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ASB-003 v20 Organizer
$48.29
This organizer is designed to fit inside the versatile Artist Sketch Case available from Hobby Lobby in the U.S. This wooden art case can be carried as a briefcase or satchel and includes an upper swing-out compartment for storage of boards and rulebooks.
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This organizer is designed to fit inside the versatile Artist Sketch Case available from Hobby Lobby in the U.S. This wooden art case can be carried as a briefcase or satchel and includes an upper swing-out compartment for storage of boards and rulebooks.
This organizer excels at storing Dominion kingdom cards, as they require very little space per set of Kingdom cards. This design has double inner walls which allows dividers to be placed side-by-side, unlike the ASB-002, which has single inner walls.
The insert fits into the empty case, but the upper storage compartment should be removed from the case since this case has such a high profile. You can store boards, small mats, rulebooks, and more right on top of the insert.
The Artist Sketch Case is famous for being inexpensive. It is also famous for having wildly different interior sizes. This organizer has been designed to support the smallest size case interiors that we have found or been informed of by customers. In some cases this means that the organizer will be smaller than the interior offered by your case and may slide around a bit when handled. A small amount of movement in the case should be fine, but you can always optionally drop some glue on the bottom of the case and glue the organizer into the case to eliminate any movement.
Product Notes
- This v20 design supports 3mm acrylic dividers. Units shipped prior to March 2020 used 2.286mm dividers.
- This insert measures 100mm high and provides five (5) organizational lanes for vertical card storage and one (1) smaller lane for bit storage. The interior divider walls of this insert are ~6mm (2 x 3mm) so that dividers can be placed side-by-side, allowing for many more dividers in this insert. As a consequence of using 6mm inner lanes, bit boxes will not fit in the narrow bit lane of this insert, which is 29mm wide.
- External dimensions: 394mm x 300mm x 100mm high
- There is ~7mm of clearance on top of the insert to store boards, rulebooks, etc.
- This insert has 1485mm of card lane storage. It can store ~4950 unsleeved cards or ~2970 Mayday Premium sleeved cards (.50mm per card) or ~2750 Ultra Pro Deck Protector sleeved cards (.54mm per card). Keep in mind each acrylic divider will also use 3mm of card lane space. The values used for the card thickness estimate = .3mm.
- Recommended sleeves include Ultra Pro Deck Protector, Mayday Premium, Mayday Euro, Dragon Shield (snug, no spare room width-wise), FFG Standard, FFG Euro, etc.
- This insert is constructed of HDF (wood product) and is natural colored. HDF does not contain a wood grain as it is a constructed wood product.
- Includes fifteen (15) clear acrylic dividers (model MULT-DIV-001). Additional divider packs of type MULT-DIV-001 should be used.
- Insert assembly requires some wood glue and about 15 minutes of assembly time. We recommend Sobo Craft glue or another comparable quick setting, tacky glue.
- Artist Sketch Case not included!
Release Notes
v4
- initial release.
- 2.286mm acrylic dividers
v20
- v20 supports 3mm acrylic dividers
| Weight | 3.9 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 17 × 13 × 1 in |
| UPC | 680577930940 |
Build Instructions
Robert E. (verified owner) –
Clean cut and setup to organize well. I love it and yet it took some finagling to get 1 of 3 into a hobby lobby case. I purchased 3 cases on my own and 3 inserts from GO7. One of the inserts was hard to fit into any of the 3 boxes but the other 2 slipped in fine. The one insert needed some sanding.
I would suggest some instructions for those without mechanical minds. I almost glued all of the exterior pieces together first and then luckily realized as I was testing it that this would not allow the interiors to slip into place, the one insert needed some sanding and a mallet.
As a design critique I would recommend that the narrow slot to the side reduce about 1/4″ – 3/8″ to provide a little breathing room across all columns for cards with sleeves, they fit but its a little tight and makes it difficult to retrieve cards when the case is packed full. This slot seems a little pointless and would produce the same benefit if it was slightly smaller.
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Anonymous (verified owner) –
This organizer is great for my Arkham Horror LCG! This is a must have.
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Jonathan F. (verified owner) –
This insert is very high quality, and very space efficient for storing Arkham Horror LCG cards vertically. Much better than using the Broken Token insert on the AH:LCG box. I’ve put all cards from the base set + Dunwich + Carcosa + Forgotten Age in there, with plenty of room to spare. I really love the acrylic dividers.
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Anonymous (verified owner) –
These were extremely easy to put together. I took my time, but did not have any problems. (I’m not good at putting kits together.) I bought two of them and two boxes from Hobby Lobby. The first one gave me no problems, but the second one – the box wouldn’t close with the insert in it. After switching things around I discovered that the problem was that the commercially made box was a little out of square. I got help sanding and chiseling the box so that the insert would fit. Now everything is fine. I was disappointed with the quality of the box from Hobby Lobby. It just shows how good the quality of the insert is – better than a commercially made product.
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Joshua D. (verified owner) –
My greatest issue with this product was whether to choose ASB-002 or ASB-003. You have to look pretty closely to see the difference (this allows dividers in adjacent rows at the exact same position — ASB-002 does not; this has a narrower “6th” slot for random storage, the ASB-002 slot is of course wider).
What I was looking for was a storage solution for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (LOTR LCG) cards. Imagine my excitement when I found out the company was founded trying to build that very solution. This one works really well, and it does so quite handsomely. I choose to sand, stain, and seal (with polyurethane) the wood. This insert looks perfectly fine without, but given the fact that I was really tricking out the presentation already, I wanted to take the quality the extra distance.
BE AWARE: If you follow my lead, you’ll need to very carefully sand down your contact points, or the glue — even wood glue — will not hold the insert together well enough. You need to be gluing bare wood to bare wood.
Some extremely minor points (if this is the worst I can complain about, I hope it indicates how little there is to really complain about there). I’d like to see mention of LOTR LCG in the appropriate insert descriptions. It took me awhile to determine that this was the right insert, and that could lose some interested buyers along the way.
Also in the description, it should be noted that filling one of these artist cases with cards makes it extremely heavy. The smart shopper needs to know that he should additionally plan to replace the handle screws with nuts and bolts, and the latches with something sturdier, otherwise risking a case that will rip out its handle or spill its contents. BoardGameGeek has multiple good examples (especially in the LOTR LCG forums).
Finally a few other “trick it out” ideas:
– Paint the interior with spray gloss black. It gives a really nice look (especially for the inner lid — this insert covers the bottom pretty thoroughly)
– Line the lid with black felt. LOOKS GREAT, a little extra protection for the cards when the case is held like a suitcase.
– Remove the strap hardware. You probably don’t want to carry this case with a strap, and it’ll almost certain rip out the screws from the weight anyway.
– Advanced move: fill in the dadoes in the sides of the bottom and top with wood strips. These can be cut from the dividers that come in the bottom
– if (when really — you truly need to do this) you replace the latches, get fancy. There are some great brass fasteners available out there, and they can really make the case yours
– either spray-paint black through a stencil, or get really fancy and do some pyrography work on the outside of the case to add a logo for whatever game you’re storing
TL;DR: GREAT insert, I plan to buy 3, maybe more for other card games. Just a great product. Really nice that there is a choice between this and ASB-002.
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