Gameboy game box plastic shells
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Gameboy game box plastic shells
Were the hard plastic shells I see around some Gameboy game boxes part of the original factory packaging or aftermarket?
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Re: Gameboy game box plastic shells
I don't know but the bastards I have are hard AF to open.
This industry has become 2 dimensional as it transcended into a 3D world.
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I don't remember them from the old days but maybe because I'm so old?
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OUTSIDE the cardboard box? No, absolutely not. Straight paperboard boxes with factory shrinkwrap. What you're seeing is probably the recent trend of "box protectors" for collecting purposes.
Talking about NTSC/US packaging here.
Talking about NTSC/US packaging here.
Re: Gameboy game box plastic shells
Ditto for PAL regions. Im not sure we even had shrinkwrapping i can't quite remember.bigbadboaz wrote:OUTSIDE the cardboard box? No, absolutely not. Straight paperboard boxes with factory shrinkwrap. What you're seeing is probably the recent trend of "box protectors" for collecting purposes.
Talking about NTSC/US packaging here.
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I was talking about these -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304638981920 ... ygQAvD_BwE
I have a few that came with my Gameboy games and they are ridiculously hard to open I had to use a knife.
If you are talking these -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325293628008 ... BMsoGt7qBh
They are after market, designed to keep cardboard boxes in minty shape.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304638981920 ... ygQAvD_BwE
I have a few that came with my Gameboy games and they are ridiculously hard to open I had to use a knife.
If you are talking these -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325293628008 ... BMsoGt7qBh
They are after market, designed to keep cardboard boxes in minty shape.
This industry has become 2 dimensional as it transcended into a 3D world.
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Re: Gameboy game box plastic shells
You just press in on the tab to open those. I have never had an issue opening any of mine. They were included with the games.neorichieb1971 wrote:I was talking about these -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304638981920 ... ygQAvD_BwE
I have a few that came with my Gameboy games and they are ridiculously hard to open I had to use a knife.