Anyone Have Ideas How To Store An Overlay Collection?

[+cmart604]

Now Rev is going to be jealous lol.

Rev has more overlays than most nations combined.

[+Tarzilla]

If I make it to PRGE, I'll bring tons of empty baseball card sheets and give them away for free

Nice, then people will have a spot to store the limited edition "Heroes and Heels of Intellivision" trading cards that will be available at PRGE.

[Albert]

Here are the sleeves I have:

 

 

I have several sealed boxes. Make me offers, I'm happy to sell individual sheets (and have envelopes I can ship them in) as well as entire boxes.

 

..Al

[+fdr4prez]

Here are the sleeves I have:

 

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I have several sealed boxes. Make me offers, I'm happy to sell individual sheets (and have envelopes I can ship them in) as well as entire boxes.

 

..Al

 

Al, maybe you can move some of these if you add these into the Inty section of the Atariage Store

[+BBWW]

I've thought about a box big enough for all overlays for use for Flashback and Ultimate Flashback fans, so there is access for game playing. But that would mean one more box.

[+intvsteve]

I've been using a box like this to stash random extra overlays in for years. The baseball card pages are awesome for putting into a binder when you want to admire the artwork. If you're stingy, you can even "double up" and have two in each slot - one for each side of the page.

[freewheel]

If you're stingy, you can even "double up" and have two in each slot - one for each side of the page.

 

I put more than a dozen in each slot, cuz I have so many damned duplicates of certain games.

 

The only negative side to this solution is that the overlays are a bit slippery and loose in the pages, so don't tip your binder accidentally!

[+intvsteve]

 

I put more than a dozen in each slot, cuz I have so many damned duplicates of certain games.

 

The only negative side to this solution is that the overlays are a bit slippery and loose in the pages, so don't tip your binder accidentally!

Hehe yeah. That's why for the overflow I use the box w/ the lid. Stores quite a few, and it's cheap. The ones with a place of honor get the sleeves.

[mdoerty]

I think I have a ton of brand new binder pages that work perfectly for overlays. I have my Intellivision, 5200 and ColecoVision overlays stored in them. Each page holds 9 overlays, and they work with regular 3-ring binders.

 

..Al

That is exactly how I do it as well.

[Flojomojo]

I don't have an Intellivision anymore, but I do have a complete set of overlays for the Flashback in a baggie. I'd prefer something smaller than a binder, like a card case. Any ideas?

[Humblejack]

Here is how I store mine. I buy the Bridge card holders online.

 

To display my overlays I use baseball card holders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Flojomojo]

Nice. You made the labels yourself?

[Humblejack]

Yeah, just printed them out and used stickyback to put them on. I don't have a great printer or they might look a little better.

[Flojomojo]

I just grabbed a translucent snap box from Container Store, that'll work for me -- no displaying going on with me, just wanted to keep them from scattering.

 

Happy collecting everyone. Now I want to play some Intellivision. Not sure when I'll get the "me time" for that.

[crade]

I use magic the gathering "deck boxes" along with what are called "penny sleaves" in magic circles. Both of which you can pick up cheap at any store that sells magic cards.

 

It works really great actually.

 

The manuals on the other hand I haven't found a nice way to store yet.

[Humblejack]

I use magic the gathering "deck boxes" along with what are called "penny sleaves" in magic circles. Both of which you can pick up cheap at any store that sells magic cards.

 

It works really great actually.

 

The manuals on the other hand I haven't found a nice way to store yet.

 

This was my answer to the same problem of manuals. I took some cardboard and tape and made my own. I did this about 18 years ago and they are still in use. In the larger box I use dividers to keep different sizes seperate. Just a thought.

 

[+intellivotion]

Ah, it must not be a coincidence that the incredibly rare I.I. Word Fun manual pops up from the box.

Nice touch, as always

[Humblejack]

As I've always heard "If you've got it, flaunt it".

[crade]

For the people who have their overlays in binders, how long have you had them that way?

I ask because my old card collections from the 80s all ended up got kinda curled up over time in those card binders. So Ive been leary of putting stuff in binders that way

Edited May 29, 2017 by crade

[Humblejack]

Mine have been in there for 18 years. I keep it on a book shelf behind a glass door. Don't know if that matters or what the holder is made of could be a factor.

[+-^CrossBow^-]

I also use these same baseball card binders. But I store my loose TG-16 and PCE Hucards in them. I also have stand alone baseball card plastic bag like protectors. Basically it is just a loose small bag like think that holds just 1 card. But I actually have all of my spare Inty overlays in one of those next to my loose Inty carts. The rest of the overlays are in the boxes with the games they came with originally.

[mr_me]

For the people who have their overlays in binders, how long have you had them that way?

I ask because my old card collections from the 80s all ended up got kinda curled up over time in those card binders. So Ive been leary of putting stuff in binders that way

That can happen with sports cards stored as normal stacks in cardboard boxes. I don't think its the binders; maybe it's humidity.

[GenetixJ]

For the people who have their overlays in binders, how long have you had them that way?

I ask because my old card collections from the 80s all ended up got kinda curled up over time in those card binders. So Ive been leary of putting stuff in binders that way

Ah! I have that problem when I leave the binder standing up. Use a smaller, 1/2 or 3/4" binder and leave it laying flat.