I actually found a small vendor a couple of moths ago. Longer story short, it’s still a 5-digit venture (making molds etc.) to do small batches, so some hundreds of cases would need to be sold and small companies can’t take even 4 or 3 digit risks. As L5 is still a bit iffy in their eyes, no trust. Maybe next year… But if then there are more interested parties, it may not be profitable to anyone - too risky. Kickstarter pre-order thing might work, but event that would need someone to spend time on it.
Looks like hackersgame already has a screenprotector for the L5. Please see e.g. at sec 45 in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_PzGz8dePY or at the beginning of
https://youtu.be/isEir7BodEs
@HackersGame can you please comment on this; whats the extra thickness?
Both the birch and chestnut came per-installed with a screenprotector.
I made a mistake and removed the tab on the outside of the screenprotector, thinking, look a free screenprotector. Which left the outside a bit messed up.
After weeks of using the phone like this. I really wanted to get a clean shot and removed the damaged screenprotector. To my supersize, I found a clean beautiful screen protector underneath.
So, at the end of the day, read the blue tab that says remove and remove it. 
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so there’s a hidden level of transparency behind the first transparent level ? why didn’t you say it like that the first time ? 
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I just thought of this thread and realized this video hasn’t been posted. Injection molded cases can be done at home (the mold is potentially expensive though):
Non-Google/Youtube link: https://web.archive.org/web/20190629183811/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYFoWP-3MYE
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Does this mean that Purism will be selling cases? If so, that’s when I’ll order a Librem 5. I’m not spending $800 on a device without a sturdy case.
I really don’t think so, at least not in the short term. The best option is probably to get one custom made at a 3D print shop, of which there are many online if you don’t have one locally. I think I made suggestions above or in this thread, which also has some fabrication ideas by other users.
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What about Purism partnership with them?
You could send Purism an email and ask them.
Yeah, no… I’m gonna need something more like this:
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Amarok 
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is that the robo-prostetic that kicks the Alien’s butt ? is it open-hardware ?
Probably. Power Loader.
Pacific Rim franchise FTW though. Makes the ones in Aliens look positively weedy.
Maybe soon in real life? https://exoskeletonreport.com/2015/10/panasonic-activelink-company-profile/
How did we get here? How about a case for the L5 then?
Looks pretty open to me. 
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Surely you can but an L5 in one of those Jäegermonsters. Maybe even let it take over. What could go wrong…? 
A tad more seriously though, that adaptive case looks like a personification, with arms and legs. So why not having L5 as the brains and add a robotic case? It doesn’t have to humanoid - more like, maybe a quad copter capability on the case to move and one appendix…?
A personal helper “satellite”? Or… get a swarm of them? (What could go wrong?)
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as a side-note … you need two people to pilot the ‘robot’ in Pacific Rim … not that there is such a thing in our sub-reality … is there ? maybe one of the newest U.S carriers is secretly a Decepticon patiently waiting to strike in the South China Sea …
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For those that need quick and robust storage/protection pouch for their Librem 5, I found one on Aliexpress that is almost as perfect as it can actually be (Style3 in size: 17.5×10.5×4.5cm).
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