new cartridge cases

Dave Griffith

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May 31, 2008, 3:47:05 PM5/31/08

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Some time ago there was talk about getting a hold of the moulds Mark
Shaker used to make new Vectrex cartridge cases. What happened with
that? Is there any interest in getting a new set of moulds made?

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David Griffith
dgr...@cs.csbuak.edu <-- Switch the 'b' and 'u'

Andrew Ryals

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Jun 1, 2008, 9:26:36 AM6/1/08

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Yes the discussion came from myself. I looked at this project long and
hard, the cost is very prohibitive and the costs would be recouped
after roughly 5-6 years and that's selling roughly 2000 cases a year.
I intended to get the thing organised but after losing 3 members of my
family this year I decided that I wanted to concentrate my life on
other things, thinking that life is too short!! I do not think that
the market plae for Vectrex game cart cases is large enough for this
project to viable, I wish the people who take the project over good
luck.

Richard Hutchinson

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Jun 1, 2008, 10:36:29 AM6/1/08

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OK, fair enough, but why didn't you let us know, instead of ignoring posts /
Emails.

Don't keep promising things you can't deliver, it's makes you look very
silly.

Richard H.

Chris

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Jun 4, 2008, 9:44:00 PM6/4/08

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12,000 cases? How much can these things cost? I don't think sean
kelly sold anywhere near that number, on the other hand he was selling
$80 multi-carts which would have made it much easier to break even or
make money. The intelevision cases seem to work ok, and at least it's
something.

Chris

Dave Griffith

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Jun 5, 2008, 2:11:56 AM6/5/08

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Chris <chri...@notalotofunwanted.aol.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 15:36:29 +0100, "Richard Hutchinson"
> <richard.h...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

>>OK, fair enough, but why didn't you let us know, instead of ignoring posts /
>>Emails.
>>
>>Don't keep promising things you can't deliver, it's makes you look very
>>silly.
>>

> 12,000 cases? How much can these things cost? I don't think sean
> kelly sold anywhere near that number, on the other hand he was selling
> $80 multi-carts which would have made it much easier to break even or
> make money. The intelevision cases seem to work ok, and at least it's
> something.

Does anyone here know how to contact Sean Kelly anymore? Are you guys
cannibalizing old Intellivision cartridges or did someone make a bunch
of fresh ones?

vectr...@fastmail.fm

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Jun 5, 2008, 1:44:06 PM6/5/08

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On Jun 5, 7:11 am, dgri...@cs.csbuak.edu (Dave Griffith) wrote:

> dgri...@cs.csbuak.edu <-- Switch the 'b' and 'u'

Dave,
he's currently selling 2nd hand stuff on ebay, e.g.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vectrex-Overlays-SET-OF-THREE_W0QQitemZ120268325558QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120268325558&&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177

so you could contact him via his seller ID.

regards

VectrexMad!
www.vectrex.co.uk

no-spam-to-c...@romero.org

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Jun 6, 2008, 10:35:19 AM6/6/08

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> Are you guys cannibalizing old Intellivision cartridges or did someone
> make a bunch of fresh ones?

some are being shipped caseless with the board coated for protection.
others are still cannibalizing various cases with intv being the prime.
there has been a new run of cases made. waiting for delivery of mine as
some of the other suppliers are.

chris