Replacement Sega Saturn, Sega CD, PS1 Longbox Cases available! (Not LRG)

[Time Mage]

I hope he at least gets his money back. I've been hoping someone would do this for a while.

[DinoDerek]

Alright, so my 10 pack came in today from the Amazon seller

First off Id say for the price quality isnt bad. In fact the black inner tray has the Compact Disc logo which is cool as the LRG ones wont have those (for obvious copyright reasons)

So far the only thing that doesnt feel right is that they dont have that "closed" feeling you get from original cases. Like when you close a real Saturn game there is a bit of snug tight feeling. These do not have that. The front part swings freely without actually feeling securely closed. Which to me is minor but important. Im hoping LRG at least gets that right. From what I can tell there is that little tiny ball at the bottom of the front part that fits into a small hole on the back part to give it a slightly secure feel without making it hard to open.

[banditwolf]

Sounds better than I'd have guessed. Shame the LRG won't have the logo when these do.
I do wonder how the demand for LRGs cases will be.

[DinoDerek]

Yeah now Im thinking these Chinese ones might be great for the exact tray replicas but LRG for the actually back and front. Oyyyy never easy being a Saturn collector lol.

To be fair the inner tray is rarely something that NEEDS replacing on existing cases so Ill likely use the originals there.

[DinoDerek]

Update, the black trays also don't snap in like the originals. So they feel loose as well.

Overall these LOOK almost perfect but these 2 small functional issues kinda kill these for me.

- Front part lacks that snug closed feel when the case is shut
- Inside black tray does not snap in, thus when backart is place in, its loose.

Limited run Games, please make sure yours have these 2 features as they are IMO massively important despite being quite minor physically.

[banditwolf]

I wonder if the Amazon seller will update that on a future order?

[DinoDerek]

To me it shows that the plastic molds are SLIGHTLY off. Not even by a lot. But I guess that can be expected with Chinese manufacturing. But even slightly off loses the satisfying secure closed/snapped in feel. Thus everything has a slightly loose feel to it.

I still think for most these are fine just for the shelf and what not.

[Gypsy]

I have seen others post the same complaints as Dino Derek. Hopefully the ones from LRG will be a bit better.

[xelement5x]

Thanks for the review DD!

The dude who made these actually sent me a PM me on Sega-16 requesting I post the link for him and I did so, but made sure to include your notes as well since I think you would be one of the people who definitely has enough experience with longboxes to notice the details if they are off.

[Best1989]

I know that feeling of looseness you're talking about, it happened to me when replacing some PS1 cases with random ones in the past. They may look fine, but once you pick up the game you can notice it. Hopefully LRG will do better.