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Teenage Engineering’s Free Plastic Mini-ITX Case Sells Out on Launch

Teenage Engineering’s design experiment uses foldable PP plastic with screw-free assembly in a giveaway limited to one per customer without a restock date.

Overview

  • Assembly unfolds from a single semi-transparent sheet in 18 steps using living hinges and snap hooks without screws.
  • It supports any mini-ITX motherboard, an SFX power supply and up to a 180 mm dual-slot graphics card.
  • The giveaway promotion branded it as the "cheapest computer case in the world" by setting its price at zero.
  • Eligibility was restricted to one case per person and inventory sold out immediately upon listing.
  • Users can sign up on Teenage Engineering’s website for restock notifications but the company has not disclosed plans for additional production runs.