that i can make sega games fit in UGC's while NES dont fit unless you cut them.
and then you have to worry about them scratching your games.
I have 100 NES games sitting in shoe boxes.