Just thought I’d start a thread for something a little different - an alternative option to storing our precious Star Wars films etc on dvd and blu ray discs and in their respective cases and box sets…
Something that’s quite easy to do, uses a lot less ink, stores the films safely, is reasonably cheap - and still have their own artwork so to differentiate between the various Star Wars releases accumulated over the years…
With the humble USB flash drive becoming ever cheaper, more reliable and with increased storage sufficient enough to fit many, many films on a single device - I thought I’d give it a go backing up my Star Wars dvds onto some USB drives - and also knocking up some covers for the USB Drive Boxes (and USB Cases too)…
my USB Drive Box and Cover:-
^ The USB Box above cost £8.95 + delivery, from here:-
(click on the link above for more pictures - it is also available in white - and you can also get the USB Box for around £5 without the option for a photo cover).
The photo window size is 8.5cm by 8cm - I added an extra 0.5cm all around for the ‘artwork’ to fit in nicely.
It’s a decent quality box - with a magnetic seal, and sponge surrounding to house the all important USB drive.
There is also this similar USB Box for £4.60 (plus delivery), here:-
link - https://shop.photomart.co.uk/59168.html
I’ve also bought some of these bluray style USB Cases (5 cases for £8 delivered), here:-
link - http://www.leeds10.com/blu-ray-style-usb-case-clear-14mm-spine-with-insert-sleeve/
^ this case is the same size as many bluray cases (14mm spine) - is a good quality build - and the company delivers to many countries around the world 😃
See below for a couple of pictures of this USB Case being used with Rogue One & Harmy DeSpecialized Trilogy inksaver covers…
and I also found these smaller bluray/dvd style USB Cases - it measures in at 100 x 95 x 18mm (25 cases for £25 delivered), here:-
link - http://www.jetmedia.co.uk/flashdrives_cases.htm
For whatever reason there doesn’t seem to be a lot of USB Boxes or USB Cases available online, and the few that are have a minimum order of 100 or so from Chinese-based websites like alibaba.com & aliexpress.com, or US-based websites like shop.sunpack.com & premiumusb.com/ etc.
Some other USB Boxes are also quite expensive as they are often used by wedding photographers - and the magic word ‘wedding’ just seems to add £££s/$$$s to anything associated with one.
If you do come across any quality or cheap USB Boxes & USB Cases please post them up in here - thank you 😃
Some covers I made for the USB Box (mainly for ideas etc)…
(when I say ‘made’ I mean found on google or other places, resized them, edited them and then added some text to them using MS Paint with a few Star Wars fonts 😉 These were mainly for ideas etc - but feel free to use and improve upon…)
Similar to the above USB Box covers, but with ‘Harmy’ text added…
Some early McQuarrie style logo USB Box covers…
Some McQuarrie style logo USB Box covers…
Some more McQuarrie(-ish) style logo USB Box covers…
Some generic black and white SW logo USB Box covers…
Some more generic black and white SW logo USB Box covers…
Some generic Faces-based USB Box covers…
Some Faces USB Box covers - with ‘DeSpecialized Edition’ text…
a Vader USB Box cover…
an old style Star Wars logo USB Box cover…
‘The Force Awakens’ style logo USB Box covers…
a ‘MagnoliaFan Edits’ USB Box cover…
a Palitoy/Kenner-based ‘ADigitalMan Edits’ USB Box cover…
a ‘Adywan’s Revisited’ USB Box cover…
a ‘Jambe Davdar Filmumentaries’ USB Box cover…
a ‘Hal9000 Prequel Edits’ USB Box cover…
a ‘Rebel logo’ USB Box cover…
another ‘Rebel logo’ USB Box cover…
yet another ‘Rebel logo’ USB Box cover…
even another ‘Rebel logo’ USB Box cover…
an erm… ‘USB Collection’ USB Box cover…
^ big thanks to Carbonite Solo for the The Last Jedi logo 😃
another ‘USB Collection’ USB Box cover…
a ‘Complete Saga’ USB Box black & white covers…
another ‘Complete Saga’ USB Box black & white covers…
a ‘Digital Movie Collection’ USB Box cover…
a ‘OriginalTrilogy . com’ USB Box cover…
a USB Logo Box cover…
a ‘distressed’ red logo USB Box cover…
a red logo on white background USB Box cover…
a 35mm Restorations Original Trilogy USB Box Cover…
an ‘Animated Adventures’ USB Box cover…
an ‘On The Small Screen’ USB Box cover…
a ‘Rebels’ tv series USB Box cover…
a ‘Clone Wars’ tv series USB Box cover…
a ‘Rogue One’ USB Box cover…
^ by Michael Cohen - https://twitter.com/Arkwulf/status/576092216935886848
a ‘Supplemental Material’ USB Box cover…
a ‘The Music Of’ USB Box cover…
a ‘Jedi Logo’ USB Box cover…
another ‘Jedi Logo’ USB Box cover…
v1 Rogue One inksaver USB Case cover (bluray case size)…
v2 Rogue One inksaver USB Case cover (bluray case size)…
v3 Rogue One inksaver USB Case cover (bluray case size)…
v4 Rogue One inksaver USB Case cover (bluray case size)…
v5 Rogue One inksaver USB Case cover (bluray case size)…
a DeSpecialized Trilogy USB Case inksaver cover (bluray case size)…
my USB Box and BluRay-sized USB Case together…
Basically, any art or logo etc that you like should be able to be easily cut down to size - and then printed off as a cover for a USB Box…
A good quality USB flash drive (ie, SanDisk or Kingston) costs around £15-20 for 64gb here in the UK - approximately $18-25 in US money.
I originally posted some USB flash drive covers in the ‘Star Wars DVD Covers’ thread - and interest and questions have been steadily coming in - so thought I’d start a thread on it.
Hopefully others will post their USB Boxes, USB Cases and covers too - or just to help us remember to back up our dvd and bluray discs - just in case…
The artwork above (and also my very basic ‘inksaver’ / MS Paint-based DVD & USB covers), can be downloaded from here:-
https://mega.nz/folder/JfUTwACb#F-B4a_-oJrLTbP7h0KHw8Q
^ updated as of 14th March, 2023. Please feel free to view, download, use, edit - and vastly improve upon any of it 😃.