This may sound silly, but I just want to know:  If you are a developer that has made custom cartridges, have you gone the extra mile and made up boxes and manuals for them as well?  I know there's little point, but I'm curious if anyone's ever done such a thing.  I'd be amused by it, really.

Yeah, I looked into paper boxes.  One place wanted $300 for the custom die and another  $375 for the layout setup.   I have no clue what the cost per box would have been on top of that but it would have been insane for a small number of carts.

I just went with Candy tins.   They're still  about $3 a piece, but they are almost the same size as a NES box.

I think the only practical way to do the boxes is to get a bunch of homebrewers to go in together on a large order of generic boxes, and then print a custom sticker for the front.  (I think thats all Sachen does.)

Al

I haven't seen Albailey's box - was there a pic of it somewhere?

I've got another idea for boxes.
You know those clear plastic boxes that people use to protect their NES boxes.  You could probably print directly on those, or just apply a sticker.

  They should be cheap ( less than a dollar a piece), and a person (or collecting community) can buy them in bulk because regular collectors will want them to protect their existing NES boxes.

Al