O Plano boxes, how do I love thee?
Rob Corn
United States
Columbus
Ohio
How appropriate. You fight like a cow.
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Let me count the ways. Big boxes, little boxes, boxes with fancy latches, boxes with large compartments, everything a slightly (?) OCD gamer needs to keep the bits organized and ready for play (remember, the more time spent setting up and putting away, the less time spent playing).
Edit: Changed sort order to alphabetical for easier reference.
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Sean Watkins
United States
Houston
Texas
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2x Plano 3448 keep all the coins and VP and still keep it in the original insert.
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Board Game: Agricola
[Average Rating:8.25 Overall Rank:2]
Ed
United States
Oakland
California
Wankel engine
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Plano 3600 works great with all the Lookout Games meeples (but it doesn't fit in the box with all of the boards and cards):
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Rob Corn
United States
Columbus
Ohio
How appropriate. You fight like a cow.
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Plano 3449-7.
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Board Game: Amyitis
[Average Rating:7.10 Overall Rank:325]
Flawed Hero
United States
Rochester
New York
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Richard Pardoe
United States
San Ramon
California
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Another photo of my Plano use (from 2005 - shows how long I've been using them.) This is a larger Plano (3650) holding the bits in the base game:
(I used hanging file folders as the stock to make the tuckboxes shown in the image as I thought the colour went well with the game.)
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David F
United States
Emeryville
California
Set up a lot of the PBF framework for BSG, Runewars, Small World, The Devil's Castle. PBF in Gears of War, Death Angel, A Game of Thrones. Currently playing Twilight Struggle, Middle-Earth Quest and Eclipse on Vassal.
I'm anal about using the right terms to describe games and have posted an alternative glossary to the inconsistent sprawl in BGG's database and lexicon that is clear, accurate and simple. I care big time about my reviews, ratings and comments.
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Ahhh! I've been working on a plano box geeklist but never got around to finishing it. So I'll post here instead.
A big Plano 3602 for the figurines, a Plano 3500 for the banners and another Plano 3500 for the other counters/tokens.
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United States
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
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I've found that a Plano 3600 perfectly takes care of storing all the contents of Cadwallon: City of Thieves. In fact, it does a better job than with most games, as there aren't too many different varieties of components for this game, allowing for some really nice logical storage setups.
Here's how I have mine. Notice the gangs, with bases stored underneath as appropriate per gang, etc.
Here's the 3600 in the retail box. As usual, the 3600 fits easily into Fantasy Flight's big boxes. I will be making and using tuck boxes for this game soon, I hope (after a few other projects!).
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Flawed Hero
United States
Rochester
New York
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no-name box from Walmart. Kind of not worth it because it's pretty tough to dig out the towers and ships from the houses.
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Steve B
United States
Rochester
New York
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I love being able to take Carcassonne's "Big Box" and shrink it down to a more reasonable size.
Edit: Plano 3700 pictured.
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Flawed Hero
United States
Rochester
New York
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Flawed Hero
United States
Rochester
New York
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Had to store some of the bigger buildings in the box along with the rules, cards and board. Everything just barely fit.
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David F
United States
Emeryville
California
Set up a lot of the PBF framework for BSG, Runewars, Small World, The Devil's Castle. PBF in Gears of War, Death Angel, A Game of Thrones. Currently playing Twilight Struggle, Middle-Earth Quest and Eclipse on Vassal.
I'm anal about using the right terms to describe games and have posted an alternative glossary to the inconsistent sprawl in BGG's database and lexicon that is clear, accurate and simple. I care big time about my reviews, ratings and comments.
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Plano 3500
Setup is a cinch!
...don't talk to me after the expansion is released though.  There's no more space left in the box.
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Board Game: Caylus
[Average Rating:7.97 Overall Rank:10]
Flawed Hero
United States
Rochester
New York
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Rob Corn
United States
Columbus
Ohio
How appropriate. You fight like a cow.
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I love that I can just hand over a box with everything a player needs. Mostly.
Edit: Plano 3449-7s, four of them.
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Flawed Hero
United States
Rochester
New York
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Hated the box insert to this game so I chucked it!
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Richard Pardoe
United States
San Ramon
California
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A long time ago, I had posted how I use Plano 3449-5's to organize my C&C:Ancients games:
I continued to use these for the early expansions:
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Board Game: Cuba
[Average Rating:7.30 Overall Rank:164]
Flawed Hero
United States
Rochester
New York
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Flambeau box from Walmart. had to keep the tiles and cards bagged in the gamebox next to this.
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Rob Corn
United States
Columbus
Ohio
How appropriate. You fight like a cow.
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I love that I can keep the inserts! Sometimes.
Edit: Two Plano 3455s.
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Flawed Hero
United States
Rochester
New York
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Jon K
United States
Sacramento
California
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This photo is of TWO Flambeau boxes (bought at Wal-Mart) filled with counters from ALL (well...almost ALL the tokens) of the Descent main game and expansions.
*** EDIT: I retook pictures since the last one's were pretty crappy looking ***
This image is of the remaining tokens that I put into a smaller Flambeau box.
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United States
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
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DungeonQuest (3rd Edition, Fantasy Flight Games) fits easily within a Plano 3600.
As you can see, I fit all the contents of the game + some d20's (for tracking life) and some extra d6's (for ease of play + cool factor!).
If using my custom tuck boxes I designed for the various decks, the 3600 makes a really snug and perfect fit (all files for custom tuck boxes and Hero mats are available here at BGG). Stack your tuck boxes like this:
Then put your Hero card tuck box in the middle like this:
Then slip your Plano 3600 in with the latches facing outward toward the side of the box. You'll need to line up the plastic ridge on the back of the Plano to fit in between tuck boxes. It should look like this:
This makes a nice, neat, and snug fit for all of your contents! Enjoy!
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Rob Corn
United States
Columbus
Ohio
How appropriate. You fight like a cow.
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I love that most game boxes fit you nicely, even when I need two of you.
Edit: The large box is a Plano 3600, the small box is a 3455.
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United States
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
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I found that Wrath of Ashardalon is easily stored in a Plano 3600 + a Plano 3630. The 3600 is useful for all the many, many chits, etc., while the 3630 is nice and deep, allowing for a couple of the larger tokens, the cards, and all of the mini's (except Ashardalon).
Here is the game all packed up in its retail box.
Here you can see the 3600 unstacked off of the 3630. Stacked together, they fill out the box perfectly, thus preventing it caving in any.
Here is the 3630 and its contents. The cards are stored in these fantastic tuck boxes! Thanks tin0men! They fit perfectly in the 3630.
Here is the 3600 and its contents. Nice neat fit for everything.
Here are the rest of the contents of the box. By fitting the tiles together in two piles, they stay neat and don't slide or fall apart. I'm going to find/make a tuck box for the character cards so I don't have to use a rubber band anymore, but for now it does the trick. Ashardalon is too beastly to be contained by any mere storage device!
I like this system quite a bit, and I can vouch for the current line up of Plano 3600 and 3630 models (as of 12-16-11).
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Flawed Hero
United States
Rochester
New York
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another game that begs for a storage solution for all the buildings.
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I highly recommend the Plano 3600 for Arkham Horror as a result. One of the better implementations I've had with a Plano.
You jest.
