MAC - Carry All Traincase Discussion

[abbyquack]

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Originally Posted by Randy Rose Huh. About a year or so ago when I was at the freestanding store in St Louis, the MA straight up said that their current train case was temperature regulated. I was like "How the fuck can they charge $250 (or whatever) for a train case when I can get one for like thirty bucks?" and she said it was temperature regulated and would keep my shizz from getting all meltalicious.

The MA at my counter said it was fireproof. I thought, ohhh that's why it's so expensive! I think still it's got to be one of the nicest cases on the market, I have some $30 cheapo traincase from Target and it does the job, but i can tell the cardboard is going to snap any day now lol.

 

[CantAffordMAC]

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Originally Posted by abbyquack The MA at my counter said it was fireproof. I thought, ohhh that's why it's so expensive! I think still it's got to be one of the nicest cases on the market, I have some $30 cheapo traincase from Target and it does the job, but i can tell the cardboard is going to snap any day now lol.

I was told the same exact thing, and thats why I thought it was so expensive too. I am using a $20 one from walmart....its starting to get overwhelemed by all ym makeup though

LMAO @ us needing bulletproof, fireproof, temperature regulated, stainless steel traincases for our makeup

We are NOT messing around!

 

[erine1881]

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Originally Posted by abbyquack The MA at my counter said it was fireproof. I thought, ohhh that's why it's so expensive! I think still it's got to be one of the nicest cases on the market, I have some $30 cheapo traincase from Target and it does the job, but i can tell the cardboard is going to snap any day now lol.

the 1.6 is made of plastic with a reinforced wood interior, then lined in leather. fireproof? not so much with the wood.

 

[MAC_Whore]

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Originally Posted by EmbalmerBabe ....and reminded me of an ammunition case.....

That's actually what I liked about it. lol

 

[pat]

I saw it in person and I wasn't really wowed by it. Even my MA said the same exact thing...

I thought the compartments were ok, they were deep but I just don't like the concept. I think the only thing I liked about the train case was that you can remove the compartments to clean it. Other than that, I think you can pass and buy a nice train case on ebay or something. haha

 

[MAC_Whore]

They quietly put this up today:MAC Cosmetics | Makeup Case

It doesn't show up on the main page, but it is in the Bags/Cases category. One odd thing is that the thumbnail pic that you click on to get to the new one, has the pic of the old one.

 

[Meryl]

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Originally Posted by erine1881 hey all. i'm here to dispell some rumors that have been going around on this bad boy. as with the current 1.6, this case IS NOT: -temperature regulated (your stuff will melt if left in the heat!) -fireproof (it will burn, along with all your stuff inside) -bulletproof -made of metal (its made of injection-moulded plastic) -made by samsonite -and probably some others that i can't think of right now it has a main chamber, two side compartments and a front pull drawer for brushes. it has a custom-designed combination lock, shoulder strap and a soft plastic handle. each section has removable dividers, and the side compartments swivel out instantaneously.

Thank you for all your useful information about this case!

Can you tell me, if I already have the old one... would there be a reason to buy the new one?

I almost wish I had a reason to buy a nice, shiny new case, but I guess it's silly if it doesn't have anything special about it. Just curious what you think...

Is it at least bigger?

 

[Meryl]

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Originally Posted by erine1881 yeah, i told my trainer today that i had heard that too and she said the 1.6 wasn't, and neither is the new one. it doesn't have any super powers, it won't save you from drowning, it won't stop a bullet, and all that jazz. it is what it is, just a really cool, classy, sturdy plastic MAC traincase. i plan on getting a couple of these if they're as cool as i keep hearing. i need a traincase. or two. or three.

Thank you for the laugh!

 

[erine1881]

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Originally Posted by Meryl Thank you for all your useful information about this case! Can you tell me, if I already have the old one... would there be a reason to buy the new one? I almost wish I had a reason to buy a nice, shiny new case, but I guess it's silly if it doesn't have anything special about it. Just curious what you think... Is it at least bigger?

sadly i haven't seen it yet, tho some people who have seen it say that it is smaller and heavier, and they don't like it. if you need another traincase, and are willing to spend that kinda money on it, then go for it, or you can call me at my counter and buy another old one-we still have 3 of em. and i could use the sales lol.

the main differences is that its sleeker/smoother, it has a combo lock instead of a lock and key, and the compartments pull out instead of telescoping trays.

so, until i have seen it in person, i can't give you my opinions, just the facts.

 

[Meryl]

^^ If you weren't in the States, I would most certainly call you!

I'll take a look at it in the store tomorrow. I was thinking it might be nice for all my hundreds of fragrance samples.

 

[glamourgirl216]

i saw the case @ the MAC store in Del Amo Fashion Center, Torrance CA. let me just say... save ur money! it pretty much sucks, big time! it is really small for the $225 it costs, in my opinion. it kinda looks like a little sewing machine, since u have to lift the lid completely off and the pull out the compartments. if u can still get ur hands on the old version, u would be better off. if ur a MAC addict, which i think most of us on specktra are... ur makeup collection will quickly outgrow this case.

 

[Meryl]

Okay, I spent a half an hour playing with it today and I love it! The compartments are really nice and useful and I think the whole set up is better than the older one, which just had 3 levels. It feels the same in weight... I compared both in the store.

You can mix and match the dividers to make it useful for what you want to place inside. Also, I think this one just looks so much nicer than the old one.

It locks really easily (too easily) so it won't open unless you have the numbers set to '0' and I found the numbers get easily rotated, when I didn't want them to, but I guess I would get a feel for it.

Having said that, I didn't' buy it. It will be almost $300.00 here in Canada and I just didn't feel like spending that kind of money today. I bought some make-up instead.

But I will most definitely buy it one day when I feel like having a new toy to play with.

 

[mustardgirl]

Just sticking in two cents here: I went in today to buy some stuff from Red She Said and checked out the train case. My fav MA was there so we took some of the sample items from the displays to see how much space this thing actually holds. The side swivel compartments are just tall enough to accommodate MAC's lipglasses and can easily hold lipsticks and pigments. With the pigments I think you can probably fit at least 6 (one row of 3 pigments stacked on top of the other) in each "row" of the side swivel compartments if you were to use those dividers. I hope that makes sense. Not sure how many lipsticks you can stick in there - I would probably say maybe 5 or 6 upright lipsticks per "divider".

The bottom part (without the slide out tray), you can fit dazzleglasses upright in there perfectly - that's about the tallest thing you can fit in there though or else the tray would not be able to slide in and out. The compartments are really deep which is kind of why I am =/ about this train case even though I think that it looks nice. To me, it would be a pain to have to keep digging out stuff because the compartments are that deep. I will say though that if you have a smaller collection and have the extra money to burn, well why not - it's nice looking and a really unique design. But I think most makeup collectors are not going to fit even a third or fourth of their collection in there.

I wish I had taken a pic of our experiment of just throwing stuff in there but I will try to remember next time I visit the store near me..

 

[Meryl]

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Originally Posted by mustardgirl The side swivel compartments are just tall enough to accommodate MAC's lipglasses and can easily hold lipsticks and pigments. With the pigments I think you can probably fit at least 6 (one row of 3 pigments stacked on top of the other) in each "row" of the side swivel compartments if you were to use those dividers. I hope that makes sense. Not sure how many lipsticks you can stick in there - I would probably say maybe 5 or 6 upright lipsticks per "divider".

Also, you can take a divider from the one side that has them and use it on the other side that does not come with any dividers. (That's the side that was holding the strap.) So you can move things around to fit what you have.

I really liked it, but not the price.

 

[oracle1]

New MAC Traincase

Is anyone planning on buying the new MAC traincase? What does it look like in person?(pics please)

 

[x.DOLLYMiX.x]

I dont know if this is old news but the new traincase is available on mac pro.

 

[COBI]

Re: New MAC Traincase

I saw this over the weekend (at Boston f/s) and was surprised at how SMALL it is. I would never spend that kind of money on such a small traincase; in my mind, I thought it was going to be twice as wide as it is in person.

 

[MAC_Whore]

Re: New MAC Traincase

Merging with existing thread on this topic.

 

[Kayraphat]

Just launched a lil' earlier on Nordstrom: M·A·C Carry All Case - What's New - Nordstrom

Elements include a main chamber, two side compartments, and a front pull drawer. Features custom-designed combination lock, shoulder strap and soft plastic handle.

Interested, anyone?

 

[erine1881]

so i think i have changed my mind about this a bit. i think i wanna get it. it launched at counters today, so we were playing around with it and i think i like it. here are some pics i took today.

the outside

with the outer cover off (you can remove and move the dividers to customize the spaces!)

the top boxes swing open to reveal a slide-out tray (those dividers can be removed too)

you can create a four-digit combo with the locks on both sides of the outer cover.