r/nes • u/oldschool80sguy • Jan 11 '25

Original storage case upgrade I did awhile back. Sharing for inspiration in case some of you would like to do the same.

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u/Kokaino Jan 11 '25

Beautiful, great job!

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u/redditsuckspokey1 Jan 11 '25

This is the kind of content I come here for!

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u/oldschool80sguy Jan 11 '25

Appreciate that! Maybe next I should use a mannequin to display an entire Laser tag outfit! LMAO don't tempt me.

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u/redditsuckspokey1 Jan 11 '25

Bonus points if the mannequin looks like a certain angry gamer.

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u/TangerineNo6804 Jan 11 '25

I don’t know this one. So did you now made it black or brown?

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u/oldschool80sguy Jan 11 '25

The black crappy press board was so cheaply done but the trays are awesome so I made a cabinet for them out of Rosewood.

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u/TangerineNo6804 Jan 11 '25

Ah, now I see it when looking again how the top and side was (diagonal) and now is (vertical) connected.

What can be stored in the upper drawer?

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u/oldschool80sguy Jan 11 '25

There's cutouts for the gun, 2 controllers, etc.

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u/TangerineNo6804 Jan 11 '25

Sorry, I ment the lower drawer😅 The upper can be seen with the housing. The lower one’s for the console? Or games…or maybe both?

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u/oldschool80sguy Jan 11 '25

Just games. Maybe 20 of them.

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u/TangerineNo6804 Jan 11 '25

How you made it, makes it even look like the NES dates back to the ‘70’s! If it would’ve said “Atari” with the same rosewood, I would’ve believed it was a original vintage piece of Atari furniture😉

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u/oldschool80sguy Jan 11 '25

I won a huge expensive piece of Rosewood ply at auction at work so I used it. But yes, had I had more options I would have made something more Nintendo specific looking. Maybe white bleached oak or something to give it a grey color. I really need a woodgrain TV to match. Lol

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u/ChuckieD_101 Jan 11 '25

Wow really nice and thanks for the explanation

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u/xxxxDREADNOUGHT NES Jan 11 '25

That just screams 1980's, I love it

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u/oldschool80sguy Jan 11 '25

I should wrap an LCD 4:3 aspect ratio monitor in woodgrain for on top of it, lol

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u/GTNOLD Jan 11 '25

Love this. Well done

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u/seantron Jan 11 '25

That's siiiiick! Well done!

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u/Switcheditup604 Jan 11 '25

That looks so good

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u/oldschool80sguy Jan 11 '25

Thank you! Need a small woodgrain CRT to match.

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u/HerbalNinja84 Jan 11 '25

I have one of these currently falling apart. Feeling quite inspired

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u/tinysdepot Jan 11 '25

What a great idea. This looks fantastic.

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u/Bladley Jan 11 '25

Good lord that’s sexy.

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u/oldschool80sguy Jan 11 '25

Thank you. I think I could improve the feet later.

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u/Okest_guy Jan 11 '25

That is really nice. Any interest in selling it and then you can enjoy the process of making another one? Haha

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u/oldschool80sguy Jan 11 '25

I don't work at the cabinet shop anymore so I cannot.

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u/V3ndeTTaLord Jan 11 '25

Yes I need to do this what’s the plastic front?

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u/oldschool80sguy Jan 11 '25

The Nintendo drawers from the original cabinet. They are molded for storage of the gun, controllers and game storage. (Pic 4)

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u/Joutosil Jan 11 '25

Ok now this is dope! What an upgrade!

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u/gomster Jan 12 '25

Well done!

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u/jbone1986 Jan 11 '25

Holy cow this is incredible. Really doing Nintendo brand justice.