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    Perhaps someone else should contact Nintendo and see if you get the same story that I did. It's worth a shot at least.

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    Well it was no surprise to me, really, since everything was manufactured in Japan, why would Nintendo of America have access to any of that information?

    If someone wanted to light a fire under their ass just ask if the GBA carts and any earlier Nintendo carts/products have PVC in them since you have health concerns regarding your little kids.

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    it dosent matter if the devices were made in another country -- the US like all other countries have government regulations and procedures you have to go through in order to be alowed to release and market a product

    for saftey all kinds of information regarding materials and electronics have to be kept - regulatory affairs

    mabey you could ask to talk to thier regulatory affairs people - they have all that info

    its probably that they just dont want to be bothered by a few concerned customers regarding old products - especialy when they are dealing with getting the revolution and new handheld passed though the system

    especialy when being asked questions about a product whos records were originaly kept on paper - but nintendo is a huge company so i would expect them to have people hiered to digitize old paper records

    like where i work - its a small company so there is a ton of paper records -- but when a concern comes from a customer -someone goes and digs through the pile - but this is a medical device comopany so mabey the company is required to

    also i agree with bratworst - that if you make your concern regarding health then mabey they would go and dig for you

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    I spoke to Nintendo again today. the first guy I spoke with just couldn't understand why I wanted to know about the material the sleeves were made out of. He kept saying that I shouldn't care (which really ticked me off by the way). I finally got on the phone with his supervisor, who told me that they were manufactured in Japan and that any info like that would be in Japan and not at Nintendo of America. He also said that there was no way to contact Nintendo in Japan as they do not have a customer service division at headquarters (which I find extremely hard to beileve). Anyway, I know this is all a loadof crap, but there doesn't seem to be a way to get the answer from Nintendo.

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    Also, I did express it as a health concern for my kids, which didn't seem to help at all. Perhaps someone else may have better luck contacting Nintendo.

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    :/ Thanks for trying, jd. I appreciate it.

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    No problem Gideon. Maybe someone else should try to contact them also. Perhaps someone may have better luck than me and actually get a customer service rep who actually cares about the customers

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    nice try though - lasy b@stards

    id expect them to do that to any one

    thier attitude is strange to me -- were i work that is a major concern - ive never worked outside of medical electronics - so i dont know how those companies are regulated -- i would have assumed that health issues regarding materials would be a concern in consumer products -- i know its also a concern in the food and clothing industry

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    too late now -- but i thought of some more things you could have gone after

    regualtory affairs - which i said before
    MSDS for the matarials
    specs of the cart cases

    you could have also claimed you were from a university makeing a study of the degradation of plasic materials and one product chosen was their product

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    Oh man!!...I really like the University Project gig...very creative. I might give that a shot. Thanks for the ideas googlefest.

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    Anyone else give it a shot yet?

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    Has anyone been able to find anyone able to ID the material in the black sleeves or the plastic cases yet?

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    Nothing here :/. The only idea I've come up with is to e-mail Ben Heck, because he's a crafty fellow who just might know everything NES-related.

    Better yet, I'll post on his forum. He seems to browse the boards often. Maybe this will get the ball rolling...

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    My conclusion? Tanned baby hide.

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    Here's the thread in case you have anything to add.

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    Awesome idea posting there Gideon!! Hopefully that will get something going so we can figure out for sure. Thanks for the effort either way

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    Any word from the guy's board you posted on Gideon?

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    Okay, the thread on Ben Heck's boards sank like a turd, but I have good news.

    NES dust sleeves have a density of less than 1--both the "Nintendo" ones and the plain ones. For why that's important, click here.

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