Game storage, Cold War style

[nhm]

Found an interesting way to transport some games to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. Old Russian ammo crates. These are NES carts, but the crates fit 3 rows of Genesis games perfectly.
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[The Ghost Writer]

Even if you're not transporting games anywhere, it seems like a neat place to put them.

How would someone get ahold of some of these ammo crates? And how many NES games do you think would fit in one if you stood the games on end (in dust jackets)? It looks to me like you could probably fit more of them in by doing it that way.

[Ed Oscuro]

I gotta admit I like this one. Evil, evil communism, no matter how much I hate it, always does spice up a room. Just don't go making frosted Che Guevara glass doors for your game cabinet, okay?

(Also interested in the price these were, for curiosity's sake if nothing else.)

[Ed Oscuro]

I gotta admit I like this one. Evil, evil communism, no matter how much I hate it, always does spice up a room. Just don't go making frosted Che Guevara glass doors for your game cabinet, okay?

(Also interested in the price these were, and what type of ammunition they held, for curiosity's sake if nothing else.)

[RoyVegas]

My only question is where in the hell did you just happen to come across Russian ammo crates? :rockets:

[Tupin]

Hm, there's a military surplus store around here that sells stuff like this, except it's usually American surplus, not Russian. A lot of it is Cold War era, though.

[Haoie]

Thank you, glorious Mother Russia.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I gotta admit I like this one. Evil, evil communism, no matter how much I hate it, always does spice up a room. Just don't go making frosted Che Guevara glass doors for your game cabinet, okay?

(Also interested in the price these were, for curiosity's sake if nothing else.)

Fill one up with copies of Guerrilla War and you've got a crateful of Guevara and Castro!

[Ed Oscuro]

My only question is where in the hell did you just happen to come across Russian ammo crates? :rockets:
He secretly is one of those Soviet operatives planted to assassinate American officials in the case of outbreak of hostilities, perhaps.

[Gentlegamer]

I'm assuming that is butter-proof.

[TwinThumbs]

Great idea. \\^_^/

A lot of Cold War Soviet Block ammo is being sold as surplus in the USA these days in crates like this. Inside these crates are usually multiple cardboard boxes or paper packages of ammo. Most gun shops sell the ammo by the box as well as by the whole crate, so they'll often have opened crates like this that they usually just throw away when all the boxes inside are sold. Seriously, check with your local shops and see if they'll give you a couple when they're done with them. It's possible that some military surplus stores may have them, but the gun shop route is probably the best bet. 8-)

[Soviet Conscript]

I have to get some of those crates....

[nhm]

Great idea. \\^_^/

A lot of Cold War Soviet Block ammo is being sold as surplus in the USA these days in crates like this. Inside these crates are usually multiple cardboard boxes or paper packages of ammo. Most gun shops sell the ammo by the box as well as by the whole crate, so they'll often have opened crates like this that they usually just throw away when all the boxes inside are sold. Seriously, check with your local shops and see if they'll give you a couple when they're done with them. It's possible that some military surplus stores may have them, but the gun shop route is probably the best bet. 8-)

Yes, these boxes contained 2 440rd tins of 7.62x54r sniper ammunition. This is the ammunition used in the Dragunov sniper rifle. I got the boxes by buying the ammunition (shooting is one of my other hobbies). I didn't think that many people would be interested in this idea. I'll probably bring some of these crates to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo Sunday to sell at my tables. I was going to use them to display the games anyway.

[nhm]

Even if you're not transporting games anywhere, it seems like a neat place to put them.

How would someone get ahold of some of these ammo crates? And how many NES games do you think would fit in one if you stood the games on end (in dust jackets)? It looks to me like you could probably fit more of them in by doing it that way.

You wouldn't be able to close the lid if they were stood on end. Any surplus or gun store that sells surplus rifles and ammunition would have some. They sell them very cheap.

[The Ghost Writer]

You wouldn't be able to close the lid if they were stood on end. Any surplus or gun store that sells surplus rifles and ammunition would have some. They sell them very cheap.

Ah, okay. I just noticed that the games were only stacked five deep.

We have one military surplus store in the county, and it's actually going out of business within the next couple of months. It opened in the late 70's, so they may still have some Cold War era merchandise there. Maybe they have some of these on clearance.

If that fails, there's always the internet.

[murdoc rose]

you get one of those everytime you order 2 sealed tins of 7.62x54r

[Berserker]

I'd like to see how that one goes over at the post office.

[c0ldb33r]

*insert joke re Obama health care and communism*

Neat crates though. Well done. :)