LRG is producing replacement longbox jewel cases

[Hesch]

Someone is FINALLY making replacement longbox jewel cases. Is anyone keeping a good collection of the original art for these cases?

https://twitter.com/LimitedRunJosh/status/954922014879420416

[TDIRunner]

I saw this too.  Very cool.  I don't have nearly as much use for these now, but I may still order a few of these for my Sega CD and PS1 cases. 

[Yoshi Egg]

oh Wow, excellent. also says they may create PAL Sega Dreamcast cases

[Tech13]

WOO HOO! love this!

[amace04]

Do they keep them authentic as possible where they crack just by looking at them wrong?

[tiktektak]

Very cool but really also depends on pricing.

[Hesch]

They said that the reason no one's really done this before is the cost of the mold. But they have a run of at least 15k they're going to do for an upcoming project, which I would assume is a LRG game for one of those systems...so it was easily justifiable and the costs were brought down because of it. They know that people want them to be priced appropriately

[sheep2001]

Very cool but really also depends on pricing.

Being LRG it won’t be cheap - and postage to eu certainly won’t be friendly.

[TDIRunner]

I'm guessing between $2 and $3 USD each. 

[nbart711]

They had responded to someone on twitter about the price awhile ago. At that time they were thinking $25 for a pack of 5, not sure if that included shipping or not.

Unfortunately, they are already getting some push back from collectors. Since they are exact replica cases. Some of the collectors want them to be visually distinct from the originals.

[TDIRunner]

Unfortunately, they are already getting some push back from collectors. Since they are exact replica cases. Some of the collectors want them to be visually distinct from the originals.

Pretty ridiculous in my opinion.  No different from the replacement CD jewel cases you can buy for PS1 or Dreamcast.  No one complains about that. 

[nbart711]

Agreed.

I could see some concern if they were selling replacement cases for the popular games that included new inserts, manuals, etc. However, selling just the plastic case so people don't have a shelf of Saturn cases that are falling apart, does not seem like an issue to me.

Sometimes I think certain collectors just want a reason to feel superior to others. The thought of others having a nice looking Saturn collection like them, causes a real crisis for these guys.

[Bear78]

Unfortunately, they are already getting some push back from collectors. Since they are exact replica cases. Some of the collectors want them to be visually distinct from the originals.

This is the dumbest complaint ever. 

I welcome these with open arms and will be getting some when released to replace some of my broken cases.

[tylerbgood]

Is anyone keeping a good collection of the original art for these cases?

ratigators.com has a pretty thorough collection of US Sega CD and Saturn long box art. The scans suffer from a bit of moire, but they're still very usable.

[Hesch]

Unfortunately, they are already getting some push back from collectors. Since they are exact replica cases. Some of the collectors want them to be visually distinct from the originals.

Pretty ridiculous in my opinion.  No different from the replacement CD jewel cases you can buy for PS1 or Dreamcast.  No one complains about that. 

That's exactly what LRG said. And the big differentiator is that their inserts won't have the Compact Disc logo in it, since it's owned by phillips