Moving your collection tips

[esteban]

I find that Saturn cases make the best oars.

[Mathius]

A X68000 on a chain makes a great anchor.

If you are building a life raft you could use the cart slot of a Neo Geo as a shelter from wind and rain if you should hit a tropical depression or worse.

[viper0hr]

Everyone here has said it already, pack the good stuff yourself. Make sure to wrap/cushion stuff too, jewel cases tend to break easily in moves.

[goldenpp72]

This might just be me but, i'd never let movers handle my game collection for a myriad of reasons (theft, damage, etc). Thing is, most people don't think to take any particular care of that sort of stuff because it's just 'old junk' like a DVD movie to them. My personal advice would be to do it yourself.

I just recently moved in January and had to do this myself, though my move was only about 20 minutes away so I was able to do multiple trips. My solution though was to buy these fairly large black totes that are incredibly durable I imagine, I then lined up the totes with bubble wrap and layered the games in them in a non crushing fashion, and kept enough space at the top so that if the lid bowed at all it wouldn't damage anything. I think i was able to fit most of my stuff among maybe 12 totes or so. Still a lot, but in this instance I would always recommend handling it yourself if possible. Things like humidity and temperature can also become an issue depending on what you have (Sega Saturn games seem real bad with this)

Then again, i'm kind of a nervous wreck with my stuff, but I want it to stay nice since I did a lot of work to keep them nice as is.

[goldenpp72]

This might just be me but, i'd never let movers handle my game collection for a myriad of reasons (theft, damage, etc). Thing is, most people don't think to take any particular care of that sort of stuff because it's just 'old junk' like a DVD movie to them. My personal advice would be to do it yourself.

I just recently moved in January and had to do this myself, though my move was only about 20 minutes away so I was able to do multiple trips. My solution though was to buy these fairly large black totes that are incredibly durable I imagine, I then lined up the totes with bubble wrap and layered the games in them in a non crushing fashion, and kept enough space at the top so that if the lid bowed at all it wouldn't damage anything. I think i was able to fit most of my stuff among maybe 12 totes or so. Still a lot, but in this instance I would always recommend handling it yourself if possible. Things like humidity and temperature can also become an issue depending on what you have (Sega Saturn games seem real bad with this)

Then again, i'm kind of a nervous wreck with my stuff, but I want it to stay nice since I did a lot of work to keep them nice as is.

Dude, that sounds like it would make an awesome raft for intercontinental seafaring. I'm totes stealing this idea if I move to overseas.

They might not make it far filled with videogames :p Prepacked solid totes would be a lot easier for a mover to deal with than having them package it on their own though. Movers have odd policies when it comes to damage and I imagine even more so when it comes to video games that are more than 2 dollars.

[esteban]

With enough bubblewrap in each tub, I bet there would be minimal saltwater damage from crossing the Atlantic as a makeshift pontoon (or raft).

[schweaty]

Just wanted to update this post to let everyone know that after an arduous 6 week journey across the pond and 3 months in storage, all my stuff made it in-tact and with no damage.  Everything is in its new home now.  Thanks for all the responses I got to this thread.  Here's a pic all cozy n' shit: 



BTW - if the first reply isn't a collectard blast, I will be disappointed in you

[Black Tiger]

That's a pretty slim selection of games, where's the rest of your collection?

[esteban]

Is that an orange TurboExpress soft case?  If so, can you tell me how everything fits inside...like, what pockets/straps/zippers are available.



Oh, and I'm glad your stuff doesn't smell like pickles after its journey.

[Gentlegamer]

Look at all that cardboard!

[xelement5x]

Looking good!

It's funny this was reposted because since I've got a second child on the way I've been moving a lot of stuff around/out of my house right now to clean up for the new bedroom.  Using plenty of plastic totes for the boxed and more fragile stuff, but a lot is just going into regular old cardboard boxes.

[Medic_wheat]

I've seen better collections.



Photoshoppes more magic chase games in collection pictures.


Yeah.

Jk


Glade to hear everything is how you packed them.

[schweaty]

That's a pretty slim selection of games, where's the rest of your collection?

Compared to you, all of us are pretty slim on games.  It's your world, BT.  I'm just a squirrel tryna get a nut

[MotherGunner]

Every time I read the title of this topic from the main page, I read, "Moving your schweaty collection tips."

Balls.   

[Mathius]

Forgot about the boat trip! I had mental pictures of a kraken attacking with a Turbo game in each psychotically waving tentacle.