Turtle wrote:Actually, I don't think battlefoam is the best bet for storage in the long run, at least not to a price to capacity and protection ratio. You pay a steep premium for battlefoam bags and foam, but the thing is, X-Wing is going to be a game that will constantly expand. Sooner than you think, you'll need another bag full of foam. Already the number of ships you'll want has gone up with the inclusion of big ships and the requirement to play in epic 300 point formats to use them.
Better to get only a few of their custom shape cut foam, and just have pluck foam for the rest. I'm going with KR multicase pick and pluck foam.
I'm also looking into some way to better organize all the cards, such as making little divider tabs and space fillers for each ship and upgrade type.
Price-wise it is expensive, but it sure is good. I've been really happy with it and have not regretted it at all. You might be surprised how many ships you can get in one tray. For instance I have almost every single one of my ships in 2 inches total of foam. That would be:
7 interceptors (room for one more)
2 falcons
2 slave 1
3 hawks (room for 2 more)
3 Y-wings (room for 3 more)
6 x-wings (room for 4 more)
8 tie fighters (room for 2 more)
5 A-wings (room for 3 more)
Lambda shuttle
3 Tie advanced (room for 1 more)
4 B wings
4 Tie bombers
All of that in 2 inches of battlefoam. My 720 case has 12 inches of foam available. Then I have half a tray of pluck foam to hold my rebel transport, extra slave 1 and shuttles etc for now. The pluck foam simply isn't as efficient as custom foam for holding the high number of ships. And the pre-built x-wing trays from battlefoam... suck. Building a custom tray lets you fit a ton more ships into each tray.
Currently the rest my my 720 case is being used to hold the cards, templates, etc. I use card boxes for thee cards and upgrade cards. I'm pretty happy with my storage situation. But the way it stands if I expand beyond the limit of the battlefoam I will simply use the case and put custom trays in to hold the ships. I will use something less expensive for cards, templates, dials etc.
I'm happy with battlefoam. The thing I don't like about KR multicase is that they are designed to keep the ships on their bases. That wouldn't work as well for me, but obviously it works for others.