How do people store Federation Commander?

jdemichele · Post by **jdemichele** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:02 pm

Yeah, I think the backs actually cover that part, so they're not sticking out much at all. The deluxe versions are double sided, and I went with them to get the most bang for the buck(s).

ElizabethB · Post by **ElizabethB** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:44 pm

Good to know. Thanks.

ElizabethB · Post by **ElizabethB** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:15 pm

jdemichele wrote:Yeah, I think the backs actually cover that part, so they're not sticking out much at all. The deluxe versions are double sided, and I went with them to get the most bang for the buck(s).

If it's no trouble, could you tell me how many you have?

Maybe I'm just too lazy to count my ship cards.

jdemichele · Post by **jdemichele** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:03 pm

ElizabethB wrote:
jdemichele wrote:Yeah, I think the backs actually cover that part, so they're not sticking out much at all. The deluxe versions are double sided, and I went with them to get the most bang for the buck(s).
If it's no trouble, could you tell me how many you have?

Maybe I'm just too lazy to count my ship cards.

Let's see...I've gotten KB, RB, KA, RA, TA, BA, DK, and Boosters 1-21 and 0 so far. I've also printed and laminated one each of the Middle Years ships from Briefing #2, and a few from the Communique. A rough estimate would be that I've used a little more than half of the 100 Rabco deluxe sheets. I have a spreadsheet where I keep an exact count, but I don't have it handy at the moment. I can check when I get home from work today.

ElizabethB · Post by **ElizabethB** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:35 pm

That sounds good, thanks.

My estimate of like 30 is very very very low. I'll probably order 100.

ElizabethB · Post by **ElizabethB** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:56 pm

The price of 100 of those things ($72) is giving me pause, although I shouldn't really complain so much after dropping as much money as I already have on FC.

djdood · Post by **djdood** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 11:02 pm

Some musicians I've known would complain about a $400 road case, to protect a $10,000 instrument.

It's hard to spend money on "storage", but it really does pay for itself in avoided damage and replacement.

ElizabethB · Post by **ElizabethB** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 11:07 pm

djdood wrote:Some musicians I've known would complain about a $400 road case, to protect a $10,000 instrument.

It's hard to spend money on "storage", but it really does pay for itself in avoided damage and replacement.

I'm a musician! Or at least I was, but I'm out of practice.

I'm going to order them. I really have no other option, I can't keep them loose because they are a huge liability as they are.

Edit: And I ordered 100 MC50 Deluxe. That may be more than I need but I'm sure I could justify making and laminating copies of the Middle Years ships.

jdemichele · Post by **jdemichele** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:13 am

So, I have 348 ship cards, so far. The double-sized cards (10) are in full-sized sheet protectors.

djdood · Post by **djdood** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:16 am

ElizabethB -

If you are in Washington state (and not DC) we could work out some kind of deal. If you end up with too many for your use, I could probably use a few - I sold half my box to scoutdad and regretted it a few years later when my collection expanded more than I ever expected.

ElizabethB · Post by **ElizabethB** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:40 am

I am in Washington state. A bit south of Olympia right now but I'll be in Seattle next month, if all goes according to plan.

ElizabethB · Post by **ElizabethB** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 3:04 pm

jdemichele wrote:So, I have 348 ship cards, so far. The double-sized cards (10) are in full-sized sheet protectors.

Thanks for this - I missed it earlier.

Since I can fit about 5 cards per pocket and thus 20 cards per page (at least according to people's reports in this thread) it should take about 70 pages?

I mean there's probably going to be some variation if I organize by hull.

I have so many full-sized sheet protectors because of SFB and B5Wars, at least.

djdood · Post by **djdood** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:43 pm

3 per pocket fit, easy-peasy. 4 fit with some help. 5 fit with some coercion. Beyond that I felt risked messing up the pocket.

ElizabethB · Post by **ElizabethB** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 10:33 pm

Ah, when people said five per pocket they didn't qualify.

We'll see if I have enough, then.

rjl518 · Post by **rjl518** » Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:15 pm

im thinking of the Rabco idea also...

the main reason is that the battleships can fit in standard sheet protectors along with the smaller ones in the same binder...

they have deluxe protectors which have two pockets on front and two pockets on back which mean four ship classes per page can be held...

i think that this might be the most cost effective way for me to store the ship cards.

although the shipping costs to get those to me are a bit high