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« on: March 24, 2015, 03:50:05 PM »



A while back I found these games & instructions with clear plastic NES clamshell cases.

Does anyone know where these cases were first sold?
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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2015, 03:56:06 PM »

I don't know offhand, but they're definitely third-party licensed and were popular with rental shops at the time.
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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2015, 03:59:18 PM »

I don't know offhand, but they're definitely third-party licensed and were popular with rental shops at the time.

That's what I thought as well, but I never remember renting a game that had this particular case, emblazoned with the Nintendo logo. Also, these don't have any rental stickers or anything. But you're most likely right.
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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2015, 06:24:31 PM »

I had a mixture of those, as well as unlicensed third-party cases that were blue, "red" (pink, really), and clear. Not sure how I came across them as a kid, but I remember them being sold at retail.
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2015, 06:26:30 PM »

I have quite a few of these, and around here most of them came from Mom & Pop rental stores. I've found a few with labels on them.
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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2015, 06:45:25 PM »

I have some colored ones, see through pink/blue/yellow, that I remember buying new at Toys R Us in either the late 80's or early 90's.
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2015, 09:09:36 AM »

I have some colored ones, see through pink/blue/yellow, that I remember buying new at Toys R Us in either the late 80's or early 90's.

I also bought some from Toys R Us back in the late 80's.  I'd imagine you could search through old issues of Nintendo Power to get a better idea of when they first appeared.
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« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2015, 10:52:40 AM »

I remember them being sold in packs of 3, though incidentally I remember picking them up from PlayWorld before they went bankrupt.
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« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2015, 09:00:51 AM »

I was packing up some more games and I noticed this on the back of one of the cases: (This is has the Nintendo logo on the front)

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« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2015, 10:11:16 AM »

Based on that information, here's the manufacturer:

Pride Plastics, Inc.
CA
2100 S Fairview St.

92704  Santa Ana
United States

They produced licensed plastic protectors for all of Nintendo's cartridge-based consoles:
Game Boy: http://www.nintendoage.co...tid=29&threadid=12573
Nintendo 64: http://www.amazon.com/Nin...e-Case-pack/dp/B00004YV84

Since we've cleared that up, they were likely available for most retailers to order, but if I'd have to guess most toy stores like TRU and KB Toys.
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