Why Shock boxes?

Dark Sakul

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Okay I can see why someone want to keep there MVS game carts dust free. And if you going to have a nice game library, why not dressed it up abit.

I am against people getting mint kits, sealing them in plastic and hoarding them forever in museum display.

But I like to see what the community have to say about this. :mr_t:
 

xsq

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title should be: "wtf is the point of this thread?"
 

theMot

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Okay I can see why someone want to keep there MVS game carts dust free. And if you going to have a nice game library, why not dressed it up abit.
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You just answered your own question. How does it feel to do that?
 

Craig

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why is the skyblue? Why is water wet? Why did judas rat to romans while jesus slept?
 

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I think Dark Sakul wanted to know someones personal reason why they prefer to put them in Shockboxes...I think? You know, get some insight.
 

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holy shit fellas I think we just found ourselves Worst n00b of 2013 uitb
 

RAZO

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Alot of my my mvs carts are Japanese so it's nice to have shock boxes with inserts so I know what I'm grabbing. It's also a nice way to protect your carts.
 

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this was a big reason for me.
 

Mugicha

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Alot of my my mvs carts are Japanese so it's nice to have shock boxes with inserts so I know what I'm grabbing.

funnily enough, that's exactly why I don't like shockboxes. My Jp reading ability is very limited, but I can read about 95% of jp MVS labels. I try to collect jp labels as much as possible, I like how they look on the shelf with out shocks, and it baffles anyone who comes over to look at the games.
 

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All the MVS games I have are either in Shockboxes or Windy Sleeves.
 

Edmond Dantes

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I thought this topic was gonna be about the name.

IE: "Why are they CALLED 'shock' boxes?"

[Personally always assumed that it was because they act as shock absorbers if the game gets dropped or something]
 

Pope Sazae

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Get the Windy sleeves. They protect the carts from dust, etc. and save you a lot of space. Shocks look nice on the shelf but take up a ton of room. Now if you have a tiny collection go for it but once you start to get a few space becomes important.

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RAZO

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funnily enough, that's exactly why I don't like shockboxes. My Jp reading ability is very limited, but I can read about 95% of jp MVS labels. I try to collect jp labels as much as possible, I like how they look on the shelf with out shocks, and it baffles anyone who comes over to look at the games.

Your the man.
 

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To keep the salty mist from the sea from corroding my stuff. Paper products just don't keep the moisture out.
 
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