Does anybody here, put there games in custom made boxes?

PhilCee11PhilCee11
in Collector's Corner
Well to save money and make NES and SNES games easier to find and speed along my collection, I kind of want to just either make my own custom boxes or have a clam-shell like genesis box with a print out of the original box, to keep my games stored with there manuals. I was curious if anybody else does this?

If I did make my own boxes I would make them custom with paint shop pro, but I was curious if anybody here does that?

Now please don't hop on me for making fake NES boxes cause that is not what I am going for, I would do something like these...

http://www.vgboxart.com/view/28739/megaman.2/?replies=9
http://www.vgboxart.com/view/16481/kid.icarus/?replies=2

and in like clam-shells like Genesis boxes.

pretty much I only use the boxes to hold everything together and they look nice and even. So does anybody do anything like this?

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  • PhilCee11PhilCee11
    http://www.vgboxart.com/view/18618/dr.mario/?replies=12

    This has to be my favorite boxart
  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    Get the Universal Media Cases that are so popular with the Cover Project.

    They're about $0.60 each, shipped in cases of 100.



    It requires some modification to store NES cartridges, but they look great on the shelf, and they have a sleeve for using cover art published at The Cover Project.
  • PhilCee11PhilCee11
    ^yeah I just found those, they look fantastic, the only thing I noticed is that when the cover images are printed out, it looks a little short for the case? am I wrong here, or does anybody know if they fit the cases nice and snug? I would prolly use photo paper to make it more cardboardish
  • VGS_MrMark0673VGS_MrMark0673
    Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

    Get the Universal Media Cases that are so popular with the Cover Project.

    They're about $0.60 each, shipped in cases of 100.



    It requires some modification to store NES cartridges, but they look great on the shelf, and they have a sleeve for using cover art published at The Cover Project.


    Arch, how easy were the mods to do?  Did you like the result?  Please post pics of a finished product and what you used to do the work, I'm super interested in picking up a ton of these!

    Phil:  This is a very common practice in the Neo Geo MVS world.  Big Bear had a ton of Shock Boxes produced that you can store MVS carts in a have art on the outside just like this. 

    http://southtown-homebrew.com/index.php?cPath=170

    I really like the art on a few in the links that you posted, I may consider something like this.
  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    Dragonlunch has some posted results in the other thread, I think. I haven't printed any labels yet, due to time constraints, but I estimate it takes 1 minute per box with a dremel tool to cut out the offending plastic. It uglies up the inside a little bit, but with a cover inserted it's not noticeable from the outside.



    Phil - the inserts are the right size. If they come up short, it's because they were printed on letter instead of legal-size paper.
  • PhilCee11PhilCee11

    wow this is really cool, I love this idea, seriously look out for all 100 of my NES and about 25 of my SNES boxes to be up for sale very soon.

    how well do NES games work with this though? I noticed the manual holder was made for SNES/N64/Genesis etc.. type manuals. that sucks there is not a box for just NES type games!

    EDIT: I guess what I am asking is does the manual and cart rattle around in the case?

    and thanks for the link mrmark those cases looked nice!

  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    These boxes don't hold SNES-sized manuals very well. They're slightly too small.



    The NES games won't rattle around. They're too big to begin with, and you're trimming out plastic to make it work at all.
  • PhilCee11PhilCee11
    do you have any pics to show the plastic that is removed? so are you saying there are going to be holes? or do you just remove the holders in the boxes?



    also do you happen to have the link on where to buy the cases, I can't seem to find it.
  • PhilCee11PhilCee11
    and this is what I meant when I said it did not look like they fit the boxes..

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v119/paintballzim/PA010172.jpg

    maybe he used the wrong paper?
  • PhilCee11PhilCee11
    well my brother looked into it and he is very interested, so I think im gonna go ahead and do this with him, I'll let you know how it turns out mrmark, I think were going to need to buy a printer and scanner though, well see how much the printer with ink and paper runs image
  • Padoca85Padoca85
    the problem its the printing setings,its very common

    try using an profissional image editor like photoshop or corel, i used to print using paint shop and same thing happened.it worked for meimage

    Edit: quick tip, print then in a semi-gloss card paper, the results are great!
  • AllYourBassAllYourBass
    As a free alternative to Photoshop, you could use GIMP.
  • removed-07-06-2016removed-07-06-2016
    Odd that SNES manuals don't fit, because the pic on the sites that sell these clearly show an SNES manual sitting inside. Can anyone show a pic verifying this?
  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    I just double checked with my cases. They will sit inside the main case, but they don't fit inside the front cover, like CD/DVD-based inserts do.

    EDIT:  with a game in the case at the same time, there will be slight stress placed on the top and bottom edges of the manual.  This would not be a good way to store minty SNES manuals.
  • BeaglePussBeaglePuss
    Originally posted by: arch_8ngel
     I estimate it takes 1 minute per box with a dremel tool to cut out the offending plastic. 


    Do you happen to know the name of the bit you used?  If you don't know the name, could you describe it for me?  I plan on testing out these cases in the next week or so, and I want to be prepared ahead of time.
  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    I just used the Heavy-Duty Cutoff Wheels (the brown abrasive disks). It doesn't wear the cutting wheel down much at all, but melted plastic will build up around the mandrel. Every 10 boxes, or so, i have to take the disk off the mandrel and slide off the hardened plastic.
  • removed-07-06-2016removed-07-06-2016
    ^Instead of using a cutting wheel, would it be feasible to use one of the grinding attachments? I don't have a dremel to test it out, but it might look better if you could just sand them down to nothing, than use a really high grain sandpaper to make them smooth with the rest of the case. Any thoughts?
  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    The "heavy duty cutting wheel" actually comes in little canisters of 20 and look like thin brown abrasive disks. They cut most materials by abrasion, similar to a masonry saw.



    I don't know if the wider grinding attachments would work for removing the tabs. It would make a huge mess and take a lot longer than what I'm doing. Basically, I just cut the tabs as much as possible, flush with the case, and pull them out with a pair of pliers.



    You could probably go back over the interior of the case with some 320 grit, or something to clean it up. The way I see it, it's the inside of the case, and I'm not going to spend a lot of time looking at it.



    It would be awesome to pool together, though, and get some custom cases made like that guy did for the MVS. If I knew there was enough demand, I would front the capital and get it done, but I understand it would take a huge order, and the cases would end up being $5/each, or some similarly awful price.
  • percy11percy11
    I'm just wondering how wide are the universal media case?
  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    Look on "mediashelving.com" they have the full specs, and that is the storefront to order the cases from.
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