You don't have to put everything in a case. I've got around 3000 games, but I'd be thrilled if I could just put a few hundred of the most delicate in plastic.
Hugh -----Original Message----- From: Stephen S. Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 8:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] New topic--Collectors UNITE! Hello, yeah, I've also been largely absent because of busy-ness in real life, but I'm now furnishing a large room and am now thinking of filling the rest of the room with games :) I think a big problem with plastic boxes is that games just come in too many sizes. They also weigh a ton ... and now that my game collection is somewhere over the 1,000 mark; if I got a thousand of these at $1.50 a pop, I'm out enough money that could have gotten several shrinked pink frisbees (eek!) I can't afford that; I need to be reasonably economical. Right now I think I'll just go for bookcases with glass cabinet doors attached. These will reasonably protect the games from dust (not perfect but should be close) and still make them readily accessible for playing and looking. Plastic baggies, even if you go deluxe baggies, are awkward-looking and not really a long-term solution. Also, unlike many of you other folk, I also have to worry about anchoring my bookcases to the wall, so I don't lose too much in case an earthquake strikes :) I did look around the 'net for storage solutions, and much of what currently exists can't accommodate something as large as a common Ultima VI box. As for meeting, I'd be all up for that, except most of the people reading this aren't in California, I'd wager, even if there are enough collectors here to clean out any remotely reasonable source of goods (sigh). -- Stephen On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Origin Museum wrote: > Although this talk about genres is fascinating, I'm gonna start a new topic (I hope noone minds). > > I spent some time a few weeks ago talking to C.E. Forman on the phone. We covered a multitude of topics, but the two that were the most interesting are below. I'd like to get input on each of them. Please post to this topic if anyone is interested in either. > > > 1. C.E. and I got into a long discussion on how we store our collections. We agreed that plastic baggies were a 'short-term' solution, and tried to think up another (better) way to preserve our software for the long haul. We agreed on the idea that if we could find some sort of inexpensive, clear, plastic box of the clamshell variety, that would be ideal. I searched the net for anything that would match that description, but came up empty. We thought that if we could have a custom box made to a software collector's exacting specifications, we may be able to have a plastics manufacturer actually create our 'software collector's box in a limited run! So, here are the questions: > > *If you were able to have plastic boxes made to preserve your software, what would be the specifications?(size, ie: LxWxH) > *What type of box would they be?(clamshell, like an Ultima box, hinged, or something else?) > *How much would you pay for each box? > *How many boxes would you buy in your first order? > > If we can suss out some agreeable details, and enough people were interested in buying in large numbers, we *MAY* be able to make this happen. I'm assuming the more that were ordered, the cheaper they would be. I know that if they were relatively cheap ($1.50 to $2.00 each), I would buy 200 of these boxes immediately. Please let me know what you all think of this. > > 2. C.E. and I also spoke of the possibility of a software collector's 'meet and greet' at an agreed upon event. We could get together to swap stories, share a meal, and perhaps even bring along some of our prized collectibles to show to each other! The Philly Classic in Philadelphia this March, or Dragon*Con in Atlanta this August could be possible locations. I assume that some of you would be interested in seeing the Museum's original Akalabeth, or our genuine Wing Commander Kilrathi head! If we could make this happen, we could all at least go home with a ROMERO autograph (for a nomial fee, perhaps?) ;) > Please let me hear some ideas on locations, dates, and enthusiasms for an idea like this. > Would YOU attend? > > "...Preserving Worlds..." > Joe Garrity > Curator of The Origin Museum > http://originmuseum.solsector.net > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Express yourself with a super cool email address from BigMailBox.com. > Hundreds of choices. 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