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I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« on: December 02, 2005, 09:52:50 pm »
This is the one that was part of the Retroblast sponsored holiday giveaways.  I'm pretty excited about this.  Thanks to Kevin at Retroblast for sponsoring the contest and more than thanks to Mike at Dream Arcades for this oh-so-generous prize.

I've been planning my cabinet for a couple years now.  I've done the hunter-gatherer thing and have a working CP, but still no cabinet.  I've even helped build a cabinet and troubleshoot a bar-top cabinet, but none yet for me...until now (well soon from now).

I'm pretty sure my wife isn't as thrilled about this as me, but I heard her saying something about not expecting anything else for Christmas.  What more could I want.

Woo hoo.

I'll be sure to post a few pictures of the cabinet in project announcements when the time is right.

Now to convince the Mrs that I still need an upright so I can play trackball and spinner based games.  After all I've still got all the parts.

Did I mention I'm excited?

Thanks again to Dream Arcades and Retroblast!


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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2005, 09:56:43 pm »
You so SUCK !!!

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2005, 10:21:17 pm »
how much did you give Kevin
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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2005, 10:28:05 pm »
We were really happy when we found out that a BYOAC member won the contest. There were so many entries this year I figured it wouldn't be a forum member. I'm thrilled to see I was wrong.

When your wife sees the cabinet hopefully she will not be so upset. It really looks like a piece of furniture. We get a fair number of customers who put our cocktail cabinets in there family rooms. Most just leave the side art off and use it as an end table.
Congratulations,
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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2005, 10:30:48 pm »
congrats!

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2005, 10:57:57 pm »
congrats, have a lot of fun... ;D
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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2005, 03:12:54 am »
Congrats man...



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glad to see a BYOACer get it

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2005, 07:12:34 am »
Congrats again, and don't forget the magic words when dealing with the wife:

"But honey, it was FREE!"  ;)

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2005, 07:25:12 am »
Excellent. That cab looks VERY well put together!

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2005, 10:34:42 am »
Congrads,  I'm very envious.
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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2005, 04:24:15 am »
Congrats again, and don't forget the magic words when dealing with the wife:

"But honey, it was FREE!"  ;)

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hehe my wife would be going over the checkbook a few times then calling to make sure it was free

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2005, 01:01:19 pm »
Congrads!

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2005, 02:55:04 pm »
Excellent! Glad to see that 'one of us' got it. :)

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2005, 04:05:01 pm »
Excellent! Glad to see that 'one of us' got it. :)

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to bad it aint you or me   :P
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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2005, 04:19:00 pm »
Obviously it would be better if I had won it. ;)

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2005, 04:47:33 pm »
Wow, congratulations! On a slightly less exciting note, I just found out I won one of the X-Arcade trackball panels, after all but forgetting I even entered the drawing... it was quite a nice surprise.

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2005, 01:38:04 pm »
Wow, congratulations! On a slightly less exciting note, I just found out I won one of the X-Arcade trackball panels, after all but forgetting I even entered the drawing... it was quite a nice surprise.
Congrats on the trackball.

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2005, 01:40:28 pm »
Thanks for all the congrats.

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2005, 02:27:44 pm »

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Re: I won the Dream Arcades cocktail
« Reply #19 on: December 07, 2005, 12:54:58 am »
I entered that contest too.  You've got real contest-entering talent - Jerk! 

Buuut seriously - congratulations and post some pics of its final destination in your house.