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Title: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: GoPodular.com on October 21, 2006, 11:47:02 pm
ebay: MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper (http://cgi.ebay.com/MAME-Arcade-Control-Panel-Marble-Contact-Paper_W0QQitemZ230041465016QQihZ013QQcategoryZ13716QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper. You are bidding on 1 yard, 36" long x 18" wide, section of contact paper. Please note that patterns may vary from photo due to being on a roll. Thanks for looking and please see my other auctions for more good deals.

I mean c'mon.  A "section" of contact paper for... $11.00?   :laugh2:
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: releasedtruth on October 22, 2006, 12:40:27 am
I almost feel bad that I didn't go that route now. Especially since it's such a hott deal. Hott with 2 Ts!  ::)

GT
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: Tahnok on October 22, 2006, 03:55:51 am
Now you too can have a CrapMame.

I'm really surprised to see a seller that has 369 feedback selling this.
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: emerica on October 22, 2006, 08:16:40 am
I think depot sells the whole roll for 5 dollars.  :lame:
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: kelemvor on October 22, 2006, 06:50:09 pm
And what's special about it that it's MAME Contract paper as opposed to regular old contact paper.  Heh.  THey did use that marble stuff on some TV show that made a MAME cabinet...
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: patrickl on October 23, 2006, 08:17:33 am
Weren't auctions with the name "MAME" in it supposed to be withdrawn?
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: johnm160 on October 23, 2006, 09:52:26 am
Weren't auctions with the name "MAME" in it supposed to be withdrawn?

Yeah, it should be Marble contact paper compatible with mame.   ;D
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on October 23, 2006, 12:20:24 pm
I mean c'mon.  A "section" of contact paper for... $11.00?   :laugh2:

There's nothing funny about this!! It means I can now, finally, complete the exterior refinishing job on my house!

(http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/7825/houseay9.jpg)


Thanks GoPodular!
mrC
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: ahofle on October 23, 2006, 12:22:05 pm
"I feel as though I'm gazing upon an Italian palace...OR QUITE POSSIBLY A GIANT UGLY PIECE OF SH**!!"
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on October 23, 2006, 12:23:40 pm
"I feel as though I'm gazing upon an Italian palace...OR QUITE POSSIBLY A GIANT UGLY PIECE OF SH**!!"

Well, I do plan on putting a MAME logo out front. It's not finished yet, so don't judge!   :P


mrC
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: GoPodular.com on October 23, 2006, 04:26:19 pm
LOL.  You can sell it for 10x what you paid for it once the MAME logo is on it.
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: arzoo on October 23, 2006, 05:02:40 pm
mr.Curmudgeon - I almost pee'd my pants I'm laughing so hard!  :laugh2:
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: MYX on October 24, 2006, 08:14:51 am
Clasic Mr. C!!!
A lot -o- effort for the joke though. Hope that house was already masked out.

On my first CP I used a bright blue shelfpaper. I never really liked the marble looking stuff, because we had the green version in our bathroom drawers when I was growing up. I did not want my bathroom on my pannel. (So I used someone elses bathroom I guess).

Kinda funny. About 6 years ago, contact paper was the norm. We did not have access to MAMEMarquees n such. If you want an interesting sight of home cabinet evolution, check out the examples page on the wiki. When I went through and checked all the cabinet links (took 3 days), I found it interesting how things evolved. Things were very basic at first (plain wood with a joystick and a couple of buttons), then it evolved into the contact paper, then people thought about putting plastics, then it was make it as good as the real thing, now it is pimp the thing and make it over the top.

Weren't auctions with the name "MAME" in it supposed to be withdrawn?

If the MAME folks find out about it, they may tell him to rename the auction.
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: _) (V) (-) on October 24, 2006, 09:18:17 am
Looks like you might need a couple more pieces to fill that hole Mr C.
Better hurry too cuz winters a commin'.
 ;D
I have some hunks of it here you can have, but you'll have to match up the pattern to suit yourself.  
Title: Re: LOL. Who is selling the "MAME Arcade Control Panel Marble Contact Paper"?
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on October 24, 2006, 03:05:11 pm
Clasic Mr. C!!!
A lot -o- effort for the joke though. Hope that house was already masked out.

Thanks. Yup, maybe too much effort, but I've been known to waste my time doing much worse.  :D

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Kinda funny. About 6 years ago, contact paper was the norm.

I like that it was the norm, it's a charming part of arcade building history. Of course, it's also tacky, but damn it if it wasn't a more interesting solution than black paint.


mrC