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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Dervacumen on November 18, 2005, 11:02:12 pm
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Just wondering. IF I were to cover my cabinet in faux fur instead of more traditional coverings, and call it something like "Pimp Panther" or "Pimp Rig", would I have to change my nickname in shame?
(http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/2241/pinkpimp6py.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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umm... yes :police:
That sounds like an idea for a new TV show...
Pimp My Cab ;)
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No! that sounds totally cool. Good idea.
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I too, once had a grand scheme of making a furry cabinet. My plan was to use a shag carpet or something similar.
It was to be black whith a large smiley face in the usual sideart position as big as I could fit it. Finding bright yellow shag carpet turned out to be a bit tricky and I eventually gave up and moved on to other ideas. Probably a good idea too since it would raise the cost of a cab significantly for an effect that I wasn't quite sure would be all that great in the first place.
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I think that would look sweet.
Thank instead of dusting it, you could just vacuum it, brilliant!
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I mean, really, who hasn't had a dream of one day owning a furry cabinet........... :angel: ;D 8)
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Don't let the naysayers discourage you... I love it. You could really run with the idea in a lot of ways. 8-ball for a trackball, and of course you gotta have some fuzzy dice hanging somewhere. Maybe have it play "Lowrider" in attract mode. I'd love to see it. :)
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Sensational idea. Right up there with an Astro Turf covered cab.
For extra points may I suggest instead of synthetic fur you use the fur from baby seals? Of course to cover an entire cab you would have to violently club several of them but this is really just an added bonus.
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Thank instead of dusting it, you could just vacuum it, brilliant!
Another vacuuming task for the wife ;)
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Don't let the naysayers discourage you... I love it. You could really run with the idea in a lot of ways. 8-ball for a trackball, and of course you gotta have some fuzzy dice hanging somewhere. Maybe have it play "Lowrider" in attract mode. I'd love to see it. :)
Funny you should mention that. My driving cab plan calls for crushed velvet, a chrome chain steering wheel, reflective diamond tape, beaded ball trim, and of course the fuzzy dice and an 8 track player. If I had the wherewithall, I'd put the whole thing on hydraulics. But that's the next project.
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For extra points may I suggest instead of synthetic fur you use the fur from baby seals?
If I could find a seal with these colors I might consider it. :o
(http://tinypic.com/fxuuyg.jpg)
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And to think - people have actually criticized my faux paint finish. ;D
Actually, I think it's a rather innovative idea. If I'd have done mine like that, I wouldn't have to be worried with my cats using the thing as a cat perch!! No fuzz issues - just make it the color of their fur and everything blends in!
RTSDaddy2
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What kind of fur were you thinking? I suggest cat.
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I've been watching this thread with interest and for what it's worth I hope to see you build your furry cabinet. I think it would look awesome if done right. Perhaps you could style it like the pimpmobile in Austin Powers Goldmember!
Eric.
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The idea is crying for a pimp hat on top.
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Posted by: MYX
What kind of fur were you thinking? I suggest cat.
Posted by: bosss7
Another vacuuming task for the wife
Posted by: BrokenBones
For extra points may I suggest instead of synthetic fur you use the fur from baby seals? Of course to cover an entire cab you would have to violently club several of them but this is really just an added bonus.
Ooer, this thread is getting nasty 8)
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(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL250/2160536/4270780/53255714.jpg)
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The idea is crying for a pimp hat on top.
Wasn't planning on a hat as part of the cabinet, but will be making one with the leftover material. Want to play my cab? Then put on the hat. Comes complete with a really cool necklace.
(http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/9377/necklace4sp.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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Now that I think again of it, it would be cool at 1st. But a few months later you would just have a hulking furry eyesore.
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Construction has begun...Thanks to tbombaci for the cab and Goz for helping me locate one.
I'll start posting on Project Announcements soon.
BUT...
Should it be renamed L.A.M.E. (Lame Ain't a MAME Experiment)?
(Actually, it really is.)
Or maybe L.A.M.E. (Lame Ain't a Mainstream Emulator)?
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Good luck on your fuzzy cab.
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If Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill (ZZ Top for you young whippersnappers) can cover their guitars with fun fur, I see no reason a Mamecab couldn't get the same treatment. As long as it's tasteful... ;-)
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Construction has begun...Thanks to tbombaci for the cab and Goz for helping me locate one.
I'll start posting on Project Announcements soon.
BUT...
Should it be renamed L.A.M.E. (Lame Ain't a MAME Experiment)?
(Actually, it really is.)
Or maybe L.A.M.E. (Lame Ain't a Mainstream Emulator)?
Slap Daddy BoCade
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If Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill (ZZ Top for you young whippersnappers) can cover their guitars with fun fur, I see no reason a Mamecab couldn't get the same treatment.
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Put a picture of Pac-Man on it and call it Carpet Muncher. :o
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Why not grass ?
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Why not grass ?
ChiaCade
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Need a goat to keep the cab in shape :P
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Use brown 1960's shag and call it "The cousin it MAME machine".
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Well,
Having seen the end of the rain around here, I can get back to building my proof of concept cab. I'll start posting pics in the very near future. For a teaser, here is a piece of artwork in progress that will be on at least one side of the cabinet. Of course, it's also going to be surrounded by some very nice fur.
Derv
http://img191.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pimpcoloring29ix.png
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Bling Bling Chaz bling bling...
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I still say cat. Or guinea pig (aka qui).
You really need to use powerpame and when it is paused it will talk about the game you are playing. You need to then find a voice that has a pimp tone to it. I highly suggest something like the Gary Oldman caractor Drexl in True Romance.
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Maybe it's just me, but this seems the worst idea in the entire history of bad ideas. Oh hang on... you guys are trying to fool him into doing something stupid and I just blew it. Sorry.
-S
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Vive la difference!
If I was to build a second cabinet I was thinking I would put lexan on the sides and light it up a la Build You Own Disco Dance Floor.
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great idea! although dervacumen has it with the chrome and crushed velvet (make it purple). don't forget to throw in a disco ball there somewhere.
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For first fur-covered pics, see my thread in Arcade Announcements called Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=53653.msg569063#msg569063)
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Crap, you furred a tempest. :o
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Furry cabinets were all the rage in the early 70's. :P
(http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4872/shagmamehc7.jpg)
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LOL
Yeah, and they all had 2 player 6 button pannels. ;D
Great PS job BTW. :cheers:
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Haha that cab looks like a big orange Muppet. :) Nice Photoshopping skills MrC. I really wish someone would build a furry cab. What's the holdup?
Eric.
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Look up a few posts, there is one being built right now...