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Vidar Olavesen
Film God

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From: Sarpsborg, Norway
Registered: Nov 2012

posted December 14, 2012 06:38 AM

I just wondered how important boxes is to people. To me, they are quite important. I would really like to get a complete box for the Elmo ST-1200D MO with preferably the manual as well. Would like to hear if you can offer me this and at what price ... Would pay what I think would be fair

Thank you

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Winbert Hutahaean
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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
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posted December 14, 2012 07:17 AM

Vidar,

Beside the original box (cartoon) you also need to located the hard case. ST-1200 series has this while GS-1200 has only soft case.

I think all boxes and hard cases for ST-1200 series have the same size, so although there are 3 series at ST-1200 series (ST-1200, ST-1200D, ST-1200HD with variation of M and M/O) they would fit each other. So you do not need to focus on M/O series.

For the cartoon, when the factory used the box for M/O, they just put a sticker on the box to distinguish with non M/O.

BTW, I notice all Elmo boxes never say "Super 8mm" but only "8mm", anyone notice it?

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Jim Schrader
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From: Savage, MN, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted December 14, 2012 09:32 AM

never noticed it until you pointed it out here is mine I have 2 hd's and store 1 of them in this.

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Adrian Winchester
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From: Croydon, London, UK
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posted December 14, 2012 10:10 AM

I think they are very important - particularly if you need to transport projectors to shows and need to protect them from knocks. It surprises me that Elmo never produced a hard case for the GS as I'm sure there would be demand, although one that added significantly to the weight would be bad news! Even today, if a flight case manuafacturer could make reasonably light cases that were geared for (e.g.) the GS and Eiki's slim projectors, they could probably sell quite a few.

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Patrick Walsh
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Christchurch, New Zealand
Registered: Jul 2006

posted December 14, 2012 03:16 PM

Yes I always thought a nice carry case made available for projectors would be a good investment, maybe with changeable inserts to hold various projectors ie 8mm or 16mm, when I had my 35mm portables thay had a nice carry box with a cloth interior with the tripod bases in a rugged carry bag.

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Vidar Olavesen
Film God

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From: Sarpsborg, Norway
Registered: Nov 2012

posted December 14, 2012 03:44 PM

So noone has a spare they want to make some money on then? ;-)

I'll try to get my uncle, a carpenter to maybe make a decent box, but would be awesome with the original box though

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted December 14, 2012 04:27 PM

Vidar, if you are looking for the hard case, I have one available for sale.

Email me.

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Winbert

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Vidar Olavesen
Film God

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From: Sarpsborg, Norway
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posted December 14, 2012 04:33 PM

Thanks, sent an email, Winbert

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Paul Browning
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From: West Midlands United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2011

posted December 18, 2012 08:52 AM

Hi All, hope your all well and in the festive mood!!!!.I read this post earlier and got me thinking, i have a gs1200 like many on the forum here and to be honest the box is pretty much spent now.I still got the poly inserts which just about protect the projector when moved from place to place,so what if we approached a manufacturer with the a brief to make an exact copy of the elmo box in its design but made in that fibre board material or that black plastic ,i think its called polyethelene.This stuff is tuff but light and can be made very strong with rivets used ,i would want space for some reels at each end and maybe the base beefed up a bit with ply,this i know can be done ,also i would want to retain the handle affair that elmo use (the cut out in the top ),i think this is an excellent idea and should be retained ( my personel view).So following on a bit from the initial post and on to what adrian said with his post, what do think gents ? lets have your thoughts on this and who would be interested in purchasing one. I 'd be more than happy to follow it in the uk and already have someone in mind , but this would depend on numbers i feel.If i could impress upon a manufactuer here that numbers would follow we could get them at a good price. Lets hear from all those with a gs to see what they would want and i'll colate the info and put it to them.

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Joe Taffis
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From: United States
Registered: Jun 2003

posted December 21, 2012 04:47 PM

Vidar, I have an extra Elmo accessory case with all pieces for sale if you need one. It contains microphone/stand, brushes, earphone, external speaker plug, and Elmo head cleaning sticks (Q tips). $25.00 + shipping. PM or e-mail me if you are interested.