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

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Pixelhugger:

--- Quote from: Superfrog on August 19, 2014, 04:20:32 pm ---Are you and the kids still using the cabinet?
Very nice to see and FEEL the vibe about building and playing the cabinet.
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They've played it every day. Every. Single. Day. Well, until my wife recently put the smack down and told them weekends only. :dunno We don't have an Xbox, Playstation or Wii, so it's their only videogame portal beside our phones. So far my sons have logged over 140 hours on Lego Marvel Superheros alone. That doesn't include the time on Lego Pirates, Lego Star Wars, Lego Harry Potter, Lego Indiana Jones, Lego Batman, Minecraft etc.... I should have built it out of bricks.

My daughters like the old school games... Gauntlet, Pang, and Frogger. Not sure how many hours they've logged on those. The key to keeping it active has been the fact they don't have something connected to the TV.

Thanks for the compliments!

dkersten:
First time I saw this (yeah I'm a noob), fantastic craftsmanship, I am very impressed!

Superfrog:

--- Quote from: Pixelhugger on August 19, 2014, 05:19:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: Superfrog on August 19, 2014, 04:20:32 pm ---Are you and the kids still using the cabinet?
Very nice to see and FEEL the vibe about building and playing the cabinet.
--- End quote ---

They've played it every day. Every. Single. Day. Well, until my wife recently put the smack down and told them weekends only. :dunno We don't have an Xbox, Playstation or Wii, so it's their only videogame portal beside our phones. So far my sons have logged over 140 hours on Lego Marvel Superheros alone. That doesn't include the time on Lego Pirates, Lego Star Wars, Lego Harry Potter, Lego Indiana Jones, Lego Batman, Minecraft etc.... I should have built it out of bricks.

My daughters like the old school games... Gauntlet, Pang, and Frogger. Not sure how many hours they've logged on those. The key to keeping it active has been the fact they don't have something connected to the TV.

Thanks for the compliments!

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I'm very jealous about the cabinet is used in these days.
Just what you say, if you don't have a console at home, this is the big thing, and show that you don't need it at all ...
They don't miss a thing when you got plenty of quality time with your fantastic build.

And it's worth the money this way :cheers: better then after this progress of building and spending money, they never play on it :banghead:

:applaud:

BGoulette:
So I got the bright idea to start reading this thread sometime in the afternoon...it's now 11:15 and I just finished.

I love the opportunity to go through threads like this with time compressed (10 hours or whatever beats 8 years!). Thank you, ph, for documenting this build so acutely: it's so easy to lose track of time while vicariously experiencing the project's timeline.

Pixelhugger:
Special Limited Time Offer for the Discerning BYOAC Collector of Other Peoples Unused Project Junk!!!

The smoldering husk of my early-prototype-learning-curve-control-panel-project is available for trade.

Cleaning out the workshop/garage, Ive been throwing away my Mission Control construction templates (at least the ones that I can’t store for future reminiscing.) But what to do with my first control panel and intro to the hobby?? :dunno

This comes from the paper bezel and marble contact paper era of BYOAC, circa 2000, so I felt like it was breaking ground at the time - being made from hardwood and polished plexi. Not very impressive by today’s standards but a big deal for me back then. It was my first attempt at Building My Own Arcade Controls and was a bit of a proof of concept, that I could actually build something. Unfortunately that shows.

This was not built to the same standard or finish as Mission Control. (Ill post pics of the drill blow-out on the underside of the particle board panel for example, and the freehanded control inlays *shudders*) The plexi top has holes for carriage bolts, a relic of the old trackball mounting method I started with - combined with a totally unnecessary attempt to hold the plexi in place.

And no, this is not the CP from the cabinet itself.

The visible woodwork is marginal. It used to be stained but I long ago sanded that out. There are some deviations in the thickness of the wood as a result of the random orbit sand-a-palooza it underwent. It includes the original CPO artwork I designed while still learning Illustrator and Photoshop, so again it shows its age (like 15 years or so) so the paper may be a little puckered or wavy beneath the plastic. It also includes the updated CPO I had printed when getting closer to the actual cabinet design. Um. If I can find it.

There are two holes rudely drilled through the bottom panel that I had used to hang the panel on my office wall when it was not on my desk.

Does NOT INCLUDE any controls, joysticks, buttons etc. Just the wood, particle board, t-molding, plexi and hinge. So the attached pics are how it USED TO LOOK, or might look once reassembled and stained. :P

Is my unused crap worth anything to anyone? A trade for an iPac2? iPac4? Anything? Anyone?

... Bueller?

Available for local pickup (Los Angeles area) or I could ship it if someone wants to pay for that - no idea what it would cost.

This is what it looked like back in the day. If anyone is interested in a trade, I’ll post pics of it as is now, no controls or stain, with the scratches that come from storage in the garage.

And no comments on the classy "seamless background" ::) It was one of my first digital pictures.

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