The Slimline Commodore 64C Ultimate has been announced and ready for pre-order at sale prices, with 10% off the 2nd unit and an extra $10 off your order ->
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What makes these new Slimline C64C Ultimate so special?
Molded by the Past, but Ultimately Still Present!
Look at these absolute beasts.
These aren’t replicas. These aren’t 3D-printed mockups. These are the original 1986 Commodore 64C injection-molding tools — the exact steel monsters that once churned out thousands of authentic beige C64C cases straight from the factory floor.
And somehow, after 40 years, they just… showed up in Germany.
Here’s the full story pieced together from the Commodore announcement:
The molds started life in Asia in the mid-80s, stamping out cases for the redesigned Commodore 64C.
Commodore then shipped them back to their headquarters in West Chester, Pennsylvania for upgrades and fine-tuning. Eventually the company folded, and the massive steel blocks bounced around the industrial afterlife until they landed at a plastics manufacturer in Texas.
That’s where the story gets magical.
In 2014, a guy named Dallas Moore literally stumbled across them gathering dust in a warehouse. He recognized what they were — the holy grail of C64 reproduction.
In 2015 he launched a Kickstarter that brought the original C64C case back to life. The community went wild. Those molds went back into production… this time making fresh cases for a whole new generation of enthusiasts. I got a red one, did you get one too?
After the Kickstarter wrapped, the tooling was sent to Germany, where @ icomp de kept the machines humming, producing high-quality replica cases that kept the C64C dream alive for years.
But history has a funny way of circling back.
When Commodore (that's the new Commodore) heard the original 1986 molds were finally available, they didn’t hesitate.
These aren’t just tools — they’re physical artifacts from the golden age of Commodore home computing. They carry the scars, the grease, the exact dimensions and textures that defined an entire era. Every ding, every stamp mark, every carefully machined detail is a direct link to the engineers who designed the machine that launched a thousand bedroom coders.
Now they’re home at Commodore!
The Commodore 64C case mold has finally come full circle.
From Asia, to Pennsylvania, to Texas, to Germany… and now, back where it belongs.
What a time to be a retro computing nerd.
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(Photo: Perifractic with the actual 1986 molds, freshly arrived and looking every bit as legendary as their story.)