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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

"Nintendo" Box?! I never had one growing up. I’ve seen them but I never got one, my parents were too cheap they made my toybox out of old wood laying around the house.

Chestnuts roasted by Caylor @ 08/23/2004 8:08 PM

I have that crate. They also made one with Metroid and Kid Icrius together as well (my cousin got that one, the slimy bastard). I still have every action figure known to man in that thing.

That thing was awesome.

Awesome to the max.

Chestnuts roasted by Dumass @ 08/23/2004 8:41 PM

Yes! I love gross stories…that we don’t hear. C’mon! What happened with the damage?

Chestnuts roasted by Walks @ 08/23/2004 11:53 PM

Scariest Link ever? No, my friend, that’s in The Wind Waker.

Yeah, Mario does look evil in this and Toadstool/Peach does look messed up. But it was the early days and the artists had to improvise, so whatcha gonna do?

Chestnuts roasted by Behonkiss @ 08/24/2004 1:05 AM

Wind Waker Link is cheap, because you don’t even believe that he’s Link to begin with! They trick you. Trick trick trick! But I’ll give you that THAT Link is the scariest one ever. You’ve definitely got me there. ::throws up hands in defeat::

Chestnuts roasted by Meg @ 08/24/2004 1:43 AM

Don’t deny Mario or any old school character for that matter. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR ANCESTORS!!!!! We will live upon them !!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 08/24/2004 2:25 AM

Holy…CRAP! I too have this exact same crate! Even though mine happens to be in better condition…

For those still wondering what is left off of Matt’s crate, there was a Hammer Bros (its partially obscured in this one), the rest of the castle (with the cannon that fired the Bullet Bill), and what seems to be the lovechild of Bowser & Wart from SMB2

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 08/24/2004 3:06 AM

Link could easily beat mario in a fight He would just stab him.

STAB! STAB! STAB!

Chestnuts roasted by sdffgfg @ 08/24/2004 10:16 AM

Just read a review of Haute Tension/Swtchblade Romance, set to come out next year. It looks pretty awesome, as far as French horror movies go.

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/reviews.php?id=322

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 08/24/2004 10:40 AM

I want a box!

Chestnuts roasted by Barry J. Deeper @ 08/24/2004 10:50 AM

Is there some sort of a Video Game hall of fame? I’m in KS and we have like 4 or 5 different "halls of fame" for stuff you’d never expect…

The Agricultural Hall of Fame, the Teacher’s Hall of Fame, etc. We’ve also got the world’s largest ball of Twine (eat that TEXAS!).

Anyway, my point is this: Is there a videogame hall of fame? Some place where Mario and Mike Tyson’s Punchout could join one another on a level playing field with sonic the hedgehog and Wonderboy? If so, let me know… but if not, I would reccomend a future article where the exploits of different nintendo characters (and maybe some nominations–complete with reasons) for the hall of fame could be posted.

The box only served as a catalyst for this thought!

Chestnuts roasted by Barry J. Deeper @ 08/24/2004 11:03 AM

For this was no ordinary box, no sir. This was a box of ideas!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 08/24/2004 11:52 AM

Good finally some updates. I don’t even recall seeing these boxes. And I think your trying to describe the intoxicating smell of ceader. If I’m not mistaken Mario looks a little frazzled what’s up with that and why is Mario assaulting the Princess? Mario your a very BAD Man!

Chestnuts roasted by Rowan Steele @ 08/24/2004 1:19 PM

A box of ideas indeed. Well said. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Barry J. Deeper @ 08/24/2004 5:03 PM

Are we expected to believe(acording to the box art) that fireflower enhanced Mario was really Luigi? It makes sense since Luigi had no on screen role in SMB but appeared prevalently in the many sequels. Just something to think about.

Chestnuts roasted by pygmalien @ 08/24/2004 6:39 PM

I don;t think the smell is of cedar. I think these boxes were not quite that upscale rich type of box. The intoxicating smell would be more of particle board and wood glue. Not even plywood, cheaper!!

Cedar Nintendo boxes…heh. Only for the rich kids maybe.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 08/24/2004 6:43 PM

Well, off topic, you probable not hearing from me on blog from Wed.25 till the holiday since the Fall semster of college ( :( ) is starting back up. But, some thing related to video-game: you guys got to check out http://www.mega64.com or buy the lastest issue of EGM. Think: video game characters (and tetris block) facing our reality ;)

Chestnuts roasted by Beta-Theta @ 08/24/2004 8:30 PM

Poor Daisy. She looks kinda young and small compared to Mario. Or, if it’s a mysteriously brunette Peach(and the Japanese have always called her Peach, so nyeh nyeh), she’s DEFINITELY too small. (Thank you SSBM! Finally we see Peach in her true size.)

But I digress to you all. The scariest Link is, in actuality, the Link on the box of the old Zelda board game. He looks like an angry cherub. And angry cherub raising his sword against hoards of Zoras.

Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 08/24/2004 8:53 PM

It’s shit like this that fucking rocks. However, I’d like 2 know the story behind the damage to the box. The reason why i want to know, is because it’s what appears to have destroyed King Bowser Koopa, and I’ve been trying to figure out how to do that since I was seven (j/k).

And no, that box is definitley not cedar. Do you seriously think that any product from a company that’s simply trying to sucker kids into spending their allowance on cool crap like this is going to be made out of something as expensive as cedar? I don’t think so.

The box is cheap, but it still rulz. I just feel sorry for Justin, who had to give up such a treasure under the force of pussy-whippings.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 08/24/2004 9:53 PM

Y’know, now that I look at it more closely, it looks more like whatever happened actually destroyed a hammer brother, and not Koopa. Since I already know how to defeat a hammer brother, I don’t need to know the story of what happened. However, this does NOT change the fact that i may very well WANT to know the story of what happened. A whole new way to defeat a hammer brother? Hmmmm…

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 08/24/2004 10:02 PM

May be Freezair could has a point with girl Mario holding being Daisy, or may be she neither Princess Daisy or Princess Toadstools (Peach). May be she just a girl with Daisy’s hair and Peach’s outifit, think about it.

Chestnuts roasted by Beta-Theta @ 08/24/2004 10:03 PM

Also, I want to comment on Meg talking about how she does not want Princess Toadstools to be call now Princess Peach. Sega, lately is doing the same thing calling Dr. Robotnik now Dr. Eggman (though that what he name in Japan). So, Nintendo not the only one changing character(s) names. I’m guess now I have to get ready for class.

Here agian a link to site you guys should definitly visit: http://www.mega64.com.

Chestnuts roasted by Beta-Theta @ 08/24/2004 10:11 PM

A) They’re not changing names–they’re just unifying them for the markets.

B) I too like Toadstool better than Peach

C) Maybe the girl on the box is Pauline?

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 08/24/2004 11:08 PM

No. Pauline was only kidnapped by Donkey Kong, and was never a princess.

Matt, did you just see the new show Totally Obsessed on VH1? It covers people with crazy obsessions, and one of the features on tonight was a 26-year-old girl who eats, breathes and lives TMNT. She has pizza every day, owns two of the original masks from the 3rd movie, took karate lessons, made a custom Mikey suit, and- this had me laughing so hard- memorized and sang the "Follow Your Heart" song from the Comin’ Out of Our Shells tour, and shaped her life around it.

People, it’s great to love TMNT, but don’t let yourselves go that far!

Chestnuts roasted by Behonkiss @ 08/24/2004 11:20 PM

Peach IS Toadstool! Her name is Peach Toadstool. Same person! I swear it’s true!

Chestnuts roasted by Brandon @ 08/25/2004 1:59 AM

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