Author Topic: Cupholders (Read 5340 times)

idsane · « **on:** April 20, 2011, 02:49:44 pm »

Anyone know where to find some nice ones for mounting to the side of the CP?

stu33 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 20, 2011, 03:14:38 pm »

Wegman's. They have ones that you mount on the shopping carts. You can probably snag a bunch in the parking lot.

LeedsFan · « **Reply #2 on:** April 20, 2011, 03:20:09 pm »

This is the exact type of holder I had on my first cabinet.....

http://www.discountmarinesupplies.com/cart.cgi?group=101102&child=101318&gclid=CJKZlfDnq6gCFchO4Qodg1kgHg

Although the ones I got were black. The beauty of them is they fold up too when not in use.

Benevolance · « **Reply #3 on:** April 20, 2011, 05:40:18 pm »

When someone finally develops a cup holder that prevents my martinis from sloshing onto my cab, I will be impressed.

Donkbaca · « **Reply #4 on:** April 20, 2011, 05:46:15 pm »

Cupholder< Spill Proof Glass < Beverage Dispensing Helmet < Arkeg

JustMichael · « **Reply #5 on:** April 20, 2011, 05:49:31 pm »

The best kind of cup holder is a small table off to the side of the cab. It can even hold FOOD too!

jasonbar · « **Reply #6 on:** April 20, 2011, 07:09:03 pm »

Can't get much cheaper than a bicycle water bottle cage!

Holds beer bottles, glasses, tumbers, and (sorta) wine glasses.

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff97/infernolab/Arcade%20Game/20cupholdersgun.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff97/infernolab/Arcade%20Game/21cupholdersgun.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff97/infernolab/Arcade%20Game/22cupholdersgun.jpg

All my pics: http://s242.photobucket.com/albums/ff97/infernolab/Arcade%20Game/?start=all

Thanks,
-Jason

opt2not · « **Reply #7 on:** April 20, 2011, 07:17:42 pm »

Quote from: JustMichael on April 20, 2011, 05:49:31 pm

The best kind of cup holder is a small table off to the side of the cab. It can even hold FOOD too!

Correction, the best cup holder is a cocktail cabinet glass-top.

Benevolance · « **Reply #8 on:** April 21, 2011, 02:37:15 pm »

We're in a townhouse, so the space is a bit limited, but my wife requested cocktail cabinets for side tables when we eventually upgrade to something bigger.

opt2not · « **Reply #9 on:** April 21, 2011, 03:22:28 pm »

She requested it?!

Wow, that's awesome...you found a good one!

gaffner · « **Reply #10 on:** April 21, 2011, 03:41:16 pm »

Quote from: Benevolance on April 20, 2011, 05:40:18 pm

When someone finally develops a cup holder that prevents my martinis from sloshing onto my cab, I will be impressed.

That's called a sippy cup. Are you impressed?

idsane · « **Reply #11 on:** April 21, 2011, 05:29:08 pm »

Thanks for the responses. I found these in an old post that look nice and sturdy :http://www.happcontrols.com/accessories/27142200.htm.

I don't need them to fold since they will be mounted on the backside of my cp where two perfect spots exist for them on my TMNT cab. I like how they can hold a mug too. Anyone use these?

DillonFoulds · « **Reply #12 on:** April 22, 2011, 03:19:40 am »

For the longest time I thought cup (beer) holders would be the greatest thing for a mame cabinet, but then someone pointed out something to me...

Arcade machines never had cup holders! Why would you want to encourage someone having a beverage sitting on your hard work? Might as well buy a 1200 dollar rug and leave a glass of coke sitting right in the middle of it, while people are walking all around it.

Keep your beverages on a side table, it's just gonna keep them out of the way. You'll thank yourself for it.

gryhnd · « **Reply #13 on:** April 22, 2011, 10:59:23 am »

Quote from: gaffner on April 21, 2011, 03:41:16 pm

Quote from: Benevolance on April 20, 2011, 05:40:18 pm
When someone finally develops a cup holder that prevents my martinis from sloshing onto my cab, I will be impressed.

That's called a sippy cup. Are you impressed?

I've threatened many times in the past to make all the adults at my parties use sippy cups too. Especially those that can't hold their liquor.

yotsuya · « **Reply #14 on:** April 22, 2011, 03:02:02 pm »

Don't some Tappers have cup holders?

pinballwizard79 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 22, 2011, 07:17:47 pm »

Cup holders are awesome, being drunk is awesome, spilling booze is awesome, playing arcade games is awesome.

Dont deny yourself awesomness!!!!!

When you are in that hospital bed surrounded by all your friends/family & on your way to planet Kolob, Jannah, heaven or whatever you believe in you will wish you drank more beer & played more robotron.

idsane · « **Reply #16 on:** April 23, 2011, 01:13:16 am »

I think that adding I side table would actually add more spills. With the cupholder I could easily take a swig b/w levels without pausing. With the side table it would be more of a rush and I can see a lot of tipped over drinks. Like I said, with my cab

(http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/118/1181242182137.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php%3Fgame_id%3D10052&usg=__Awl6d8BpBE-K7OzaVGUHuIZ8M3Q=&h=320&w=193&sz=7&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=BuDmIb5FD8xQSM:&tbnh=117&tbnw=71&ei=Tl-yTaXxOoPQsAP-tfjkCw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtmnt%2Bcabinet%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D976%26bih%3D529%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=382&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0&tx=54&ty=43

they are simi hidden on the backside of the cp. I wouldn't think a little spill could get into the cp anyways.

Benevolance · « **Reply #17 on:** April 23, 2011, 01:58:11 pm »

Honestly, I just put drinks right on my CP. I don't have a frankenpanel and there is more than enough empty space to put a drink down. I've had a couple spills but they wipe up easily enough if you're quick. Nothing has seeped through to the CP artwork yet. And if the worst happened and a drink spilled and shorted out every single electronic device in the cabinet and simultaneously melted all the MDF...well, then I get to build another arcade cabinet, and building arcade cabinets is a lot of fun. It's win-win.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #18 on:** April 24, 2011, 05:13:17 am »

The best kind of drink holder for an arcade cabinet (",)

bkenobi · « **Reply #19 on:** April 25, 2011, 11:42:28 am »

OOoohhhhh, is that why it's called a cocktail cabinet? Huh.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #20 on:** April 25, 2011, 09:37:52 pm »

Quote from: bkenobi on April 25, 2011, 11:42:28 am

OOoohhhhh, is that why it's called a cocktail cabinet? Huh.

Hehe. I might as well, since right now the PC is dead. Again

opt2not · « **Reply #21 on:** April 27, 2011, 04:21:38 pm »

While I was in Portland this weekend, I was able to go over to Ground Kontrol to enjoy some games. I really liked their solution for holding drinks. These metal cup holders were all over the place, in the pinball section upstairs they had standing ones like in this picture, in the video game section they had them attached to the top and sides of the cabinets. Personally I'd prefer the standing ones. I'm going to email them and see if they can give me any info on where they bought 'em.

Benevolance · « **Reply #22 on:** April 27, 2011, 07:37:41 pm »

That is a really neat solution. I can't quite see the legs in that picture, but you say it's freestanding?

opt2not · « **Reply #23 on:** April 28, 2011, 02:32:01 am »

Yes, it has a metal frame that goes down to the floor with a square base frame. Sorry, I wish I took better pictures of it, of the entire place really, but I was too distracted by the fun!

I've sent them an email praising their arcade, as well as asking where they got these. I wonder if these were custom made...but hopefully they get back to me because it love to have one or two of these standing beside my cabs.

drventure · « **Reply #24 on:** April 28, 2011, 07:55:48 am »

Just pick up a couple of these

Super portable, ultra convenient. Never loose track of your drink!

drventure · « **Reply #25 on:** April 28, 2011, 07:58:02 am »

Seriously, though. I did find this

http://www.kotulas.com/deals/ProductDisplay?url=ProductDisplay%3FcatalogId%3D10602%26storeId%3D10152%26productId%3D20659%26langId%3D-1&cm_ite=standing_drink_holder&catalogId=10602&productId=20659&langId=-1&cm_pla=NONBRAND&cm_ven=PPC&cm_cat=GOOGLE&storeId=10152&affiliateId=rkg&affiliateId=rkg&ddkey=http:CatalogSearchResultView

Not quite the same but close...

Donkbaca · « **Reply #26 on:** April 28, 2011, 09:50:27 am »

The concern I have with metal cupholders in a cp would be condensation forming on the bottom of the metal and getting moisture in the cp. The floorstanding one are cool, but hoe are they better then a table?

drventure · « **Reply #27 on:** April 28, 2011, 10:05:23 am »

Personally, I'd go with table myself, but one like Opt2not showed wouldn't be too bad in the right room, it looks like it has a much smaller footprint than would a table or the one I found.

I'm not a huge fan of chrome though (more of a brass and wood guy), so there is that

Cynicaster · « **Reply #28 on:** April 29, 2011, 04:08:56 pm »

The dogma in this hobby is hilarious sometimes. People build big, wide, generic cabinets with custom/original artwork (blue lightning and random mismatched clip art FTW), multiple controller types, LCD displays, coin-in buttons, and marquees emblazoned with the word “MAME”, and then turn around and blame the cup holders for ruining the authenticity.

I put black cup holders on my black cabinet, and if it weren’t for the amazing convenience of their presence I wouldn’t even know they were there.

It’s like driving a cobbled together kit car that evokes the hot-rod culture of yore, and saying you can’t have a CD player in the stereo because the cars you’re vaguely imitating didn’t have them.

opt2not · « **Reply #29 on:** May 06, 2011, 11:53:53 pm »

Hey all, the nice guys at Ground Kontrol got back to me with the link to their cupholders. They are 3-cup chrome "beverage racks" from Suzo Happ with a custom welded base.

I like 'em!

drventure · « **Reply #30 on:** May 08, 2011, 05:05:06 pm »

Ok. Not precisely what this thread is all about but I happened on a nice pair of drink holder 2 weekends ago at a sidewalk antiques sale in Dallas.

They were relatively cheap, nice carved mahogany and rose marble. and the perfect drink holding height!

Plus, the legs even match my cabinet!


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