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Vintage Nintendo Storage Chest!

Two of our friends hooked up, got engaged and are now living in sin till the wedding nearby, and during the process of ma-ma-merging, some of their shit had to go. So, thanks to Justin for passing this one along -- a beat-up old Nintendo chest from the rarely mentioned "crate craze" of the 80s, where we plowed on with silent obsession for milkcrates, storage chests and just boxes in general. There was a huge line of similar chests available for virtually every childhood franchsie you can think of. I'm pretty sure they're officially licensed...

I'm not going to tell you what caused the damage shown above; I've heard the story and it's disgusting. Our new Nintendo chest will never double as a plate. Each side features a different NES scene, alternating between Mario, Zelda and BOTH AT ONCE. Looks like a lot of the art was inspired by the old instruction manuals, meaning we get to see that old hag who told Link about glowy triangles and underground ghouls all over again. Here's the pics, click to enlarge.

Posted by Matt on 08/23/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 83 comments

I’ve got one of those still, in better condition too. It’s in my garage, and I haven’t opened it since I was a kid. Roughly 15 years ago.

I’ll bet you’d have a field day with what I’d probably find in there.

Chestnuts roasted by G @ 09/12/2004 3:36 AM

That is Princess Toadstool on the box. I’ve collected Mario stuff -forever- (well, as much as I could being a poor kid growing up), and a lot of the old SMB1 products have the characters looking, well, odd. This picture is available also on a trading card and on a 60-piece puzzle for Super Mario Bros… actually, there’s one picture worse – it’s got Bowser on it, and his squished, misshapen face is GRAY and he’s got a shock of yellow-orange hair on top. Mario looks ok, but Princess Toadstool looks even MORE scared. Plus many of the baddie creatures aren’t drawn correctly.

But it’s an official Nintendo product, not a bootleg. I’m guessing that’s because when you’re working off 8-bit graphics, characters are fairly open to interpretation.

Oh, and if you recall, Princess Toadstool IS shorter than Super Mario in SMB1. And in all early pics, she’s got brown hair (yet orange hair on the cartoon). Odd.

Chestnuts roasted by TR Rose @ 09/17/2004 10:04 AM

That is Princess Toadstool on the box. I’ve collected Mario stuff -forever- (well, as much as I could being a poor kid growing up), and a lot of the old SMB1 products have the characters looking, well, odd. This picture is available also on a trading card and on a 60-piece puzzle for Super Mario Bros… actually, there’s one picture worse – it’s got Bowser on it, and his squished, misshapen face is GRAY and he’s got a shock of yellow-orange hair on top. Mario looks ok, but Princess Toadstool looks even MORE scared. Plus many of the baddie creatures aren’t drawn correctly.

But it’s an official Nintendo product, not a bootleg. I’m guessing that’s because when you’re working off 8-bit graphics, characters are fairly open to interpretation.

Oh, and if you recall, Princess Toadstool IS shorter than Super Mario in SMB1. And in all early pics, she’s got brown hair (yet orange hair on the cartoon). Odd.

Chestnuts roasted by TR Rose @ 09/17/2004 10:05 AM

If anyone has one of these toy boxes from this forum and wishes to sell it, please email me at rajones19@hotmail.com I will buy.

Chestnuts roasted by Ron Jones @ 09/23/2004 12:29 PM

I have one of those. my uncle gave it to me,
but mine is missing one of the struts on the side.
I have the piece somewhere around I just need to reconnect it. mine has some slight water damage on the top.
but the picture is still there.

Chestnuts roasted by craig @ 04/15/2009 12:23 PM

I have the same one JFry described! Found it on the side of the road and kept it ever since

Chestnuts roasted by aninnymoose @ 05/11/2009 7:25 PM

how much is one of these worth… i have one in mint condition, and im looking to sell it. how much do you think i could get for it?

Chestnuts roasted by mikeinkaptenemo @ 02/17/2010 2:45 AM

I’ve had this case around as long as i can remember. Like one of those things that’s been around my entire life. its in pretty good shape and its just kind of sitting in my living room half filled with some broken forgotten toys. im sort of trying to figure out if its worth anything. Someon on here said they saw it on ebay for about 30 bucks so im guessing its not a rare collectors item (but its setemental value is through the roof =D). its in decent shape meaning all the pictures are clearly visable but for some reason at some point in my life i decided it would be a good idea to wright “pokemon” on it and draw a pokeball. So even if it is worth anything i doubt it has any value. anyways its something thats been around all my life and im not shure how much id be willing to take to get rid of it but its starting to look like no one would willing to pay it that high price.

Chestnuts roasted by George @ 03/01/2010 2:11 AM

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