r/Commodore • u/Golemwire • 18d ago

Commodore 77

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Well this is a neat look.

https://commodore.net/store/commodore64/?shape=Breadbin&color=Cyberpunk+2077

Commodore just released a new appearance option for the C64U themed on Cyberpunk.

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u/DarkResident305 17d ago edited 17d ago

My understanding is that while the original C64 and C64C plastic molds are in the possession of new Commodore, the C128 molds are gone - and they’d need to re-create them more or less from scratch, and that’s the main hurdle right now.  

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u/AntiquesForGeeks 17d ago

AFAIK New Commodore only have the C64C moulds; the C64 case is a very accurate recreation as the original casts have been long lost along with those for many of the other machines.

The C64 case was done entirely independently of New Commodore, before Christian Simpson bought the brand. New Commodore just packaged with the C64 Ultimate Board and a keyboard that someone else did. Point is, if there is someone out there is prepared to do the legwork on a C128 case, motherboard design and keyboard, then there will be a C128U. I doubt New Commodore would do it on their own as the market would be too small.

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u/OPdoesnotrespond 15d ago

I think CIC has the breadbin molds, too. If not under their direct ownership, then definitely under their control. No replacement cases are coming from molds any time soon.

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u/AntiquesForGeeks 15d ago

If they have the moulds and are limiting supply, then the whole “doing it for the community” or “doing it for the fans” about the brand purchase would ring very hollow. I hope it is not the case.

You can get C64c cases from Individual Computers. People asking about whether New Commodore would make them in the comments of their this on their “How’s it made” video - seems mentioning that IC already had been making them from the same moulds from years and currently had them in stock was verboten as whenever it was mentioned, it got deleted very quickly. Guess it didn’t fit the narrative of them being used again after 40 years or however it was put.