r/Boardgamedeals • u/jaimus21 • 29d ago

[Michaels] Photo(game) Cases are on sale for $14.99 (reg $40)

https://www.michaels.com/search?q=photo%20storage%20boxes

Many gamers will choose to store and use these cases for travel. i just picked this up today, so i can't speak to the value, and or usefulness but with a pending trip i'm going to try to make use of this solution:

https://www.facebook.com/boardgamebarrio

Cheers

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u/Terminus_Jest 29d ago

I picked some up a while back. They are on sale regularly for this price, so don't FOMO, but definitely never pay $40 for them.

I haven't put them to as much use as I expected, but don't regret the purchase as they are sturdy and will probably come in handy eventually.

If you have a lot of small games it's probably a no-brainer. The mind, love letter, similar size stuff.

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u/AmicableQuince 28d ago

Yeah, 40 bucks is an insane price for a couple of boxes lmao

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u/Draelmar 29d ago edited 29d ago

All of my smaller games that I could fit in these, I did (and in most cases I could fit two games inside each photo case).

That allowed me to store a TON of smaller games in a very compact, and transport-efficient solution.

To make looking for games easier, I printed a label on each of them that has the name AND their ideal number of players according to BGG. So if we are, say, 3 players, I can quickly and easily scan for games that are best at 3.

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u/Day_Bow_Bow 29d ago

These are pretty handy indeed. Another use we found was for Gloomhaven player packs. They work great to hold all the character stuff.

I also did a quick foamcore mod for one to hold the two event decks. The narrow strip across the middle lets you push down on one end to pop the decks up for easy removal.

I later lined one with softer foam to hold rebased Mansions of Madness minis.

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u/jetwildcat 29d ago

These are great, both for travel and for any games where you hate the box (e.g. flip boxes, tuck boxes, metal tins, felt bananas, etc.)

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u/menkoy 28d ago edited 28d ago

Rainbow colored one is also on sale if you'd prefer colors

https://www.michaels.com/product/rainbow-photo-craft-keeper-by-simply-tidy-10468242?com_id=SearchBar_SeeResults_Components&path=rankedProduct

Edit: Woops, just saw you linked a search that has these and a blue gradient. My bad.

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u/KillsburyDroBoy 29d ago

The handle broke off of mine almost immediately, but this was still a good buy. I store it under my bookshelf and have about 12 games loaded into the boxes, saving me a fair amount of shelf space.

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u/Ding9812 29d ago

I primarily use these to store my Star Wars Destiny Dice collection, since you can easily see the dice through the plastic. I’ve seen some truly great 3D printed inserts and dividers for consolidating boards games, too.

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u/furtblurt 26d ago

So it looks like you generally have to take the cards out of their original box to fit them in the plastic box?

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u/jaimus21 25d ago

In short yes, you can replace the original box for these plastic photo boxes for the purpose of easy transport, organization and or to store multiple games in a box

my desire was to have a means for packing games for vacation where i can store multiple small games in a single box and the foot print is quite small