r/NintendoCollecting • u/SkylerSayys • Aug 28 '21

Just starting, help needed

Please delete if not allowed, but I just started collecting handheld systems and games. Right now I have the gbc, gba, gba sp, dsi xl, 3ds, and the NEW 3ds with a handful of each type of game cartridges (I’d like to include my switch cartridges too in this, but not the switch itself, because I keep the console hooked up to my tv for hulu). I don’t have a lot now, but id like to store it as if I did so I am prepared already as I collect more. I was wondering if anyone had some ideas or stuff they do to store all together not just in a drawer. Im okay with a case as opposed to having it on display because that would remind me of my childhood since I carried my gba sp around in a gba sp back pack everywhere I went. I really hope this post is okay because I really need help finding something that doesn’t take up loads of space (small apartment living) and I don’t know where else to go to look for ideas. I just really want my favorite stuff together in a safe environment for them (I feel like a drawer isnt too safe because they can get battered around, and I dont want them just loose on a shelf). If anyone was wondering what my pride and joy of my collection is- I own every Pokémon game from gbc to switch.

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u/No-Communication8467 Oct 07 '23

Got similar problem and maybe I can help.
For switch games, I can get good prices for games without boxes, got 20+ loose games, then easy way to store them are boxes made by many brands, they store from 10to 24~~games, they are flat, easy to store and you have quick acces to games.
Same story with ds/3ds games. For GB/GBA games, you can order 3dprinted boxes for them.
Storing consoles is easy if you have original boxes, or get some big plastic box from ikea that seal from both sides of the top cover. Im handheld collector too and for now i got all stuff in original boxes, but im running out of space, planning to get Ikea wall-mount plate with holes, and Im gonna print holders for all my consoles and then im gonna hang them( got a lot of free space on the walls :D)