Found a new storage for my Famicom carts!

[Kiddo]

Some of you may remember a post I made about half a year ago when I picked up an old 80's cassette rack at the goodwill store.
(If you don't then here it is: http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=5998.msg92088#msg92088 )

Well, today I went on another journey to the goodwill shop, which I do now and then hoping to find old pirate booty or loose NES carts.

Then I came upon this on the floor under some racks with vinyl records:



Never mind the old orange spinning rack I found. THIS must have been THE coolest way to store you cassette tapes in the 80's. And thanks to the japanese designer that designed the Famicom carts, it also holds Famicom carts (almost) perfectly! I think this might have been used by a radio station at some point in it's lifetime, since each drawer is marked with the types of music genre the drawers must have held.
Anyway, I couldn't resist buying this. Even though it had no price label I thought to myself; "Hell, I'm willing to pay around 20$ for this. I'll probably never find one of these again anyway". When I put it on the counter and asked how much it cost, the girl seemed a bit confused, since it wasn't marked with a price she had to make one up then and there. She looked over to her manager whom was busy assisting an elderly couple with some vintage dinner plates, but then obviously decided to call the price herself. "800 crowns", she said (roughly 6$). "I'll take it!" I semi-yelled. Paid and drove straight home to test it as a Famicom cart container.

Here are my pirate carts in the bottom drawers:


My Konami carts and some other random carts in the second drawers:


And well... You get the idea... (Also: My birds in the background wondering why the hell I'm taking pictures of this ancient piece of furniture)



So the best thing about this storage unit is that each drawer holds up to 12 Famicom carts at once, and since the unit has 18 drawers that comes down to 216 Famicom carts. I only own around 100 carts, so for now I'll only have to use one of the units... Oh yeah I forgot to mention that these are actually two units stacked on top of each other, each with 9 drawers.

But it still has it's flaws. The ridges insider the drawers are very shallow, which would be allright for storing cassette boxes, but since the Famicom carts have these identations on each side at the bottom, they don't stand all too well inside the drawers unless you fill the drawer with 12 carts.


Also it has some minor wear and tear, but I think it can be easily fixed. (Also Made in Taiwan stickers all over the back)


All in all, I'm very pleased with my purchase. And I hope one day, when I move out of my apartment into something bigger, my girlfriend might allow me to put it up in our living room for easy access to my Famicom library. But as with the orange rack 6 months ago, down to the storage it goes, waiting for it's day of glory. 

P.S. Sorry for the low quality pics, had to use an old camera since our newer one is broken. Also, the pictures were not taken in the year of 1968 

[UglyJoe]

Looks good.  I would snatch that up in an instant if I saw it at a Goodwill.  Also, I like that your camera thinks it's 1968

[Kiddo]

Looks good.  I would snatch that up in an instant if I saw it at a Goodwill.  Also, I like that your camera thinks it's 1968

Haha! I reset it recently and it reverted to that date for some reason, even though it is made well after 1968.

I just started sorting my Famicom carts into the drawers and another fatal flaw has just appeared. Pirate carts, for some reason, jam the drawers. I guess they are an extra 2-3 mm larger than offical carts or something. Anyway, now I got two whole drawers filled with pirate carts, but I am unable to open them. I guess it won't be too much of a problem though since I can remove the drawer on the side of the two jammed ones and remove the carts from the side without damaging anything (I think). But that's a problem for future Kiddo to take care of 

[senseiman]

That looks really great!    I like the fact that you can sort of flip through the carts, which is convenient.  And, as a holder of cassette tapes, it is the correct vintage too!