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Rick:
Ok, I'm sitting here trying to come up with various ideas for my cab project, and I thought, "Hey, what if everybody came up with their most amazing/strange/retro/futuristic ideas for themes and shared them!" So, here we are.
Here are some cabs I was considering:
* The Fire Engine - high gloss fire engine red, chrome t-molding, and full light-bar on top
* The Full Metal Jacket - white sides, R. Lee Ermy / Sgt. Hartman on the side, army green t-molding, randomly yells insults at you to make you play in attract mode
* G-Force Cabs - A full set of 5 cabinets, each dedicated to one Member of the "Battle of the Planets" team (heh, I'm dating myself.)
* Transformer Cabs - Multiple cabinets in a single room, each 'transforms' into a video game cabinet (i.e. old-style stereo cabinet, fridge, etc.)
So, that's what I came up with over the past little while. What ideas can you come up with? (Feel free to work off of others ideas, too!)
;D
ragnar:
It would probably cost a penny, but a steampunk cab would be awesome. Never seen one.
For those that do not know:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk
There is also dieselpunk, but I don't like that as much.
drventure:
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I completely agree :)
drventure:
Seriously though. I'm completely down with taking old/antique/beat to hell furniture elements and repurposing them into cabs/jukes/etc.
The Gryhnd's rat rod http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=104021.0
is a great example of this. I could see using an old armoire, buffet, coffee table, side table, sofa table, etc. More baroque the better.
Maybe something like the attached...
Also, that whole transformer idea is great. I'd love to see an old school fridge that somehow opened into an arcade cab. It'd take the right house for something like that though.
Dr Zero:
--- Quote from: Rick Elphinstone on August 19, 2010, 11:21:15 pm ---Ok, I'm sitting here trying to come up with various ideas for my cab project, and I thought, "Hey, what if everybody came up with their most amazing/strange/retro/futuristic ideas for themes and shared them!" So, here we are.
Here are some cabs I was considering:
* G-Force Cabs - A full set of 5 cabinets, each dedicated to one Member of the "Battle of the Planets" team (heh, I'm dating myself.)
So, that's what I came up with over the past little while. What ideas can you come up with? (Feel free to work off of others ideas, too!)
;D
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I used to love that show!
I have contemplated an Iron Giant model I got a neat riveted metal looking skull that lights up could use a topper.