Quite a while ago, I realised that collecting computers/consoles with their original boxes came with one big downside, the amount of space they take up!
I have a lot of boxes for a lot of systems, but I don’t really have the space to display all the boxes. The majority of them spend their time sitting up in the loft, which seems pretty pointless.
But when one specific box came up for sale recently, I knew I just had to get this one as it holds a special place in my heart. I am of course, talking about the Sam Coupe box.
Despite having 3 of these computers here, the boxes for them are long gone. At least the computers themselves never got thrown out!
I have only ever seen an empty box go up for sale once before, and that was a few years ago now. Usually, the boxes only sell with a computer inside, and these tend to fetch ~£1500 these days. So I had to grab this one whilst I could.
The box is in pretty good shape, complete with all the internal polys, and the blue bag that the computer was originally wrapped in.
I look forward to fully packaging up one of my Sams now with all of the original components, where it can sit out on display alongside my daily driver Sam.
Let this be a lesson to everyone, collecting boxes can turn into an expensive hobby! 😅