Mission Control Project: 5 years on, what to do with the leftovers?

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Pixelhugger:
So we've been using tokens with the kids as a reward for good behavior. They start the week out with a handful and loose them one at a time if they misbehave.

We just got back from a road trip and the older kids had been particularly difficult in the car. I started the arcade to play Mario Bros. with my youngest son when my oldest daughter came up wanting to play Donkey Kong Jr. I told her she had lost all her tokens and wouldn't be able to play. She just looked at me and said, "That's OK. Whenever that happens I just do this..." and started sweeping the coin returns with her fingers looking for stray tokens. She fished out a surprisingly large haul from our 2004 nickel collection, leaving a bunch scattered on the floor. I was hit with such a blast of nostalgia for all the times I tried the same thing in an arcade after running out of quarters I just sat back and watched her restock. The floor looked a little like how Mel Fisher descirbed finding the Atocha.

drventure:

--- Quote from: Pixelhugger on April 13, 2012, 01:06:42 pm ---"That's OK. Whenever that happens I just do this..." and started sweeping the coin returns with her fingers looking for stray tokens.

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Awesome :laugh:

I used to do the same thing at arcades.

wp34:
Talk about bringing the arcade experience home. That's really cool. :cheers:

BadMouth:
How is the acrylic lexan polycarbonate on the CP holding up?
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Pixelhugger:
Originally I had used Lexan/polycarbonate but rebuilt it with acrylic (several years before project completion :dizzy:) when I realized I couldn't polish the trackball bevel in Lexan with sandpaper or Novus polish and after completely botching an attempt to flame polish it.

So it's acrylic. And it's held up perfectly. I am glad I put the dustwashers under the plastic and CPO. Not only did this allow me to polish more shiny bullnosed holes, but its prevented dulling and scratching around the joysticks. :)

The haze you see in the picture is probably a combination of kids' sticky pancake syrup hands, light glare, and bad camera compression/noise. The plastic has stayed pristine. :afro:

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