Well, here's what I was trying to figure out if it's cost effective. I program games for the Atari 2600 (you know the old video game system from 1977). I'd like to get custom cartridge cases made. Here's a picture of the two halves that make up a case:
I won't be needing the little door on the bottom or the spring or anything. The two halves are held together by a screw.
The top is the original picture, the bottom one I colored. The red area is roughly where the games PCB goes. The blue area does not have to be hollow if it's cheaper.. nothing goes up there anyway.
So, my idea was to make cases similar to the original 2600, but modify them to make them a little different.
I could go through a company overseas, but it's a lot of money to get a mold made and I'd also have to buy in quantity. So, I know I'm not going to get the for say .50 cents a piece here, but even if they're $30 or $40 a piece I'd still probably be interested. I'm only going to use these for limited edition versions of my games.
I have one game completed, one ready to be completed, and the others are all works in progress.