Need help with Gameboy cases

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Need help with Gameboy cases

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Does anyone know where i can get the clear game boy cases
I wanna get those for my gameboy games since they look a lot more presentable
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I'd actually recommend you pick up some DS cases. They can be fairly easily modified to fit a GB game (cut out the bottom of the GBA slot and the top of the DS slot) and look very nice on the shelf with a cover from The Cover Project.
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MrPopo wrote:I'd actually recommend you pick up some DS cases. They can be fairly easily modified to fit a GB game (cut out the bottom of the GBA slot and the top of the DS slot) and look very nice on the shelf with a cover from The Cover Project.

I agree, but I'm still looking for a reliable cheap way to score these. You can buy them thru the Nintendo site, but the shipping on them kind of makes them overpriced. I managed to get a handful of them for free from a nice guy working at a used game shop, but I can't keep going back and asking for more (and he said he couldn't sell me a box of them or anything).
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Watch eBay for large lots of them. I was lucky enough to buy 25 from a member on the forums, but I still need another 10 or 12. I hate the idea of using DS cases. I've seen the guides to mold them and use custom cover art, but I just prefer the games in the clear cases or in the original boxes where possible. I find I can often buy the game boxed for the same price I can sell my cartridge only for, and end up only paying for shipping, so if I can do that I often do.
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I agree that the original boxes are the best (GBA games too) but in both cases it's a lot more common (and cheaper) to find loose carts and then you need a custom case. The DS case solution looks pretty nice, I must say.
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What I like to do is knit little sweaters to put on the games.
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Go to a flea market, I've found people that basically give them away some times, and if not, you can usually buy them cheap off them.
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MrPopo wrote:I'd actually recommend you pick up some DS cases. They can be fairly easily modified to fit a GB game (cut out the bottom of the GBA slot and the top of the DS slot) and look very nice on the shelf with a cover from The Cover Project.
Yeah, I would do that or search ebay for extra cases... 8)
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Jrecee wrote:What I like to do is knit little sweaters to put on the games.
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Jrecee wrote:What I like to do is knit little sweaters to put on the games.
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I now have 3 different quotes in peoples signatures. The pressure's on now.
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