Mario & Luigi Travel In Style!
Posted by billl on January 26, 2010 – 10:56 pm
Its easy to love your job when you get to deal with great people and fun products. Recently, Nintendo of America came to LM Cases with a unique problem: “how do we transport our Mario & Luigi costumes to trade shows with out damaging them”.
The challenge of this project was the weight & size of the cases. Nintendo needed the ability to ship the cases in a variety of different methods including truck freight & commercial airline. The multiple shipping scenarios proved to be a challenge because most LTL freight companies will not ship cases with casters, and airlines will not ship cases that are oversized or too heavy. Our solution was to employ our proprietary composite panels to reduce the weight of the case, as well as increase its impact resistance. To solve the caster problem, we used traditional casters on one end of the case; and employed Skid Mate shipping feet on the bottom of the case. When Nintendo needed to ship the case, all they had to do was lay the case on its back and…viola..the case could travel standard freight!
This case also features recessed vent dishes to allow air flow to the costume, as well as a 1/4″ aluminum skirting around the entire case to prevent forklift damage.
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LM Cases has been building ATA cases for the worlds most demanding customers for 25 years. Our cases can be found in every corner of the world in applications ranging from all types of touring, sports teams, medical users and the military. Our company strives to raise the bar of case design, and manufacturing processes to consistently deliver our customers the ultimate protective case.
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July 19th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
A wonderful job. Super helpful ifnoramtion.
September 28th, 2011 at 9:11 am
cool website, rss following now and hope to see some similar posts soon.