Intellivision packaging

[coyo5050]

Anyone know what the box packaging was for the Intellivision? A friend of mine has one and he says bubble wrap but that seems odd to me.

[jeremysart]

Styrofoam and all components were blister sealed, including the manuals. No bubblewrap

[Smatchmo]

I have non-vague recollections of bubble wrap with my family's first Intellivision I.

 

But ours may have been bought used, so the bubble wrap could have been added in by the original owner or by the thrift store from which it was purchased.

Seems like an odd coincidence though, not that bubble wrap is rare; and it's also just as likely that my parents got it new from Odd Lots (now called Big Lots) and that the INTV I actually was, for some reason, sometimes sold in bubble wrapped, so wtf do I know?

 

Considering some of the odd stories from the '77-'84 time period, it doesn't seem impossible, at least, and I think your friend might be right.

Edited November 28, 2009 by Smatchmo

[jeremysart]

Considering some of the odd stories from the '77-'84 time period, it doesn't seem impossible, at least, and I think your friend might be right.

 

Your probably right, I only have boxed the Intv II & III. Its likely the first system was sent out in bubble wrap.

[coyo5050]

I've search all over and have found nothing substantial. The bubble wrap seems like a less secure way of packaging though. It was a long time ago these were made though.