3D Printed Leisure Vision Box Inserts

What's that? You've never heard of the Leisure Vision?
Well you probably know it as the Emerson Arcadia 2001, then.

Still no?

Well, it's a crappy old game system with even crappier game storage boxes. I've designed some 3D printed inserts to keep them from completely collapsing.

Design
Solvespace Design Animation
This is going to be a big print, no way around it.


Print
Print Bed
Printed at 20% rectilinear infill, 3 walls, no top or bottom shells. Took about 6 hours.

Print Supports
There are two strips of support material that need to be removed. This is for a space for the box tabs, and there's no way to avoid using supports. Luckily they're very easy to remove.

Finished Insert
Having no top layers does cause some minor defects in the spherical thumb cutouts - there might be some slicer setting or modelling trick to avoid that. It might also be possible to reduce the print time by having less infill in the thicker outer wall section as the limiting factor for strength is the thinner back plate.


Install
Leisure Vision Box 1 Leisure Vision Box 2 Leisure Vision Box 3 Leisure Vision Box 4 Leisure Vision Box 5 Leisure Vision Box 6
I designed the inserts to have a very tight fit. This does cause the front flap to hold itself open very slightly. However, if I make the insert thinner, it doesn't fully support the main body of the box and prevent it from crushing. I can't tell if this is the way the boxes were originally designed or if the cardboard has worn out and stretched over time. All of my boxes are in pretty bad condition, so I went for maximum support.


Variants
There are at least 4 different types of Leisure Vision game boxes. I made solutions for all of them.

Long cartridge with no insert (includes tabs for holding the cart): Leisure Vision Long Cart No Insert Leisure Vision Long Cart No Insert
Long cartridge with a paper insert: Leisure Vision Long Cart Paper Insert Leisure Vision Long Cart Paper Insert
Short cartridge with a plastic insert: Leisure Vision Short Cart Plastic Insert Leisure Vision Short Cart Plastic Insert
Short cartridge with a paper insert (requires two additional pieces): Leisure Vision Short Cart Paper Insert Leisure Vision Short Cart Paper Insert Blocks Leisure Vision Short Cart Paper Insert Blocks
I also have a weird copy of Space Attack with no box and the cartridge is ever so slightly a different size: Leisure Vision Space Attack Variant Leisure Vision Space Attack Variant
But that can just live in the console for now.


Conclusion
The important part is they don't get crushed on the shelf, where they will spend 99.99% of their time.
Leisure Vision Games

The Download
Contains STL files and Solvespace CAD files for all 4 variants.


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Comments
2024-04-08 06:28:05
very memorable games... this was a good post : - )
mrmanager2024-06-14 11:54:54
right next to your $9.99 goodwill copy of dead or alive
2024-06-15 06:42:49
NamCollection
Badspot2024-06-15 16:15:40
I'll have you know that copy of DOA came straight from a certified real life dumpster along with the xbox.


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